* Fix orchestration outputs so as_agent() returns the final answer only. Align other orchestration outputs * Fix orchestration output issues from review comments 1. Sample cleanup: Remove commented-out FoundryChatClient block and update prerequisites to reference OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL_ID instead of FOUNDRY_* vars. 2. Sequential approval output: Change _EndWithConversation.end_with_agent_executor_response from a no-op sink to yield response.agent_response. When the last participant is AgentApprovalExecutor (via with_request_info), _EndWithConversation is the output executor so the yield produces the terminal answer. When the last participant is a regular AgentExecutor, _EndWithConversation is not in output_executors so the yield is silently filtered out. 3. Forward data events through WorkflowExecutor: _process_workflow_result now also forwards 'data' events from sub-workflows so that emit_intermediate_data=True on AgentExecutor works correctly when wrapped in AgentApprovalExecutor. 4. Concurrent docstring: Update _AggregateAgentConversations docstring to say 'deterministic participant order' instead of 'completion order'. 5. Add test_concurrent_intermediate_outputs_emits_data_events verifying that ConcurrentBuilder(intermediate_outputs=True) emits per-participant data events alongside the single aggregated output event. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Add tests for sequential workflow with_request_info and intermediate_outputs (#5301) Address PR review comments 2, 3, and 5: - Add test_sequential_request_info_last_participant_emits_output: Verifies that when the last participant is wrapped via with_request_info() (AgentApprovalExecutor), the workflow still emits a terminal output after approval, exercising the _EndWithConversation.end_with_agent_executor_response fallback path. - Add test_sequential_request_info_with_intermediate_outputs_emits_data_events: Verifies that emit_intermediate_data=True works correctly through AgentApprovalExecutor wrapping—WorkflowExecutor._process_result already forwards data events from sub-workflows, so intermediate agent responses surface as data events in the parent workflow. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fix pyright type errors from AgentResponse output refactor (#5301) Update cast() calls in _group_chat.py and _magentic.py to use WorkflowContext[Never, AgentResponse] instead of the old WorkflowContext[Never, list[Message]], matching the updated method signatures in _base_group_chat_orchestrator.py. Fix _sequential.py _EndWithConversation.end_with_agent_executor_response to declare WorkflowContext[Any, AgentResponse] so yield_output accepts AgentResponse[None]. Fix _workflow_executor.py data event forwarding to handle nullable executor_id. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fix pyright reportUnknownVariableType in _agent.py (#5301) Extract event.data into a typed local variable before the isinstance check to avoid pyright narrowing it to AgentResponse[Unknown]. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fix pyright reportMissingImports for orjson in file history samples (#5301) Add pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports] to orjson imports that are already guarded by try/except ImportError, matching the existing pattern used elsewhere in the samples. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address review feedback for #5301: review comment fixes * Address review feedback for #5301: review comment fixes * Revert sequential_workflow_as_agent sample to FoundryChatClient Reverts the mistaken switch from FoundryChatClient to OpenAIChatClient in the sequential workflow as agent sample. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address ultrareview feedback: emit_data_events rename + WorkflowAgent reasoning conversion Layered on top of the prior review-feedback work in this branch. Renames: - AgentExecutor.emit_intermediate_data -> emit_data_events (mechanical rename; orchestration semantics live at the orchestration layer, not the general-purpose executor). Forwarded through MagenticAgentExecutor, AgentApprovalExecutor, and all orchestration call sites. - HandoffAgentExecutor._check_terminate_and_yield -> _should_terminate (pure predicate; no longer yields anything). HandoffBuilder docstring rewritten to describe the new per-agent AgentResponse output contract. WorkflowAgent reasoning-content