* Adding AgentFileStore and FileAccessProvider to support file ased operations for agents. * Address PR review feedback on FileAccessProvider - Probe symlinks on the unresolved candidate path so in-root symlinks cannot silently pass and out-of-root symlinks surface the correct error message. - Validate matching_lines elements in FileSearchResult.from_dict and raise a clean ValueError for non-mapping entries. - Cap search regex pattern length (256 chars) via a new _compile_search_regex helper to mitigate ReDoS, and surface the cap in the file_access_search_files tool description. - Skip non-UTF-8 files during filesystem search instead of aborting the entire directory walk. - Replace the module-scope trailing string in the data-processing sample with comments to avoid Ruff B018. - Remove the checked-in working/region_totals.md sample artifact so the save flow works from a clean checkout. - Expand the Windows stdout reconfiguration comment in task_runner.py for clarity. - Add tests for invalid/oversize regex, non-UTF-8 file search, and in-root symlink rejection. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fix mypy redundant-cast in FileSearchResult.from_dict Use cast(list[object], ...) instead of cast(list[Any], ...) so the cast represents a real type change (lists are invariant) and is no longer flagged by mypy as redundant, while still satisfying pyright's reportUnknownVariableType. Matches the existing pattern in _memory.py. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Tighten path normalization and directory resolution in FileAccess - _normalize_relative_path now strips surrounding whitespace up front so leading/trailing spaces never leak into file segments, and rejects trailing path separators for file paths so 'foo/' is no longer silently coerced to 'foo'. - FileSystemAgentFileStore._resolve_safe_directory_path normalizes with is_directory=True and maps an empty normalized result to the root. This matches InMemoryAgentFileStore so whitespace-only directory inputs resolve to the root instead of raising. - Added tests for whitespace stripping, trailing-separator rejection, and whitespace-only directory listing on the filesystem store. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Harden FileAccess search and atomic save in store API - Add wall-clock timeout (10s) around regex scans so a pathological pattern (e.g. `(a+)+`) below the length cap cannot stall the event loop. - Offload the InMemoryAgentFileStore regex scan to a worker thread, matching the filesystem store. - Fail closed when `Path.is_symlink` raises during the safe-path probe so a permission error cannot silently bypass the symlink/reparse-point rejection. - Add `overwrite: bool = True` to `AgentFileStore.write_file`; the in-memory store performs the check under the existing lock and the filesystem store uses `open(mode='x')` so concurrent callers cannot race past `overwrite=False`. - `file_access_save_file` now relies on the atomic store call instead of a separate `file_exists` round-trip. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fix Python 3.10 timeout handling and add directory arg to list/search tools - Catch asyncio.TimeoutError in _run_search_with_timeout. In Python 3.10 asyncio.wait_for raises asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError, which is distinct from the builtin TimeoutError (the two were unified in 3.11). Catching the asyncio alias works on every supported version. - Add an optional directory parameter to file_access_list_files and file_access_search_files so agents can enumerate / scope searches to nested folders, not just the store root. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address FileAccess review feedback: case, errors, signal, TOCTOU - InMemoryAgentFileStore now stores (display_name, content) so list_files and search_files return the original-case names callers wrote, matching the behaviour of FileSystemAgentFileStore on case-preserving filesystems and removing the silent in-memory vs. on-disk contract divergence. - FileSystemAgentFileStore.read_file raises ValueError instead of letting UnicodeDecodeError bubble for binary / non-UTF-8 input, restoring symmetry with search_files (which still skips) and giving the tool layer a recoverable type to translate. - Tool wrappers now catch ValueError and OSError around every operation and surface them as readable strings, so 'you used ..' and 'the file already exists' are both reported to the model the same way instead of the former crashing out as an unhandled exception. - _search_files_sync logs per skipped non-UTF-8 file at WARNING and an aggregate INFO summary so operators can distinguish 'no matches' from 'half the corpus was unreadable'. - FileSystemAgentFileStore softens its docstrings to acknowledge the inherent probe-then-open TOCTOU window. On POSIX both read and write now pass O_NOFOLLOW so the kernel refuses if the leaf segment becomes a symlink between the probe and the open. Windows has no equivalent flag; the limitation is documented. - Tests cover: case preservation on list/search, ValueError on non-UTF-8 read at the store and tool layer, tool-layer string responses for path-traversal and oversized-regex inputs, search-skip log output, symlink rejection on delete/search/list, and symlinked intermediate directory rejection. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Address FileAccess nit comments: docstrings, enumerate, opt-in delete approval - Expand FileSearchMatch/FileSearchResult.to_dict docstrings to explain why the override is needed (__slots__ defeats the mixin's __dict__ iteration) and why exclude/exclude_none are accepted-but-ignored (mixin signature compatibility for callers like to_json). - Use enumerate(lines, start=1) in _search_file_content so the +1 below is no longer needed; rename loop variable to line_number for clarity. - Add opt-in require_delete_approval: bool = False on FileAccessProvider. When True, file_access_delete_file is registered with approval_mode 'always_require' so the host must approve every delete. Default False preserves current behaviour and matches the .NET reference, but deployments that want a safer-by-default posture can enable it. - Add tests covering both delete approval modes. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * FileAccess: require delete approval by default Flip the default for FileAccessProvider(require_delete_approval=...) from False to True so destructive deletes are gated by host approval out of the box. Callers that want the previous autonomous behaviour (which matches the .NET reference) can pass require_delete_approval=False. Tests updated accordingly. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * Fixing linkinspector by installing Chrome for puppeteer first. --------- Co-authored-by: Ben Thomas <25218250+alliscode@users.noreply.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, explicit output designation |
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/module | 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 |
observability |
ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION |
true |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
ENABLE_SENSITIVE_DATA |
false |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
ENABLE_CONSOLE_EXPORTERS |
true |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4317 |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/traces |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT |
http://localhost:4318/v1/logs |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL |
grpc |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS |
api-key=demo |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS |
api-key=trace-demo |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS |
api-key=metric-demo |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS |
api-key=log-demo |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_SERVICE_NAME |
sample-agent |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION |
1.0.0 |
agent-framework-core |
observability |
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