.NET: feat: Improve Support for AIAgent-as-Executor (#432)

* feat: Support Executor-targeted messages

This adds support for only sending a message to a given executor. Messages will still only route through connected edges.

* feat: Support sending all valid input types after starting a run

* feat: Normalize AIAgent-as-Executor Message Protocol to use MEAI types
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Jacob Alber
2025-08-19 20:04:03 +00:00
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parent 953ed7560d
commit baaa9c0aee
21 changed files with 595 additions and 52 deletions
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Agents;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.Workflows.UnitTests.Sample;
internal static class Step6EntryPoint
{
internal static int MaxSteps { get; set; }
public static async ValueTask RunAsync(TextWriter writer, int maxSteps = 2)
{
Step6EntryPoint.MaxSteps = maxSteps;
GroupChatBuilder builder = GroupChatBuilder.Create<RoundRobinGroupChatManager>()
.AddParticipant(new HelloAgent(), shouldEmitEvents: true)
.AddParticipant(new EchoAgent(), shouldEmitEvents: true);
Workflow<List<ChatMessage>> workflow = builder.ReduceToWorkflow();
StreamingRun run = await InProcessExecution.StreamAsync(workflow, [])
.ConfigureAwait(false);
await run.TrySendMessageAsync(new TurnToken(emitEvents: true));
await foreach (WorkflowEvent evt in run.WatchStreamAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
{
if (evt is ExecutorCompleteEvent executorComplete)
{
Debug.WriteLine($"{executorComplete.ExecutorId}: {executorComplete.Data}");
}
else if (evt is AgentRunEvent agentRun && agentRun.Data is AgentRunResponse response)
{
foreach (ChatMessage message in response.Messages)
{
writer.WriteLine($"{agentRun.ExecutorId}: {message.Text}");
}
}
}
}
private sealed class RoundRobinGroupChatManager : GroupChatManager
{
public int TurnCount { get; private set; } = 0;
public int MaxTurns { get; init; } = Step6EntryPoint.MaxSteps;
public override int? GetNextTurnExecutor(GroupChatHistory history)
{
if (this.ParticipantIds.Length == 0)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("No participants in the group chat.");
}
if (this.TurnCount >= this.MaxTurns)
{
return null;
}
return this.TurnCount++ % this.ParticipantIds.Length;
}
}
}
internal sealed class HelloAgent(string id = nameof(HelloAgent)) : AIAgent
{
public const string Greeting = "Hello World!";
public const string DefaultId = nameof(HelloAgent);
public override string Id => id;
public override Task<AgentRunResponse> RunAsync(IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> messages, AgentThread? thread = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
AgentRunResponse response = new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello World!"));
return Task.FromResult(response);
}
public override IAsyncEnumerable<AgentRunResponseUpdate> RunStreamingAsync(IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> messages, AgentThread? thread = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
internal sealed class EchoAgent(string id = nameof(EchoAgent)) : AIAgent
{
public const string Prefix = "You said: ";
public const string DefaultId = nameof(EchoAgent);
public override string Id => id;
public override Task<AgentRunResponse> RunAsync(IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> messages, AgentThread? thread = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
if (messages.Count == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("No messages provided to echo.", nameof(messages));
}
StringBuilder collectedText = new(Prefix);
foreach (string messageText in messages.Select(message => message.Text)
.Where(text => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(text)))
{
collectedText.AppendLine(messageText);
}
AgentRunResponse result = new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, collectedText.ToString()));
return Task.FromResult(result);
}
public override IAsyncEnumerable<AgentRunResponseUpdate> RunStreamingAsync(IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> messages, AgentThread? thread = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
internal sealed class GroupChatHistory
{
private readonly List<ChatMessage> _messages = new();
private int _bookmark = 0;
public void AddMessage(ChatMessage message)
{
this._messages.Add(message);
}
public void AddMessages(IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages)
{
this._messages.AddRange(messages);
}
public void UpdateBookmark()
{
this._bookmark = this._messages.Count;
}
public IReadOnlyList<ChatMessage> FullHistory => this._messages.AsReadOnly();
public IEnumerable<ChatMessage> NewMessagesThisTurn => this._messages.Skip(this._bookmark);
}
internal abstract class GroupChatManager
{
public string[] ParticipantIds { get; internal init; } = [];
public abstract int? GetNextTurnExecutor(GroupChatHistory history);
}
internal sealed class GroupChatBuilder
{
private readonly List<ExecutorIsh> _participants = new();
private readonly List<bool> _shouldEmitEvents = new();
private readonly Func<string[], GroupChatManager> _managerFactory;
private GroupChatBuilder(Func<string[], GroupChatManager> managerFactory)
{
this._managerFactory = managerFactory;
}
