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Eduard van Valkenburg a2856d3b92 Python: restructure: Python samples into progressive 01-05 layout (#3862)
* restructure: Python samples into progressive 01-05 layout

- 01-get-started/: 6 numbered steps (hello agent → hosting)
- 02-agents/: all agent concept samples (tools, middleware, providers, etc.)
- 03-workflows/: ALL existing workflow samples preserved as-is
- 04-hosting/: azure-functions, durabletask, a2a
- 05-end-to-end/: demos, evaluation, hosted agents
- Old files moved to _to_delete/ for review
- Added AGENTS.md with structure documentation
- autogen-migration/ and semantic-kernel-migration/ preserved at root

* fix: switch to AzureOpenAI Foundry, fix CI failures

- Switch all 01-get-started samples to AzureOpenAIResponsesClient with
  Azure AI Foundry project endpoint (AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT +
  AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME + AzureCliCredential)
- Add _to_delete/ and 05-end-to-end/ to pyrightconfig.samples.json excludes
- Fix test paths in packages/ that referenced old getting_started/ dirs:
  durabletask conftest + streaming test, azurefunctions conftest,
  devui conftest + capture_messages + openai_sdk_integration
- Fix workflow_as_agent_human_in_the_loop.py import (sibling import)
- Update hosting READMEs and tool comment paths
- Replace root README.md with new structure overview
- Update AGENTS.md to document Azure OpenAI Foundry as default provider

* cleanup: remove _to_delete folder, copy resource files to active dirs

All files in _to_delete/ were either:
- Exact duplicates of files in the new structure (240 files)
- Same file with only comment path updates (100 files)
- One import-fix diff (workflow_as_agent_human_in_the_loop.py)
- One superseded minimal_sample.py

Resource files (sample.pdf, countries.json, employees.pdf, weather.json)
copied to 02-agents/sample_assets/ and 02-agents/resources/ since active
samples reference them.

* fix: address PR review comments, centralize resources, remove root duplicates

- Fix type annotation in 04_memory.py (string union -> proper types)
- Fix old sample paths in observability files
- Fix grammar/spelling in observability samples
- Move sample_assets/ and resources/ to shared/ folder
- Remove 8 duplicate observability files from 02-agents root
- Update resource path references in multimodal_input and provider samples

* fix: update broken links from old getting_started paths to new structure

- Update relative paths in READMEs: getting_started/ → 01-get-started/,
  02-agents/, 03-workflows/, 04-hosting/, 05-end-to-end/
- Fix absolute GitHub URLs in package READMEs
- Fix broken link in ollama package README

* fix: convert absolute GitHub URLs to relative paths for link checker

Absolute URLs to python/samples/ on main branch 404 until PR merges.
Converted to relative paths that linkspector can verify locally.

* fix: update link for handoff sample moved to orchestrations/

* fix: update chatkit-integration README path from demos/ to 05-end-to-end/

* fix: update broken links in orchestrations README to match flat directory structure
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# Orchestration Getting Started Samples
## Installation
The orchestrations package is included when you install `agent-framework` (which pulls in all optional packages):
```bash
pip install agent-framework
```
Or install the orchestrations package directly:
```bash
pip install agent-framework-orchestrations
```
Orchestration builders are available via the `agent_framework.orchestrations` submodule:
```python
from agent_framework.orchestrations import (
SequentialBuilder,
ConcurrentBuilder,
HandoffBuilder,
GroupChatBuilder,
MagenticBuilder,
)
```
## Samples Overview
| Sample | File | Concepts |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Concurrent Orchestration (Default Aggregator) | [concurrent_agents.py](./concurrent_agents.py) | Fan-out to multiple agents; fan-in with default aggregator returning combined Messages |
| Concurrent Orchestration (Custom Aggregator) | [concurrent_custom_aggregator.py](./concurrent_custom_aggregator.py) | Override aggregator via callback; summarize results with an LLM |
| Concurrent Orchestration (Custom Agent Executors) | [concurrent_custom_agent_executors.py](./concurrent_custom_agent_executors.py) | Child executors own Agents; concurrent fan-out/fan-in via ConcurrentBuilder |
| Group Chat with Agent Manager | [group_chat_agent_manager.py](./group_chat_agent_manager.py) | Agent-based manager using `with_orchestrator(agent=)` to select next speaker |
| Group Chat Philosophical Debate | [group_chat_philosophical_debate.py](./group_chat_philosophical_debate.py) | Agent manager moderates long-form, multi-round debate across diverse participants |
| Group Chat with Simple Function Selector | [group_chat_simple_selector.py](./group_chat_simple_selector.py) | Group chat with a simple function selector for next speaker |
| Handoff (Simple) | [handoff_simple.py](./handoff_simple.py) | Single-tier routing: triage agent routes to specialists, control returns to user after each specialist response |
| Handoff (Autonomous) | [handoff_autonomous.py](./handoff_autonomous.py) | Autonomous mode: specialists iterate independently until invoking a handoff tool using `.with_autonomous_mode()` |
| Handoff with Code Interpreter | [handoff_with_code_interpreter_file.py](./handoff_with_code_interpreter_file.py) | Retrieve file IDs from code interpreter output in handoff workflow |
| Magentic Workflow (Multi-Agent) | [magentic.py](./magentic.py) | Orchestrate multiple agents with Magentic manager and streaming |
| Magentic + Human Plan Review | [magentic_human_plan_review.py](./magentic_human_plan_review.py) | Human reviews/updates the plan before execution |
| Magentic + Checkpoint Resume | [magentic_checkpoint.py](./magentic_checkpoint.py) | Resume Magentic orchestration from saved checkpoints |
| Sequential Orchestration (Agents) | [sequential_agents.py](./sequential_agents.py) | Chain agents sequentially with shared conversation context |
| Sequential Orchestration (Custom Executor) | [sequential_custom_executors.py](./sequential_custom_executors.py) | Mix agents with a summarizer that appends a compact summary |
## Tips
**Magentic checkpointing tip**: Treat `MagenticBuilder.participants` keys as stable identifiers. When resuming from a checkpoint, the rebuilt workflow must reuse the same participant names; otherwise the checkpoint cannot be applied and the run will fail fast.
**Handoff workflow tip**: Handoff workflows maintain the full conversation history including any `Message.additional_properties` emitted by your agents. This ensures routing metadata remains intact across all agent transitions. For specialist-to-specialist handoffs, use `.add_handoff(source, targets)` to configure which agents can route to which others with a fluent, type-safe API.
**Sequential orchestration note**: Sequential orchestration uses a few small adapter nodes for plumbing:
- `input-conversation` normalizes input to `list[Message]`
- `to-conversation:<participant>` converts agent responses into the shared conversation
- `complete` publishes the final output event (type='output')
These may appear in event streams (executor_invoked/executor_completed). They're analogous to concurrent's dispatcher and aggregator and can be ignored if you only care about agent activity.
## Environment Variables
- **AzureOpenAIChatClient**: Set Azure OpenAI environment variables as documented [here](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/blob/main/python/samples/02-agents/chat_client/README.md#environment-variables).
- **OpenAI** (used in some orchestration samples):
- [OpenAIChatClient env vars](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/blob/main/python/samples/02-agents/providers/openai/README.md)
- [OpenAIResponsesClient env vars](https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/blob/main/python/samples/02-agents/providers/openai/README.md)