Evan Mattson
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* Bump Python package versions for 1.2.0 release Released tier bumps 1.1.1 -> 1.2.0 (core, openai, foundry, root) to reflect additive public APIs landed since 1.1.0: functional workflow API (#4238) and FunctionTool SKIP_PARSING sentinel (#5424). All beta packages stamped 1.0.0b260424, alpha packages 1.0.0a260424. All 26 non-core agent-framework-core floors raised to >=1.2.0,<2. CHANGELOG consolidates the never-tagged 1.1.1 entries with the post-merge additions into [1.2.0]. * Update CHANGELOG footer links for 1.2.0 Advance [Unreleased] comparison base from python-1.1.0 to python-1.2.0 and add a [1.2.0] reference link comparing python-1.1.0...python-1.2.0 so the heading links resolve correctly. * Fix CHANGELOG: restore [1.1.1] section and add proper [1.2.0] Previous commit incorrectly renamed the [1.1.1] header to [1.2.0], which wiped the historical 1.1.1 entries and wrongly attributed them to 1.2.0. This restores [1.1.1] to its origin/main content and adds a new [1.2.0] section above containing only the commits in python-1.1.1..HEAD: - #4238 functional workflow API - #5142 GitHub Copilot OpenTelemetry - #2403 A2A bridge support - #5070 oauth_consent_request events in Foundry clients - #5447 FoundryAgent hosted agent sessions - #5459 hosting server dependency upgrade + types - #5389 AG-UI reasoning/multimodal parsing fix - #5440 stop [TOOLBOXES] warning spam - #5455 user agent prefix fix Also corrects the [1.2.0] compare base to python-1.1.1 (not 1.1.0) and adds the missing [1.1.1] reference link.
Agent Framework Foundry
This package contains the Microsoft Foundry integrations for Microsoft Agent Framework, including Foundry chat clients, preconfigured Foundry agents, Foundry embedding clients, and Foundry memory providers.
Toolboxes
A toolbox is a named, versioned bundle of hosted tool configurations — code interpreter, file search, image generation, MCP, web search, and so on — stored inside a Microsoft Foundry project. Toolboxes let you manage tool configuration once and reuse it across agents.
Authoring a toolbox
Toolboxes can be authored two ways:
- Foundry portal — create and version toolboxes through the UI without touching code.
- Programmatically — use the
azure-ai-projectsSDK to create, update, and version toolboxes from Python.
Toolbox authoring APIs (
ToolboxVersionObject,ToolboxObject,project_client.beta.toolboxes.*) requireazure-ai-projects>=2.1.0. Earlier versions can only consume toolboxes that already exist.
Using toolboxes with FoundryAgent
For hosted FoundryAgent, the toolbox must already be attached to the agent in the Microsoft Foundry project. Once attached, the agent invokes its toolbox tools transparently — no client-side wiring required — and you interact with the agent the same way you would with any other tool-equipped Foundry agent.
Using toolboxes with FoundryChatClient
There are two patterns for wiring a toolbox into a FoundryChatClient-backed agent.
1. Fetch, optionally filter, and pass the tools directly
Load the toolbox from the Microsoft Foundry project, optionally select a subset of its tools, and hand them to an Agent alongside any other tools you own:
from agent_framework import Agent
from agent_framework.foundry import FoundryChatClient, select_toolbox_tools
client = FoundryChatClient(...)
toolbox = await client.get_toolbox("my-toolbox", version="3")
# Pass the whole toolbox:
agent = Agent(client=client, tools=toolbox)
# Or filter to a subset first:
selected = select_toolbox_tools(toolbox, include_types=["code_interpreter", "mcp"])
agent = Agent(client=client, tools=selected)
See foundry_chat_client_with_toolbox.py for a full example, including combining multiple toolboxes.
2. Connect to the toolbox's MCP endpoint with MCPStreamableHTTPTool
Each toolbox is reachable as an MCP server. Instead of fetching and fanning out its individual tool definitions, you can point a MAF MCPStreamableHTTPTool at the toolbox's MCP endpoint — the agent then discovers and calls its tools over MCP at runtime:
from agent_framework import Agent, MCPStreamableHTTPTool
from agent_framework.foundry import FoundryChatClient
async with Agent(
client=FoundryChatClient(...),
instructions="You are a helpful assistant. Use the toolbox tools when useful.",
tools=MCPStreamableHTTPTool(
name="my_toolbox",
description="Tools served by my Foundry toolbox",
url="https://<your-toolbox-mcp-endpoint>",
),
) as agent:
result = await agent.run("What tools are available?")
print(result.text)