Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when you need implementation-oriented learning material or a framework-specific starting point for an agent prototype, rather than a hosted agent application.
Who it is for
- Developers learning the Microsoft Agent Framework.
- Python and .NET developers prototyping AI agents.
- Teams looking for reference patterns for tools, RAG, MCP or multi-agent workflows.
Documented uses
- Learn core Microsoft Agent Framework concepts and architecture.
- Create a first travel-planning or basic agent from a sample.
- Compare provider and configuration examples.
- Explore tool use, file-search RAG, planning, multi-agent coordination and workflows.
- Use an example as a starting point for a custom agent application.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public, active and MIT-licensed. It is available on GitHub as a developer resource; the supplied material does not establish pricing or account requirements for the individual provider examples.
- Choose between Python notebooks and .NET samples based on the implementation language you want to use.
- Provider examples cover Azure OpenAI, GitHub Models, Microsoft Foundry and Foundry Local.
- Tool examples include vision, code interpretation, Bing grounding and file search.
- The repository includes both single-agent learning paths and multi-agent workflow patterns.
- The examples are reference material and may depend on provider-specific configuration.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Study the beginner agent examples
Use the repository’s staged examples to move from agent foundations to a basic or travel-planning agent sample.
Before you start
- Access to the public Agent Framework Samples repository.
- A choice of the Python or .NET examples provided in the beginner and first-agent sections.
Steps
Read the agent-foundation material and begin with the beginner examples.
Select the Python notebook or .NET sample for a travel agent, basic agent or design pattern.
Continue to the tool-use, RAG, planning or multi-agent example that matches the concept you want to study.
Expected outcome
A structured path through the repository’s introductory agent examples and related implementation patterns.
Guide limitations
- The repository provides tutorials and samples; the supplied material does not document a completed deployment or execution result.
- Provider and tool examples may require their respective configurations.
Compare options for Agent orchestration
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Framework Samples | Learn core Microsoft Agent Framework concepts and architecture. | CLI, Cloud, Self-hosted, Server | The repository is public, active and MIT-licensed. It is available on GitHub as a developer resource; the supplied material does not establish pricing or account requirements for the individual provider examples. |
| Agenite | Define typed tools with JSON Schema validation and error handling. | CLI | |
| Veldra | Create an agent with a policy, tools, skills, knowledge base and reasoning method. | Self-hosted | The documented deployment is self-hosted and uses a sign-in gate after a first-run administrator account is created. |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 3 October 2026
- Original website title
- microsoft/Agent-Framework-Samples · Official homepage title · retained in its source language