agent-framework-azure-ai-py - Build Azure AI Foundry Agents with Python SDK
Build persistent agents on Azure AI Foundry using Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK with hosted tools, MCP integration, and structured outputs.
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Updated: 2026-06-30Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Create persistent Azure AI agents
- Register function tools with agents
- Execute Python code via code interpreter
- Search files via hosted file search
- Search web via Bing web search
- Integrate MCP server tools
- Manage conversation threads
- Stream agent responses
- Produce structured JSON outputs
- Retrieve existing agents by ID
Inputs
- Azure AI project endpoint
- Azure AI model deployment name
- Azure credentials
- Bing connection ID
- Python function definitions
- MCP server URL
- Pydantic model definitions
Outputs
- Agent text responses
- Streaming text chunks
- Structured JSON output
- Conversation thread IDs
- Created agent IDs
Requirements
- Azure AI Foundry project
- Azure subscription with appropriate permissions
- Python environment with agent-framework package
- Azure CLI for development authentication
- Azure identity credentials for production