Python: [BREAKING] Python: Provider-leading client design & OpenAI package extraction (#4818)

* Python: Provider-leading client design & OpenAI package extraction

Major refactoring of the Python Agent Framework client architecture:

- Extract OpenAI clients into new `agent-framework-openai` package
- Core package no longer depends on openai, azure-identity, azure-ai-projects
- Rename clients for discoverability: OpenAIResponsesClient → OpenAIChatClient,
  OpenAIChatClient → OpenAIChatCompletionClient
- Unify `model_id`/`deployment_name`/`model_deployment_name` → `model` param
- New FoundryChatClient for Azure AI Foundry Responses API
- New FoundryAgent/FoundryAgentClient for connecting to pre-configured Foundry agents
- Remove OpenAIBase/OpenAIConfigMixin from non-deprecated client MRO
- Deprecate AzureOpenAI* clients, AzureAIClient, OpenAIAssistantsClient
- Reorganize samples: azure_openai+azure_ai+azure_ai_agent → azure/
- ADR-0020: Provider-Leading Client Design

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* fix: missing Agent imports in samples, .model_id → .model in foundry_local sample

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* fix: CI failures — mypy errors, coverage targets, sample imports

- azure-ai mypy: add type ignores for TypedDict total=, model arg, forward ref
- Coverage: replace core.azure/openai targets with openai package target
- project_provider: add type annotation for opts dict

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* fix: populate openai .pyi stub, fix broken README links, coverage targets

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* fixes

* updated observabilitty

* reset azure init.pyi

* fix errors

* updated adr number

* fix foundry local

* fixed not renamed docstrings and comments, and added deprecated markers to old classes

* fix tests and pyprojects

* fix test vars

* updated function tests

* update durable

* updated test setup for functions

* Fix Foundry auth in workflow samples

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* Stabilize Python integration workflows

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* Update hosting samples for Foundry

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* Trigger full CI rerun

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* Trigger CI rerun again

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* trigger rerun

* trigger rerun

* fix for litellm

* undo durabletask changes

* Move Foundry APIs into foundry namespace

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* Fix Foundry pyproject formatting

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* Split provider samples by Foundry surface

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* Restore hosting sample requirements

Also fix the Foundry Local sample link after the provider sample move.

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* updated tests

* udpated foundry integration tests

* removed dist from azurefunctions tests

* Use separate Foundry clients for concurrent agents

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* fix client setup in azfunc and durable

* disabled two tests

* updated setup for some function and durable tests

* improved azure openai setup with new clients

* ignore deprecated

* fixes

* skip 11

* remove openai assistants int tests

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@@ -36,9 +36,52 @@ When samples depend on external packages not included in the dev environment (e.
This makes samples self-contained and runnable without installing extra packages into the dev environment. Do not add sample-only dependencies to the root `pyproject.toml` dev group.
## Azure Credentials
**Always use `AzureCliCredential`** in samples — never `DefaultAzureCredential`. `AzureCliCredential` is explicit about the authentication method (requires `az login`) and avoids unexpected credential resolution that can confuse newcomers.
```python
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
credential = AzureCliCredential()
```
## Environment Variables
All samples that use environment variables (API keys, endpoints, etc.) must call `load_dotenv()` at the beginning of the file to load variables from a `.env` file. The `python-dotenv` package is already included as a dependency of `agent-framework-core`.
### Basic / Getting Started Samples
For getting started samples (`01-get-started/`) and `basic` samples, use **explicit placeholder values** for non-sensitive parameters to make the code immediately readable:
```python
# Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
import asyncio
from agent_framework import Agent
from agent_framework.foundry import FoundryChatClient
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
"""
Sample docstring explaining what the sample does.
"""
async def main() -> None:
client = FoundryChatClient(
project_endpoint="https://your-project.services.ai.azure.com",
model="gpt-4o",
credential=AzureCliCredential(),
)
agent = Agent(client=client, name="MyAgent", instructions="You are helpful.")
result = await agent.run("Hello!")
print(result)
```
Basic samples should NOT use `os.environ`, `load_dotenv()`, or `.env` files. The placeholder values make the code self-documenting.
### Advanced Samples
For advanced samples that require real credentials or multiple configuration values, use environment variables with `os.environ` and document the required variables in the module docstring:
```python
# Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
@@ -46,19 +89,24 @@ All samples that use environment variables (API keys, endpoints, etc.) must call
import asyncio
import os
from agent_framework.azure import AzureOpenAIResponsesClient
from agent_framework import Agent
from agent_framework.foundry import FoundryChatClient
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from dotenv import load_dotenv
# Load environment variables from .env file
load_dotenv()
"""
Sample docstring explaining what the sample does.
Advanced sample demonstrating feature X.
Environment variables:
FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT — Azure AI Foundry project endpoint
FOUNDRY_MODEL — Model deployment name (e.g. gpt-4o)
"""
```
Users can create a `.env` file in the `python/` directory based on `.env.example` to set their environment variables without having to export them in their shell.
### Default Client for Samples
Unless a sample is specifically demonstrating a particular provider (OpenAI direct, Anthropic, Ollama, etc.), use `FoundryChatClient` from `agent_framework.azure` as the default client. This is the recommended client for Azure AI Foundry deployments.
Provider-specific samples belong in `02-agents/providers/<provider>/` and should use the provider's native client (e.g., `OpenAIChatClient` for OpenAI, `AnthropicClient` for Anthropic).
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