agent-framework-azure-ai-py
agent-framework-azure-ai-py is an agent skill published by microsoft, listed under building agents. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Build Azure AI Foundry agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK. Requires credentials for AzureAIAgentsProvider and integration with hosted tools like code interpreter, file search, and web search.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads microsoft/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add microsoft/skills
Maintenance
Build Azure AI Foundry agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK (agent-framework-azure-ai). Use when creating persistent agents with AzureAIAgentsProvider, using hosted tools (code interpreter, file search, web search), integrating MCP servers, managing conversation threads, or implementing streaming responses. Covers function tools, structured outputs, and multi-tool agents.
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Common questions about agent-framework-azure-ai-py
- What does agent-framework-azure-ai-py do?
- Build Azure AI Foundry agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK. Requires credentials for AzureAIAgentsProvider and integration with hosted tools like code interpreter, file search, and web search.
- How do I install agent-framework-azure-ai-py?
- Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes agent-framework-azure-ai-py?
- microsoft.
- Is agent-framework-azure-ai-py maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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