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* Python: Fix broken samples for GitHub Copilot, declarative, and Responses API

- Add missing on_permission_request handler to github_copilot_basic and
  github_copilot_with_session samples (required by copilot SDK)
- Increase timeout for remote MCP query in github_copilot_with_mcp sample
- Soften session isolation claim in github_copilot_with_session sample
- Fix inline_yaml sample: pass project_endpoint via client_kwargs instead
  of relying on YAML connection block (AzureAIClient expects
  project_endpoint, not endpoint)
- Handle raw JSON schemas in Responses client _convert_response_format
  so declarative outputSchema works with the Responses API

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Improve raw JSON schema detection heuristic and add tests

- Broaden raw schema detection to handle anyOf, oneOf, allOf, $ref, $defs
  keywords and JSON Schema primitive types, not just 'properties'
- Apply same raw schema handling to azure-ai _shared.py for consistency
- Add unit tests for both openai and azure-ai response_format conversion

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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agent-framework-openai

OpenAI integration for Microsoft Agent Framework.

This package provides:

  • OpenAIChatClient for the OpenAI Responses API
  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient for the Chat Completions API
  • OpenAIEmbeddingClient for embeddings

Installation

pip install agent-framework-openai --pre

Which chat client should I use?

Use OpenAIChatClient for new work unless you specifically need the Chat Completions API.

  • OpenAIChatClient uses the Responses API and is the preferred general-purpose chat client.
  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient uses the Chat Completions API and is mainly for compatibility with existing Chat Completions-based integrations.

The deprecated OpenAIResponsesClient alias points to OpenAIChatClient.

Environment variables

OpenAI

These variables are used when the client is configured for OpenAI:

Variable Purpose
OPENAI_API_KEY OpenAI API key
OPENAI_ORG_ID OpenAI organization ID
OPENAI_BASE_URL Custom OpenAI-compatible base URL
OPENAI_MODEL Generic fallback model
OPENAI_RESPONSES_MODEL Preferred model for OpenAIChatClient
OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL Preferred model for OpenAIChatCompletionClient
OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL Preferred model for OpenAIEmbeddingClient

Model lookup order:

  • OpenAIChatClient: OPENAI_RESPONSES_MODEL -> OPENAI_MODEL
  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient: OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL -> OPENAI_MODEL
  • OpenAIEmbeddingClient: OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL -> OPENAI_MODEL

Azure OpenAI

These variables are used when the client is configured for Azure OpenAI:

Variable Purpose
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT Azure OpenAI resource endpoint
AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL Full Azure OpenAI base URL (.../openai/v1)
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY Azure OpenAI API key
AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION Azure OpenAI API version
AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME Generic fallback deployment
AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME Preferred deployment for OpenAIChatClient
AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME Preferred deployment for OpenAIChatCompletionClient
AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME Preferred deployment for OpenAIEmbeddingClient

Deployment lookup order:

  • OpenAIChatClient: AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME -> AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
  • OpenAIChatCompletionClient: AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME -> AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
  • OpenAIEmbeddingClient: AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME -> AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME

When both OpenAI and Azure environment variables are present, the generic clients prefer OpenAI when OPENAI_API_KEY is configured. To use Azure explicitly, pass azure_endpoint or credential.

OpenAI example

from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatClient

client = OpenAIChatClient(model="gpt-4.1")

Azure OpenAI example

from azure.identity.aio import AzureCliCredential

from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatClient

client = OpenAIChatClient(
    model="my-responses-deployment",
    azure_endpoint="https://my-resource.openai.azure.com",
    credential=AzureCliCredential(),
)

ChatClient vs ChatCompletionClient

Use OpenAIChatClient when you want the Responses API as your default chat surface.

Use OpenAIChatCompletionClient when you specifically need the Chat Completions API:

from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatCompletionClient

client = OpenAIChatCompletionClient(model="gpt-4o-mini")