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
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import asyncio
from collections.abc import Sequence
from typing import cast
from agent_framework import ChatMessage
from agent_framework import Message
from agent_framework.azure import AzureOpenAIChatClient
from agent_framework.orchestrations import SequentialBuilder
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
@@ -70,25 +70,25 @@ async def sk_agent_response_callback(
######################################################################
async def run_agent_framework_example(prompt: str) -> list[ChatMessage]:
chat_client = AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=AzureCliCredential())
async def run_agent_framework_example(prompt: str) -> list[Message]:
client = AzureOpenAIChatClient(credential=AzureCliCredential())
writer = chat_client.as_agent(
writer = client.as_agent(
instructions=("You are a concise copywriter. Provide a single, punchy marketing sentence based on the prompt."),
name="writer",
)
reviewer = chat_client.as_agent(
reviewer = client.as_agent(
instructions=("You are a thoughtful reviewer. Give brief feedback on the previous assistant message."),
name="reviewer",
)
workflow = SequentialBuilder(participants=[writer, reviewer]).build()
conversation_outputs: list[list[ChatMessage]] = []
conversation_outputs: list[list[Message]] = []
async for event in workflow.run(prompt, stream=True):
if event.type == "output":
conversation_outputs.append(cast(list[ChatMessage], event.data))
conversation_outputs.append(cast(list[Message], event.data))
return conversation_outputs[-1] if conversation_outputs else []
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async def run_semantic_kernel_example(prompt: str) -> str:
await runtime.stop_when_idle()
def _format_conversation(conversation: list[ChatMessage]) -> None:
def _format_conversation(conversation: list[Message]) -> None:
if not conversation:
print("No Agent Framework output.")
return