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SergeyMenshykh be8d2619e4 Python: [Breaking] Restructure agent skills to use multi-source architecture (#5584)
* migrate skills to multi source architecture

* Fix ruff lint errors in skills module (ASYNC240, SIM108, E501)

- Use anyio.Path for async file I/O in _FileSkillResource.read()
- Use noqa: ASYNC240 for pure string os.path calls in async context
- Restore pre-commit if/else pattern in InlineSkillScript.run()
- Break long lines to fit 120-char limit in _skills.py and test_skills.py

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

* fix: collapse multi-line lambdas to single lines to fix pyright errors

The pyright ignore comments only suppress errors on the same line, so
multi-line lambdas left arguments on continuation lines uncovered.
Collapse both lambdas to single lines matching the existing load_skill
lambda pattern.

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

* fix: replace untyped lambdas with typed inner functions to fix pyright errors

Python lambdas cannot have type annotations, so pyright reports
reportUnknownLambdaType and reportUnknownArgumentType errors that
cannot be suppressed with inline ignore comments. Replace the
lambdas for read_skill_resource and run_skill_script with typed
inner async functions.

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

* fix: address PR review feedback on docs and prompt template

- Update with_prompt_template() docstring to document the
  {resource_instructions} placeholder requirement
- Remove stray backslashes after {resource_instructions} and
  {runner_instructions} in DEFAULT_SKILLS_INSTRUCTION_PROMPT
- Update subprocess_script_runner docstring to reflect
  FileSkillScript.full_path usage

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

* refactor: replace dict[str, Skill] with Sequence[Skill] in SkillsProvider

Replace internal dict-based skills storage with Sequence[Skill] to
eliminate silent duplicate overwrites and simplify the code. Add
_find_skill helper for case-insensitive linear lookup.

Also fix pyright errors in tests by adding isinstance assertions
before accessing .function on SkillResource/SkillScript base types.

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

* refactor: add read-time resource path validation in _FileSkillsSource

Move security validation (path-traversal and symlink guards) for
file-based skill resources into _FileSkillsSource, restoring the
read-time checks that existed in main via _read_file_skill_resource.

- Add _get_validated_resource_path static method on _FileSkillsSource
  that validates containment, existence, and symlink safety
- _FileSkillsSource.get_skills() validates resource paths at discovery
  time via _get_validated_resource_path before passing to _FileSkillResource
- Move _normalize_resource_path, _is_path_within_directory, and
  _has_symlink_in_path from module-level into _FileSkillsSource as
  static methods (only used there)
- _FileSkillResource remains a simple path-to-content reader
- Add tests for _get_validated_resource_path security checks

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* fix: reject str/Path in SkillsProvider constructor to prevent str-as-Sequence ambiguity

Since str is a Sequence, passing a path string to the source parameter
would silently be treated as a sequence of characters instead of a
file source. Add an explicit TypeError with a helpful message pointing
callers to SkillsProvider.from_paths().

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

* Address PR #5584 review feedback

- Remove .NET reference from _FileSkillResource docstring
- Fix inconsistent resource name example (references/FAQ.md -> references/FAQ)
- Simplify SkillsProvider usage in code_defined_skill sample (pass single skill directly)

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* remove skillsproviderbuilder

* Update python/packages/core/agent_framework/_skills.py

Co-authored-by: Eduard van Valkenburg <eavanvalkenburg@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: remove dead code and fix sync function call in InlineSkillResource.read()

- Change await self.function() to self.function() for sync functions
  without **kwargs; async results are handled by inspect.isawaitable()
- Remove unreachable raise ValueError since __init__ already validates

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

* remove full_path unnecessary property

* replace anyio with asyncio.to_thread for file I/O in _FileSkillResource

Replace anyio.Path usage with asyncio.to_thread + pathlib.Path since
anyio is not a direct dependency of core (transitive via mcp).

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

* simplify awaitable check to return directly

Use 'return await result' instead of assigning then returning.

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

* address PR review feedback for skills refactoring

- Replace anyio with asyncio.to_thread + pathlib.Path for file I/O
- Simplify awaitable check to return directly
- Remove unnecessary function None guard in InlineSkillResource.read()
- Add assert for type narrowing on self.function

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

* address PR review feedback for skills refactoring

- Replace anyio with asyncio.to_thread + pathlib.Path for file I/O
- Simplify awaitable checks to return directly
- Remove unnecessary function None guard in InlineSkillResource.read()
- Use typing.cast instead of assert for type narrowing
- Add caching behavior note to SkillsProvider docstring

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

* refactor: move name/description from abstract properties to Skill.__init__

Replace abstract properties for name and description on the Skill ABC
with a base __init__ that validates and stores them as regular
attributes. This simplifies custom Skill subclasses (only content
remains abstract) and centralizes validation in the base class,
consistent with SkillResource and SkillScript base classes.

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

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

  1. 01_hello_agent.py — Create and run your first agent
  2. 02_add_tools.py — Add function tools with @tool
  3. 03_multi_turn.py — Multi-turn conversations with AgentSession
  4. 04_memory.py — Agent memory with ContextProvider
  5. 05_functional_workflow_with_agents.py — Call agents inside a functional workflow
  6. 06_functional_workflow_basics.py — Write a workflow as a plain async function
  7. 07_first_graph_workflow.py — Build a workflow with executors and edges
  8. 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):

  1. Copy .env.example to .env in the python/ directory:
    cp .env.example .env
    
  2. Edit .env and 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:

  1. Explicit Azure inputs such as credential, azure_endpoint, or api_version
  2. OPENAI_API_KEY / explicit OpenAI API-key parameters
  3. Azure environment fallback such as AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT and AZURE_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 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 enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION true
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_SENSITIVE_DATA false
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() ENABLE_CONSOLE_EXPORTERS true
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4317
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/traces
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/metrics
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_ENDPOINT http://localhost:4318/v1/logs
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL grpc
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS api-key=demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_TRACES_HEADERS api-key=trace-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_HEADERS api-key=metric-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_HEADERS api-key=log-demo
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_SERVICE_NAME sample-agent
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() OTEL_SERVICE_VERSION 1.0.0
agent-framework-core enable_instrumentation() 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.

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