conversion: - Add _rewrite_text_to_reasoning(contents) and _msg_as_reasoning(msg) helpers; the as_agent() path now reframes text content from data events as text_reasoning Content blocks before merging into the AgentResponse. - Consumers iterate msg.contents and branch on content.type — same path they already use for Claude thinking and OpenAI reasoning. No new field on Message/AgentResponse/WorkflowEvent. - Streaming branch constructs fresh AgentResponseUpdate instances instead of mutating shared payloads (regression test added). - Helper _msg_maybe_reasoning consolidates the conditional rewrite at three call sites in the non-streaming conversion. Tests: - TestWorkflowAgentReasoningHelpers + TestWorkflowAgentDataEventReasoningConversion add 9 new tests covering helpers, non-streaming, streaming, mixed content, already-reasoning passthrough, and mutation-safety regression. - Updated test_sequential_as_agent_with_intermediate_outputs_includes_chain to assert text_reasoning content for intermediate agents. * Fix pyright: widen event.data to Any to avoid partial-unknown narrowing The streaming conversion path narrowed event.data via isinstance against generic AgentResponse, producing AgentResponse[Unknown] and tripping reportUnknownVariableType/reportUnknownMemberType. Binding data: Any before the check keeps runtime behavior identical while restoring a fully known type for downstream access. * Clean up design * Scope to agent output semantics only * yield AgentResponseUpdate streaming, AgentResponse non-streaming * Fix mypy/pyright: widen cast types at GroupChat callsites Eight callsites in _group_chat.py still cast to WorkflowContext[Never, AgentResponse] but the base orchestrator methods now accept the wider WorkflowContext[Never, AgentResponse | AgentResponseUpdate] (mode-aware yields). W_OutT is invariant, so the narrower cast is not assignable. Magentic was widened in the same commit; this catches the GroupChat callsites that were missed. * Python: skip flaky Foundry / Foundry Hosting integration tests (#5553) These two integration tests have been failing in the merge queue across multiple unrelated PRs (5301, 5531). Both are marked `@pytest.mark.flaky` with 3 retries, but all attempts fail back-to-back. Skipping both with a reason pointing to #5553 so they can be fixed properly without continuing to block unrelated merges. - packages/foundry_hosting/tests/test_responses_int.py::TestOptions::test_temperature_and_max_tokens - packages/foundry/tests/foundry/test_foundry_embedding_client.py::TestFoundryEmbeddingIntegration::test_text_embedding_live Also includes a one-line uv.lock specifier-ordering normalization auto-applied by the poe-check pre-commit hook. --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com> Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Python Samples
This directory contains samples demonstrating the capabilities of Microsoft Agent Framework for Python.
Structure
| Folder | Description |
|---|---|
01-get-started/ |
Progressive tutorial: hello agent → hosting |
02-agents/ |
Deep-dive by concept: tools, middleware, providers, orchestrations |
03-workflows/ |
Workflow patterns: sequential, concurrent, state, declarative |
04-hosting/ |
Deployment: Azure Functions, Durable Tasks, A2A |
05-end-to-end/ |
Full applications, evaluation, demos |
Getting Started
Start with 01-get-started/ and work through the numbered files:
- 01_hello_agent.py — Create and run your first agent
- 02_add_tools.py — Add function tools with
@tool - 03_multi_turn.py — Multi-turn conversations with
AgentSession - 04_memory.py — Agent memory with
ContextProvider - 05_functional_workflow_with_agents.py — Call agents inside a functional workflow
- 06_functional_workflow_basics.py — Write a workflow as a plain async function
- 07_first_graph_workflow.py — Build a workflow with executors and edges
- 08_host_your_agent.py — Host your agent via Azure Functions
Prerequisites
pip install agent-framework
Environment Variables
Samples call load_dotenv() to automatically load environment variables from a .env file in the python/ directory. This is a convenience for local development and testing.
For local development, set up your environment using any of these methods:
Option 1: Using a .env file (recommended for local development):
- Copy
.env.exampleto.envin thepython/directory:cp .env.example .env - Edit
.envand set your values (API keys, endpoints, etc.)
