Jacob Alber 32711cfa95 .Net: WIP: feat: Define Workflow and Executor APIs (#261)
* feat: Define Workflow and Executor APIs

* feat: Define IExecutionContext and Events

* feat: Simple Workflow Demos

* refactor: Move Workflows classes to separate assembly

* feat: Move FanOut/In to LowLevel API with new semantics

* feat: Implement Local Execution

* refactor: Assembly name .Workflow => .Workflows

* feat: Enable Default Message Handling

* also lifts Bind in MessageHandlerInfo to better be able to direclty invoke handlers (for AOT, later)

* feat: Implement StreamingHandle APIs

This allows the user to respond to WorkflowEvents with external messages, enabling HIL.

* feat: Add checks for duplicate edges and chain cycles

* feat: Add built-in WorkflowEvents

* refactor: Pull classes into own files

* refactor: Simplify Disposal pattern in Executor

* refactor: Break EdgeRunner file into per-type files

* refactor: Use Throw.IfNull()

* refactor: Remove AddLoop()

Per https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/272#discussion_r2241739079 we decided this was not very useful.

* refactor: Normalize use of ValueTask

* fix: Build Break from removing .AddLoop

* refactor: Explicit routing and RouteBuilder

Split out reflection from MessageRouter implemention into build phase, enabling AOT compilation to drive RouteBuilding without reflection.

* test: Add Reflection/Invocation tests

* fix: Terminate on Completion event

* refactor: Update public API surface

* feat: Add support for external requests

* feat: Support hosting AIAgent instances in Workflows

* fix: Fix routing to go through Executor.ExecuteAsync

* test: Update samples for "must SendMessage" semantics

* Add invoking samples to unit tests to avoid future breaks

* fix: ExternalRequest should block Workflow completion

* feat: Normalize API surface against Python

* Also adds xmldoc to all public APIs

* refactor: Normalize UnitTest and Sample namespaces

* fix: Formatting

* refactor: Normalize project/folder names

* feat: Remove DynamicCodeExecution from ValueTaskTypeErasure

* fix: Fix ILTrim warnings

* docs: Add missing docs and fix typos

* feat: Hosted Agents should report Run events

* fix: Fix type propagation for ILTrim changes

* refactor: Simplify DynamicallyAccessedMembers annotations

* sample: Use static-Type construction of InputPort

* feat: Support non-Streaming Run Mode

* test: Add test for non-streaming execution

* refactor: Remove unused types

* refactor: Simplify Event and EdgeData type hierarchies

* feat: Add Switch (=Conditional Edge Group) control flow

* feat: Make .NET AutoSend the MessageHandler result

* feat: Implement State APIs

* refactor: Simplify public namespaces and code organization

* refactor: Reconcile .NET and Python names

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Co-authored-by: Chris <66376200+crickman@users.noreply.github.com>
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Microsoft Agent Framework

Highlights

  • Flexible Agent Framework: build, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents and workflows
  • Multi-Agent Orchestration: group chat, sequential, concurrent, and handoff patterns
  • Graph-based Workflows: connect agents and deterministic functions using data flows with streaming, checkpointing, time-travel, and Human-in-the-loop.
  • Plugin Ecosystem: extend with native functions, OpenAPI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and more
  • LLM Support: OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, and more
  • Runtime Support: in-process and distributed agent execution
  • Multimodal: text, vision, and function calling
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