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microsoft/agent-frameworkpython-1.21.0

A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.

Open source Maintained For developers

Official site ↗ GitHub ↗

IN ONE PARAGRAPH

microsoft/agent-framework is A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.

Good for: Developers and teams who want to build agent apps.

01How to start

  1. 1Read the official quick-start (link above).
  2. 2Install from the official package registry: pip install agent-framework
  3. 3Try it on a small example before wiring it into a project.

PyPI: agent-framework

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