# Agent Framework AG-UI Integration AG-UI protocol integration for Agent Framework, enabling seamless integration with AG-UI's web interface and streaming protocol. ## Installation ```bash pip install agent-framework-ag-ui ``` ## Quick Start ### Server (Host an AI Agent) ```python from fastapi import FastAPI from agent_framework import Agent from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient from agent_framework.ag_ui import add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint # Create your agent agent = Agent( name="my_agent", instructions="You are a helpful assistant.", client=OpenAIChatCompletionClient( azure_endpoint="https://your-resource.openai.azure.com/", model="gpt-4o-mini", api_key="your-api-key", ), ) # Create FastAPI app and add AG-UI endpoint app = FastAPI() add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint(app, agent, "/") # Run with: uvicorn main:app --reload ``` ### Server (Host a Workflow) ```python from fastapi import FastAPI from agent_framework import WorkflowBuilder, WorkflowContext, executor from agent_framework.ag_ui import add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint @executor(id="start") async def start(message: str, ctx: WorkflowContext) -> None: await ctx.yield_output(f"Workflow received: {message}") workflow = WorkflowBuilder(start_executor=start).build() app = FastAPI() add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint(app, workflow, "/") ``` ### Server (Thread-Scoped WorkflowBuilder) Use `workflow_factory` when your workflow keeps runtime state (for example pending `request_info` interrupts) and must be isolated per AG-UI thread: ```python from fastapi import FastAPI from agent_framework import Workflow, WorkflowBuilder from agent_framework.ag_ui import AgentFrameworkWorkflow, add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint def build_workflow_for_thread(thread_id: str) -> Workflow: # Build a fresh workflow instance for each thread id. return WorkflowBuilder(start_executor=...).build() app = FastAPI() thread_scoped_workflow = AgentFrameworkWorkflow( workflow_factory=build_workflow_for_thread, name="my_workflow", ) add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint(app, thread_scoped_workflow, "/") ``` ### Client (Connect to an AG-UI Server) ```python import asyncio from agent_framework.ag_ui import AGUIChatClient async def main(): async with AGUIChatClient(endpoint="http://localhost:8000/") as client: # Stream responses async for update in client.get_response("Hello!", stream=True): for content in update.contents: if content.type == "text" and content.text: print(content.text, end="", flush=True) print() asyncio.run(main()) ``` The `AGUIChatClient` supports: - Streaming and non-streaming responses - Hybrid tool execution (client-side + server-side tools) - Automatic thread management for conversation continuity - Integration with `Agent` for client-side history management - Interrupt metadata passthrough (`availableInterrupts` and `resume`) ## Tool Return Helpers Use `state_update` when a backend tool needs to send different payloads to the model, the UI, and shared state. The `text` value remains the LLM-bound tool result, `tool_result` becomes the AG-UI `ToolCallResultEvent.content` for frontend rendering, and `state` is merged into durable shared state. ```python from agent_framework import Content, tool from agent_framework.ag_ui import state_update @tool async def get_weather(city: str) -> Content: data = await fetch_weather(city) return state_update( text=f"{city}: {data['temp']}°C and {data['conditions']}", tool_result={ "component": "weather-card", "city": city, "temperature": data["temp"], "conditions": data["conditions"], "humidity": data["humidity"], }, state={"weather": {"city": city, **data}}, ) ``` ## Documentation - **[Getting Started Tutorial](getting_started/)** - Step-by-step guide to building AG-UI servers and clients - Server setup with FastAPI - Client examples using `AGUIChatClient` - Hybrid tool execution (client-side + server-side) - Thread management and conversation continuity - **[Examples](agent_framework_ag_ui_examples/)** - Complete examples for AG-UI features ## Features This integration supports all 7 AG-UI features: 1. **Agentic Chat**: Basic streaming chat with tool calling support 2. **Backend Tool Rendering**: Tools executed on backend with results streamed to client 3. **Human in the Loop**: Function approval requests for user confirmation before tool execution 4. **Agentic Generative UI**: Async tools for long-running operations with progress updates 5. **Tool-based Generative UI**: Custom UI components rendered on frontend based on tool calls 6. **Shared State**: Bidirectional state sync between client and server 7. **Predictive State Updates**: Stream tool arguments as optimistic state updates during execution Additional compatibility and draft support: - Native `Workflow` endpoint registration via `add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint(...)