Technical & DevelopmentIntermediate
agents-v2-py
Foundry Agents SDK — container-based agents with custom images
Developer Setup
Setup & Installation
bash
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill agents-v2-pynpx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill agents-v2-pyOr paste this URL into your assistant to install:
Overview
What This Skill Does
Deploys container-based agents to Azure AI Foundry using `ImageBasedHostedAgentDefinition` from the Azure AI Projects SDK. You provide a container image and resource specs; the SDK handles registration, versioning, and protocol configuration. Supports tools like code interpreter and MCP servers.
Application
When to use this Skill
- Configuring integration settings for custom agent workflows.
- Optimizing query execution and response latency in production.
- Developing clean, standard-compliant implementations for enterprise services.
- Troubleshooting connection timeouts and authentication handshakes.
- Monitoring API rate limits and execution pipelines programmatically.
Documentation
Show Skills.md file
Agent Framework Azure Hosted Agents
Build persistent agents on Azure AI Foundry using the Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK.
Architecture
User Query → AzureAIAgentsProvider → Azure AI Agent Service (Persistent)
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Agent.run() / Agent.run_stream()
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Tools: Functions | Hosted (Code/Search/Web) | MCP
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AgentThread (conversation persistence)
Installation
# Full framework (recommended)
pip install agent-framework --pre
# Or Azure-specific package only
pip install agent-framework-azure-ai --pre
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