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* Python: bump package versions for 1.3.0 release MINOR bump on the released cohort (agent-framework, agent-framework-core, agent-framework-openai, agent-framework-foundry: 1.2.2 -> 1.3.0). All 22 beta packages stamp 1.0.0b260507 and all 3 alpha packages stamp 1.0.0a260507 per the lockstep convention. Date stamp reflects 2026-05-07 Pacific. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address review: bump foundry_local openai floor, fix devui orchestrations pin, clarify breaking scope - foundry_local: bump agent-framework-openai lower bound from >=1.1.0 to >=1.3.0 - devui: update stale agent-framework-orchestrations dev pin from 1.0.0b260402 to 1.0.0b260507 - CHANGELOG: clarify [BREAKING] applies to experimental skills API only Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Revert devui orchestrations pin to 1.0.0b260402 to avoid breaking DevUI Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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
Each toolbox is reachable as an MCP server. Connect to the toolbox's MCP endpoint with MCPStreamableHTTPTool — 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)