` - Workflow-to-AG-UI event mapping (run/step/activity/tool/custom events) - Custom event compatibility for inbound `CUSTOM`, `CUSTOM_EVENT`, and `custom_event` - Pragmatic multimodal input parsing for both legacy (`binary`) and draft media-part shapes - Pragmatic interrupt/resume handling (`availableInterrupts`, `resume`, and `RUN_FINISHED.interrupt`) ## Security: Authentication & Authorization The AG-UI endpoint does not enforce authentication by default. **For production deployments, you should add authentication** using FastAPI's dependency injection system via the `dependencies` parameter. ### API Key Authentication Example ```python import os from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI, HTTPException, Security from fastapi.security import APIKeyHeader from agent_framework import Agent from agent_framework.ag_ui import add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint # Configure API key authentication API_KEY_HEADER = APIKeyHeader(name="X-API-Key", auto_error=False) EXPECTED_API_KEY = os.environ.get("AG_UI_API_KEY") async def verify_api_key(api_key: str | None = Security(API_KEY_HEADER)) -> None: """Verify the API key provided in the request header.""" if not api_key or api_key != EXPECTED_API_KEY: raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail="Invalid or missing API key") # Create agent and app agent = Agent(name="my_agent", instructions="...", client=...) app = FastAPI() # Register endpoint WITH authentication add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint( app, agent, "/", dependencies=[Depends(verify_api_key)], # Authentication enforced here ) ``` ### Other Authentication Options The `dependencies` parameter accepts any FastAPI dependency, enabling integration with: - **OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect** - Use `fastapi.security.OAuth2PasswordBearer` - **JWT Tokens** - Validate tokens with libraries like `python-jose` - **Azure AD / Entra ID** - Use `azure-identity` for Microsoft identity platform - **Rate Limiting** - Add request throttling dependencies - **Custom Authentication** - Implement your organization's auth requirements For a complete authentication example, see [getting_started/server.py](getting_started/server.py). ## AG-UI Thread Snapshots AG-UI Thread Snapshot persistence is opt-in and disabled by default. Existing endpoints keep their current behavior unless you provide a `snapshot_store`. Thread snapshots let an AG-UI frontend recover replayable UI state after a refresh. When snapshot persistence is enabled, the endpoint stores the latest replayable snapshot for an AG-UI Thread within an application-defined Snapshot Scope. A Hydrate Request is an AG-UI request with a known `threadId`, `messages: []`, and no `resume` payload. Hydration replays the stored Shared State, message snapshot, and interruption metadata when available, then finishes without invoking the wrapped agent or workflow. Use the built-in in-memory store for local development, demos, and tests: ```python from fastapi import FastAPI from agent_framework.ag_ui import InMemoryAGUIThreadSnapshotStore, add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint app = FastAPI() agent = ... snapshot_store = InMemoryAGUIThreadSnapshotStore(max_snapshots=500) def resolve_snapshot_scope(request): # Local demo scope. Production apps should derive the scope from authenticated user or tenant context. del request return "local-demo" add_agent_framework_fastapi_endpoint( app, agent, "/", snapshot_store=snapshot_store, snapshot_scope_resolver=resolve_snapshot_scope, ) ``` A frontend can then hydrate the latest stored snapshot for the scoped thread: ```json { "threadId": "thread-1", "messages": [] } ``` Endpoint configuration requires `snapshot_scope_resolver` whenever a snapshot store is configured, including when the store is already set on a pre-wrapped `AgentFrameworkAgent` or `AgentFrameworkWorkflow`. The resolver returns the application-defined Snapshot Scope used with the AG-UI Thread id as the storage key. AG-UI Thread ids identify AG-UI Threads; they do not authorize snapshot access. Do not treat a thread id as a bearer credential or tenant boundary. Production applications must authenticate and authorize every AG-UI endpoint request and choose a Snapshot Scope that represents the app's real access boundary, such as an authenticated user, tenant, or workspace. Do not rely on untrusted client-provided fields by themselves to choose that boundary. Stored snapshots are untrusted application data with confidentiality impact. They may contain sensitive user text, model output, tool results, function arguments, UI payloads, Shared State, and interruption data. The built-in `InMemoryAGUIThreadSnapshotStore` is in-memory only, process-local, bounded, latest-only, and not durable production storage. It is cleared on process restart and is not shared across workers. No file-backed AG-UI snapshot store is provided by the package. Applications that need durable persistence should provide an app-owned implementation of the `AGUIThreadSnapshotStore` protocol and own storage hardening, including encryption, access control, retention, audit, data residency, and deletion behavior. ## Architecture The package uses a clean, orchestrator-based architecture: - **AgentFrameworkAgent**: Lightweight wrapper that delegates to orchestrators - **Orchestrators**: Handle different execution flows (default, human-in-the-loop, etc.) - **Confirmation Strategies**: Domain-specific confirmation messages (extensible) - **AgentFrameworkEventBridge**: Converts Agent Framework events to AG-UI events - **Message Adapters**: Bidirectional conversion between AG-UI and Agent Framework message formats - **FastAPI Endpoint**: Streaming HTTP endpoint with Server-Sent Events (SSE) ## Next Steps 1. **New to AG-UI?** Start with the [Getting Started Tutorial](getting_started/) 2. **Want to see examples?** Check out the [Examples](agent_framework_ag_ui_examples/) for AG-UI features ## License MIT