public static GroupChatBuilder Create<TManager>() where TManager : GroupChatManager, new()
{
return new GroupChatBuilder(participantIds => new TManager() { ParticipantIds = participantIds });
}
public GroupChatBuilder AddParticipant(ExecutorIsh executor, bool shouldEmitEvents = false)
{
this._participants.Add(executor);
this._shouldEmitEvents.Add(shouldEmitEvents);
return this;
}
public GroupChatBuilder AddParticipants(params ExecutorIsh[] executors)
{
this._participants.AddRange(executors);
return this;
}
public Workflow<List<ChatMessage>> ReduceToWorkflow()
{
string[] participantIds = this._participants.Select(identified => identified.Id).ToArray();
GroupChatHost host = new(this._shouldEmitEvents.ToArray(), this._managerFactory(participantIds));
WorkflowBuilder builder = new WorkflowBuilder(host)
.AddFanOutEdge(host, targets: this._participants.ToArray());
foreach (ExecutorIsh participant in this._participants)
{
builder.AddEdge(participant, host);
}
return builder.Build<List<ChatMessage>>();
//bool IsMessageType(object? message) => message is ChatMessage || message is IEnumerable<ChatMessage>;
}
private sealed class TurnAssignedEvent(string executorId, string nextSpeakerId) : ExecutorEvent(executorId, data: nextSpeakerId);
private sealed class GroupChatHost : Executor
{
private readonly bool[] _shouldEmitEvents;
private readonly GroupChatManager _manager;
private readonly bool _autoStartConversation;
private readonly GroupChatHistory _history = new();
public GroupChatHost(bool[] shouldEmitEvents, GroupChatManager manager, bool autoStartConversation = false) : base(nameof(GroupChatHost))
{
this._shouldEmitEvents = shouldEmitEvents;
this._manager = manager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(manager));
this._autoStartConversation = autoStartConversation;
}
protected override RouteBuilder ConfigureRoutes(RouteBuilder routeBuilder)
{
return routeBuilder.AddHandler<List<ChatMessage>>(this.HandleChatMessagesAsync)
.AddHandler<ChatMessage>(this.HandleChatMessageAsync)
.AddHandler<TurnToken>(this.AssignNextTurnAsync);
}
private async Task TryAutoStartConversationAsync(IWorkflowContext context)
{
if (this._autoStartConversation && this.TryEnterConversation())
{
await this.AssignNextTurnAsync(new TurnToken(emitEvents: false), context).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
}
private async ValueTask HandleChatMessagesAsync(List<ChatMessage> initialMessages, IWorkflowContext context)
{
this._history.AddMessages(initialMessages);
await context.SendMessageAsync(initialMessages).ConfigureAwait(false);
await this.TryAutoStartConversationAsync(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
private async ValueTask HandleChatMessageAsync(ChatMessage message, IWorkflowContext context)
{
// First, add the message to the history, then forward to all executors
this._history.AddMessage(message);
await context.SendMessageAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
await this.TryAutoStartConversationAsync(context).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
private int _inConversationFlag = 0;
/// <summary>
/// Atomically switches to "in conversation" state if not already in that state.
/// </summary>
/// <returns><see langword="true"/> if the state was changed, <see langword="false"/> otherwise.</returns>
private bool TryEnterConversation()
{
return Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref this._inConversationFlag, 1, 0) == 0;
}
private bool _shouldHostEmitEvents = false;
private async ValueTask AssignNextTurnAsync(TurnToken token, IWorkflowContext context)
{
if (this.TryEnterConversation())
{
// Capture the initial turn token's EmitEvents setting
this._shouldHostEmitEvents = token.EmitEvents;
}
int? nextSpeakerIndex = this._manager.GetNextTurnExecutor(this._history);
if (nextSpeakerIndex == null)
{
await context.AddEventAsync(new WorkflowCompletedEvent())
.ConfigureAwait(false);
return;
}
string nextSpeakerId = this._manager.ParticipantIds[nextSpeakerIndex.Value];
if (this._shouldHostEmitEvents)
{
await context.AddEventAsync(new TurnAssignedEvent(this.Id, nextSpeakerId))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
await context.SendMessageAsync(new TurnToken(this._shouldEmitEvents[nextSpeakerIndex.Value]), nextSpeakerId)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
}
}
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Agents.Workflows.Sample;
using Microsoft.Agents.Workflows.UnitTests.Sample;
namespace Microsoft.Agents.Workflows.UnitTests;
@@ -83,6 +84,22 @@ public class SampleSmokeTest
string guessResult = await Step5EntryPoint.RunAsync(writer, userGuessCallback: responder.InvokeNext);
Assert.Equal("You guessed correctly! You Win!", guessResult);
}
[Fact]
public async Task Test_RunSample_Step6Async()
{
using StringWriter writer = new();
await Step6EntryPoint.RunAsync(writer);
string result = writer.ToString();
string[] lines = result.Split([Environment.NewLine], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
Assert.Collection(lines,
line => Assert.Contains($"{HelloAgent.DefaultId}: {HelloAgent.Greeting}", line),
line => Assert.Contains($"{EchoAgent.DefaultId}: {EchoAgent.Prefix}{HelloAgent.Greeting}", line)
);
}
}
internal sealed class VerifyingPlaybackResponder<TInput, TResponse>