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Giles Odigwe d992febe9b Python: Fix agent_with_hosted_mcp sample to use Foundry client for MCP tools (#4867)
* Fix agent_with_hosted_mcp sample to use AzureOpenAIResponsesClient (#4861)

The agent_with_hosted_mcp sample used AzureOpenAIChatClient with an MCP tool
dict, but the Chat Completions API only supports 'function' and 'custom' tool
types, not 'mcp'. This caused a 400 error at runtime.

Switch the sample to AzureOpenAIResponsesClient which natively supports MCP
tools via the Responses API. Use get_mcp_tool() to construct the tool config.

Changes:
- main.py: Replace AzureOpenAIChatClient with AzureOpenAIResponsesClient
- requirements.txt: Update azure-ai-agentserver-agentframework to 1.0.0b16
  and use agent-framework-azure-ai package
- agent.yaml: Use AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME env var
- Add regression test documenting chat client MCP tool passthrough behavior

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* Python: Fix agent_with_hosted_mcp sample to use Responses API client for MCP tools

Fixes #4861

* Remove REPRODUCTION_REPORT.md investigation artifact (#4861)

Remove the reproduction report markdown file from the test directory.
Investigation notes belong in the GitHub issue or PR description,
not as committed files in the source tree. The regression test in
test_openai_chat_client.py already provides automated verification.

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* Add MCP tool API rejection regression test (#4861)

Add test_mcp_tool_dict_causes_api_rejection to verify that MCP tool
dicts passed through to the Chat Completions API result in a clear
ChatClientException rather than being silently dropped. This completes
the regression test coverage requested in code review.

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

* small fix

* Revert deletion of dotnet local.settings.json files

Restore the two local.settings.json files that were accidentally deleted in this PR.

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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 previous deprecated Responses alias has been removed. Use OpenAIChatClient directly.

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")