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microsoft/agent-framework

A Microsoft framework for building, orchestrating, and deploying agents and multi-agent workflows across Python and .NET.

Agent framework Scope profile Project documented Reviewed July 21, 2026
Intended operator

Python and .NET developers building agent services and workflows.

Primary surfaces

Python packages / .NET packages / multi-agent workflow APIs

Tracked repository

microsoft/agent-framework

Teaching mechanism

Orchestration is an application contract, not a model feature

The repository separates agent construction from explicit multi-agent workflow and deployment APIs in two language ecosystems.

Evidence limitTheGitReporter has not yet compared lifecycle, persistence, and authority guarantees across the Python and .NET implementations.
Inspect the source
System map status

Reporting is still in progress.

This scope profile names the project's place in the field and one useful mechanism. It does not claim that every runtime boundary has been inspected.

Learn Through This Project

7 lessons
Chapter 1 Before the First Model Request Chapter 3 Tool Calls: Contract, Authorization, Execution Chapter 4 Loops, Workflows, and Recovery Chapter 5 Delegation Is a Distributed System Chapter 7 The Approval Trap Chapter 9 Trust Must Make Its Case Chapter 10 The Future Has Three Branches

Compare Its Boundaries

6 labs
Comparison labTool ContractsComparison labDelegation ReceiptsComparison labApproval BoundariesComparison labSessions And RecoveryComparison labEvidence And EvaluationComparison labMaturity Signals

Latest Reporting

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Primary Sources

Microsoft Agent Framework repository

Primary public framework and examples source.

Open Questions

  • Do both language implementations preserve the same delegation, cancellation, and evidence semantics?

Evidence state describes what this Atlas profile can support today. It is not a product score and it is not evidence that uninspected capabilities are absent.