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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commit 0521f5bed8
418 changed files with 5385 additions and 5389 deletions
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import sys
from collections.abc import Sequence
from typing import Any, cast
from agent_framework import ChatAgent, ChatMessage
from agent_framework import Agent, Message
from agent_framework.azure import AzureOpenAIChatClient, AzureOpenAIResponsesClient
from agent_framework.orchestrations import GroupChatBuilder
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
@@ -224,21 +224,21 @@ async def run_semantic_kernel_example(task: str) -> str:
async def run_agent_framework_example(task: str) -> str:
credential = AzureCliCredential()
researcher = ChatAgent(
researcher = Agent(
name="Researcher",
description="Collects background information and potential resources.",
instructions=(
"Gather concise facts or considerations that help plan a community hackathon. "
"Keep your responses factual and scannable."
),
chat_client=AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=credential),
client=AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=credential),
)
planner = ChatAgent(
planner = Agent(
name="Planner",
description="Turns the collected notes into a concrete action plan.",
instructions=("Propose a structured action plan that accounts for logistics, roles, and timeline."),
chat_client=AzureOpenAIResponsesClient(credential=credential),
client=AzureOpenAIResponsesClient(credential=credential),
)
workflow = GroupChatBuilder(
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ async def run_agent_framework_example(task: str) -> str:
if isinstance(data, list) and len(data) > 0:
# Get the final message from the conversation
final_message = data[-1]
final_response = final_message.text or "" if isinstance(final_message, ChatMessage) else str(data)
final_response = final_message.text or "" if isinstance(final_message, Message) else str(data)
else:
final_response = str(data)
return final_response