Option 2: Export environment variables directly:
export FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="your-foundry-project-endpoint"
export FOUNDRY_MODEL="gpt-4o"
Option 3: Using env_file_path parameter (for per-client configuration):
All client classes (e.g., OpenAIChatClient, OpenAIChatCompletionClient) support an env_file_path parameter to load environment variables from a specific file:
from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatClient
# Load from a custom .env file
client = OpenAIChatClient(env_file_path="path/to/custom.env")
This allows different clients to use different configuration files if needed.
For the generic OpenAI clients (OpenAIChatClient and OpenAIChatCompletionClient), routing
precedence is:
- Explicit Azure inputs such as
credential,azure_endpoint, orapi_version OPENAI_API_KEY/ explicit OpenAI API-key parameters- Azure environment fallback such as
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINTandAZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY
If you keep both OpenAI and Azure variables in your shell, the generic clients stay on OpenAI until you pass an explicit Azure input.
For the getting-started samples, you'll need at minimum:
FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="your-foundry-project-endpoint"
FOUNDRY_MODEL="gpt-4o"
Consolidated sample env inventory
This is the single source of truth for package-level environment variables read by packages included by
agent-framework-core[all]. It intentionally excludes variables that are only read by standalone samples,
package sample folders, or tests. When package code adds, removes, or renames an environment variable,
update this table in the same change.
Example values below are illustrative. For entries not backed by a single public class, the class
column names the closest public surface, helper, or package-level initialization point that reads the
variable.
| package | class | env var | example value |
|---|---|---|---|
agent-framework-anthropic |
AnthropicClient |
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
sk-ant-api03-... |
agent-framework-anthropic |
AnthropicClient |
ANTHROPIC_CHAT_MODEL |
claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryEmbeddingClient |
FOUNDRY_MODELS_ENDPOINT |
https://my-endpoint.inference.ai.azure.com |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryEmbeddingClient |
FOUNDRY_MODELS_API_KEY |
env-key |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryEmbeddingClient |
FOUNDRY_EMBEDDING_MODEL |
text-embedding-3-small |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryEmbeddingClient |
FOUNDRY_IMAGE_EMBEDDING_MODEL |
Cohere-embed-v3-english |
agent-framework-azure-ai-search |
AzureAISearchContextProvider |
AZURE_SEARCH_ENDPOINT |
https://my-search.search.windows.net |
agent-framework-azure-ai-search |
AzureAISearchContextProvider |
AZURE_SEARCH_API_KEY |
search-key |
agent-framework-azure-ai-search |
AzureAISearchContextProvider |
AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME |
hotels-index |
agent-framework-azure-ai-search |
AzureAISearchContextProvider |
AZURE_SEARCH_KNOWLEDGE_BASE_NAME |
hotels-kb |
agent-framework-azure-cosmos |
CosmosHistoryProvider |
AZURE_COSMOS_ENDPOINT |
https://my-cosmos.documents.azure.com:443/ |
agent-framework-azure-cosmos |
CosmosHistoryProvider |
AZURE_COSMOS_DATABASE_NAME |
agent-history |
agent-framework-azure-cosmos |
CosmosHistoryProvider |
AZURE_COSMOS_CONTAINER_NAME |
messages |
agent-framework-azure-cosmos |
CosmosHistoryProvider |
AZURE_COSMOS_KEY |
C2F...== |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockChatClient |
BEDROCK_REGION |
us-east-1 |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockChatClient |
BEDROCK_CHAT_MODEL |
anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022-v2:0 |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockEmbeddingClient |
BEDROCK_REGION |
us-east-1 |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockEmbeddingClient |
BEDROCK_EMBEDDING_MODEL |
amazon.titan-embed-text-v2:0 |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient |
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID |
AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient |
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |
wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY |
agent-framework-bedrock |
BedrockChatClient / BedrockEmbeddingClient |
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN |
IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEO7//////////wEaCXVzLXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIQD... |
agent-framework-copilotstudio |
CopilotStudioAgent |
COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__ENVIRONMENTID |
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
agent-framework-copilotstudio |
CopilotStudioAgent |
COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__SCHEMANAME |
cr123_agentname |
agent-framework-copilotstudio |
CopilotStudioAgent |
COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__TENANTID |
11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 |
