Python: [BREAKING] Simplify API: ChatAgent -> Agent, ChatMessage -> Message (#3747)

* [BREAKING] Rename ChatAgent -> Agent, ChatMessage -> Message, ChatClientProtocol -> SupportsChatGetResponse

Simplify the public API by removing redundant 'Chat' prefix from core types:
- ChatAgent -> Agent
- RawChatAgent -> RawAgent
- ChatMessage -> Message
- ChatClientProtocol -> SupportsChatGetResponse

Also renamed internal WorkflowMessage (was Message in _runner_context) to avoid collision.

No backward compatibility aliases - this is a clean breaking change.

* [BREAKING] Rename Agent chat_client parameter to client

* Fix rebase issues: WorkflowMessage references and broken markdown links

* Fix formatting and lint issues from code quality checks

* Fix import ordering in workflow sample files

* fixed rebase

* Fix test failures: use WorkflowMessage and A2AMessage after ChatMessage→Message rename

- Replace Message(data=..., source_id=...) with WorkflowMessage(...) in workflow tests
- Fix isinstance check in A2A agent to use A2AMessage instead of Message
- Fix import in test_workflow_observability.py (Message→WorkflowMessage)

* Fix lint, fmt, and sample errors after ChatMessage→Message rename

- Auto-fix 70+ ruff lint issues across samples (ChatMessage→Message refs)
- Fix HostedVectorStoreContent→Content.from_hosted_vector_store in file search sample
- Fix _normalize_messages→normalize_messages in custom agent sample
- Fix context.terminate→raise MiddlewareTermination in middleware samples
- Fix with_update_hook→with_transform_hook in override middleware sample
- Add TOptions_co import back to custom_chat_client sample
- Add noqa for FastAPI File() default in chatkit sample
- Fix B023 loop variable capture in weather agent sample

* fix: update Agent constructor calls from chat_client to client in declaration-only tool tests

* fix: add register_cleanup to devui lazy-loading proxy and type stub

* fixed tests and updated new pieces

* fix agui typevar

* fix merge errors

* fix merge conflicts

* fiux merge

* Remove unused links

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Co-authored-by: Evan Mattson <evan.mattson@microsoft.com>
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Eduard van Valkenburg
2026-02-11 00:04:32 +01:00
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parent a4c9e43afb
commit 0521f5bed8
418 changed files with 5385 additions and 5389 deletions
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import logging
from typing import cast
from agent_framework import (
Agent,
AgentResponseUpdate,
ChatAgent,
ChatMessage,
Message,
resolve_agent_id,
)
from agent_framework.azure import AzureOpenAIChatClient
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ Key Concepts:
def create_agents(
chat_client: AzureOpenAIChatClient,
) -> tuple[ChatAgent, ChatAgent, ChatAgent]:
client: AzureOpenAIChatClient,
) -> tuple[Agent, Agent, Agent]:
"""Create coordinator and specialists for autonomous iteration."""
coordinator = chat_client.as_agent(
coordinator = client.as_agent(
instructions=(
"You are a coordinator. You break down a user query into a research task and a summary task. "
"Assign the two tasks to the appropriate specialists, one after the other."
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def create_agents(
name="coordinator",
)
research_agent = chat_client.as_agent(
research_agent = client.as_agent(
instructions=(
"You are a research specialist that explores topics thoroughly using web search. "
"When given a research task, break it down into multiple aspects and explore each one. "
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def create_agents(
name="research_agent",
)
summary_agent = chat_client.as_agent(
summary_agent = client.as_agent(
instructions=(
"You summarize research findings. Provide a concise, well-organized summary. When done, return "
"control to the coordinator."
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ def create_agents(
async def main() -> None:
"""Run an autonomous handoff workflow with specialist iteration enabled."""
chat_client = AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=AzureCliCredential())
coordinator, research_agent, summary_agent = create_agents(chat_client)
client = AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=AzureCliCredential())
coordinator, research_agent, summary_agent = create_agents(client)
# Build the workflow with autonomous mode
# In autonomous mode, agents continue iterating until they invoke a handoff tool
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ async def main() -> None:
print(data.text, end="", flush=True)
elif event.type == "output":
# The output of the handoff workflow is a collection of chat messages from all participants
outputs = cast(list[ChatMessage], event.data)
outputs = cast(list[Message], event.data)
print("\n" + "=" * 80)
print("\nFinal Conversation Transcript:\n")
for message in outputs: