Microsoft Agent Framework Overview
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026; it is registered on GitHub and has been in the index since 6 Aug 2026. How this is checked
Microsoft Agent Framework is a set of developer libraries for creating individual AI agents, opinionated long-running agents (Harness), and graph-based multi-agent workflows. It supports multiple LLM providers including Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, and Ollama, along with tool calling, MCP servers, planning, memory, checkpointing, and human-in-the-loop capabilities. The framework targets developers building production-grade agentic applications in…
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Overview
6 featuresPurpose: Building reliable, multi-step AI agents and agent workflows that integrate LLMs, tools, memory, and human-in-the-loop controls across multiple programming languages.
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Audience: developers
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Functions: agents, workflow_automation
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Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: indicated (inferred, not tested) · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)
Recorded constraints: pricing: free · license: MIT · platforms: CLI, WEB · deployment: browser, cli, api_only, self_hosted
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Record sources: learn.microsoft.com · github.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.
Microsoft Agent Framework Overview sits in PulseGate's Frameworks & runtimes category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on building reliable, multi-step AI agents and agent workflows that integrate LLMs, tools, memory, and human-in-the-loop controls across multiple programming languages. Inferred · not functionally tested: Microsoft Agent Framework Overview is an open-source project aimed at developers. Basis unknown · not verified: It is available for free. Basis unknown · not verified: It runs on the web, the command line, and API, and it can be self-hosted.
Microsoft builds and maintains Microsoft Agent Framework Overview, and it first shipped in 2025. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 112 stars. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include multi-agent workflows, tool calling, and MCP server support. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server and a public API.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested
- Multi-agent workflows
- Tool calling
- MCP server support
- Context compaction
- Human-in-the-loop
- Checkpointing
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Built with & integrations
- Azure
- x-azure-ref header
- openai
- bgpt- in the HTML
- local_oss
- bollama in the HTML
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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- Indexed6 Aug · 03:39 UTCmicrosoft/spec-to-agents seen via GitHub Search (Smart)Source: GitHub Search (Smart) · Open
Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Agent Framework Overview
- What does Microsoft Agent Framework Overview do?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Microsoft Agent Framework Overview focuses on building reliable, multi-step AI agents and agent workflows that integrate LLMs, tools, memory, and human-in-the-loop controls across multiple programming languages. It is catalogued under Frameworks & runtimes on PulseGate.
- Who should use Microsoft Agent Framework Overview?
- Inferred · not functionally tested: Microsoft Agent Framework Overview is an open-source project built for developers.
- Is Microsoft Agent Framework Overview free?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — Microsoft Agent Framework Overview is free to use.
- What platforms does Microsoft Agent Framework Overview run on?
- Basis unknown · not verified: Microsoft Agent Framework Overview runs on the web, the command line, and API. It can also be self-hosted.
- Is Microsoft Agent Framework Overview still active?
- PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026.
- What projects are similar to Microsoft Agent Framework Overview?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include agent-framework, agent-framework-azure-ai, and MS-Agent.agent-frameworkagent-framework-azure-aiMS-Agent
- Who makes Microsoft Agent Framework Overview?
- Microsoft Agent Framework Overview is developed by Microsoft, based in the United States.
- When did Microsoft Agent Framework Overview launch?
- Microsoft Agent Framework Overview first shipped in 2025.
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