agent-framework-copilotstudio |
CopilotStudioAgent |
COPILOTSTUDIOAGENT__AGENTAPPID |
22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222 |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION |
true |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
ENABLE_SENSITIVE_DATA |
false |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
ENABLE_CONSOLE_EXPORTERS |
true |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4317 |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/traces |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/logs |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL |
grpc |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS |
api-key=demo |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS |
api-key=trace-demo |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS |
api-key=metric-demo |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS |
api-key=log-demo |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_SERVICE_NAME |
sample-agent |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION |
1.0.0 |
agent-framework-core |
enable_instrumentation() |
OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES |
deployment.environment=dev,service.namespace=agent-framework |
agent-framework-devui |
DevUI server |
DEVUI_AUTH_TOKEN |
my-devui-token |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryChatClient |
FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT |
https://my-project.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/my-project |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryChatClient |
FOUNDRY_MODEL |
gpt-4o |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryAgent |
FOUNDRY_AGENT_NAME |
travel-planner |
agent-framework-foundry |
FoundryAgent |
FOUNDRY_AGENT_VERSION |
v1 |
agent-framework-github-copilot |
GitHubCopilotAgent |
GITHUB_COPILOT_CLI_PATH |
copilot |
agent-framework-github-copilot |
GitHubCopilotAgent |
GITHUB_COPILOT_MODEL |
gpt-5 |
agent-framework-github-copilot |
GitHubCopilotAgent |
GITHUB_COPILOT_TIMEOUT |
60 |
agent-framework-github-copilot |
GitHubCopilotAgent |
GITHUB_COPILOT_LOG_LEVEL |
info |
agent-framework-mem0 |
agent_framework_mem0 package import |
MEM0_TELEMETRY |
false |
agent-framework-ollama |
OllamaChatClient |
OLLAMA_HOST |
http://localhost:11434 |
agent-framework-ollama |
OllamaChatClient |
OLLAMA_MODEL |
llama3.1:8b |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
OPENAI_API_KEY |
sk-proj-... |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
OPENAI_MODEL |
gpt-4o-mini |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient |
OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL |
gpt-4.1-mini |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatCompletionClient |
OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_MODEL |
gpt-4o |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL |
text-embedding-3-small |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
OPENAI_BASE_URL |
https://api.openai.com/v1/ |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
OPENAI_ORG_ID |
org_123456789 |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT |
https://my-resource.openai.azure.com/ |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY |
sk-azure-... |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION |
2024-10-21 |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL |
https://my-resource.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/ |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_MODEL |
gpt-4o |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL |
gpt-4.1 |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatCompletionClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_COMPLETION_MODEL |
gpt-4o-mini |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL |
text-embedding-3-large |
agent-framework-openai |
OpenAIChatClient / OpenAIChatCompletionClient / OpenAIEmbeddingClient |
AZURE_OPENAI_RESOURCE_URL |
https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/ |
agent-framework-openai supports the Azure OpenAI client-specific deployment aliases listed above; keep
packages/openai/README.md as the authoritative reference for the exact fallback order and package-specific
behavior.
Note for production: In production environments, set environment variables through your deployment platform (e.g., Azure App Settings, Kubernetes ConfigMaps/Secrets) rather than using .env files. The load_dotenv() call in samples will have no effect when a .env file is not present, allowing environment variables to be loaded from the system.
For Azure authentication, run az login before running samples.
Note on XML tags
Some sample files include XML-style snippet tags (for example <snippet_name> and </snippet_name>). These are used by our documentation tooling and can be ignored or removed when you use the samples outside this repository.
Additional Resources
- Agent Framework Documentation
- AGENTS.md — Structure documentation for maintainers
- SAMPLE_GUIDELINES.md — Coding conventions for samples