.NET: Python: Native support for Bedrock-hosted models (Anthropic, Cohere, etc.) in Python SDK

.github/upgrades/prompts/SemanticKernelToAgentFramework.md

@@ -1636,4 +1636,4 @@ The property mapping guide from a `AutoFunctionInvocationContext` to a `Function
 | Result | Use `return` from the delegate |
 | Terminate | Terminate |
 | CancellationToken | provided via argument to middleware delegate |
-| Arguments | Arguments |
+| Arguments | Arguments |

.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
               workflow-samples
 
       - name: Setup dotnet
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5.0.1
         with:
           global-json-file: ${{ github.workspace }}/dotnet/global.json
       - name: Build dotnet solutions

agent-samples/azure/AzureOpenAIAssistants.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 kind: Prompt
 name: Assistant
 description: Helpful assistant
-instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions is the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Assistants as the type in your response.
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Assistants as the type in your response.
 model:
-    id: =Env.AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
+    id: gpt-4o-mini
     provider: AzureOpenAI
     apiType: Assistants
     options:
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ model:
 outputSchema:
     properties:
         language:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The language of the answer.
         answer:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The answer text.
         type:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The type of the response.

agent-samples/azure/AzureOpenAIChat.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+kind: Prompt
+name: Assistant
+description: Helpful assistant
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Chat as the type in your response.
+model:
+    id: gpt-4o-mini
+    provider: AzureOpenAI
+    apiType: Chat
+    options:
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
+outputSchema:
+    properties:
+        language:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The language of the answer.
+        answer:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The answer text.
+        type:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The type of the response.

agent-samples/azure/AzureOpenAIResponses.yaml

@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 kind: Prompt
 name: Assistant
 description: Helpful assistant
-instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions is the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Responses as the type in your response.
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Responses as the type in your response.
 model:
-    id: =Env.AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
+    id: gpt-4o-mini
     provider: AzureOpenAI
     apiType: Responses
     options:
-        text:
-            verbosity: medium
-    connection:
-        kind: remote
-        endpoint: =Env.AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
 outputSchema:
     properties:
         language:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The language of the answer.
         answer:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The answer text.
         type:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The type of the response.

agent-samples/chatclient/Assistant.yaml

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 kind: Prompt
 name: Assistant
 description: Helpful assistant
-instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions is the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format.
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format.
 model:
     options:
         temperature: 0.9
         topP: 0.95
 outputSchema:
     properties:
         language:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The language of the answer.
         answer:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The answer text.

agent-samples/chatclient/GetWeather.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ description: Helpful assistant
 instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions using the tools provided.
 model:
     options:
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
         allowMultipleToolCalls: true
         chatToolMode: auto
 tools:

agent-samples/foundry/FoundryAgent.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+kind: Prompt
+name: Assistant
+description: Helpful assistant
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format.
+model:
+    id: gpt-4.1-mini
+    options:
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
+    connection:
+        kind: Remote
+        endpoint: =Env.AZURE_FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT
+outputSchema:
+    properties:
+        language:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The language of the answer.
+        answer:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The answer text.

agent-samples/openai/OpenAIAssistants.yaml

@@ -1,30 +1,28 @@
 kind: Prompt
 name: Assistant
 description: Helpful assistant
-instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions is the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Assistants as the type in your response.
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Assistants as the type in your response.
 model:
-    id: =Env.OPENAI_MODEL
+    id: gpt-4.1-mini
     provider: OpenAI
     apiType: Assistants
     options:
         temperature: 0.9
         topP: 0.95
     connection:
-        kind: key
+        kind: ApiKey
         key: =Env.OPENAI_APIKEY
 outputSchema:
-    name: AssistantResponse
-    description: The response from the assistant.
     properties:
         language:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The language of the answer.
         answer:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The answer text.
         type:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The type of the response.

agent-samples/openai/OpenAIChat.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+kind: Prompt
+name: Assistant
+description: Helpful assistant
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Chat as the type in your response.
+model:
+    id: gpt-4.1-mini
+    provider: OpenAI
+    apiType: Chat
+    options:
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
+    connection:
+        kind: ApiKey
+        key: =Env.OPENAI_APIKEY
+outputSchema:
+    properties:
+        language:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The language of the answer.
+        answer:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The answer text.
+        type:
+            type: string
+            required: true
+            description: The type of the response.

agent-samples/openai/OpenAIResponses.yaml

@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 kind: Prompt
 name: Assistant
 description: Helpful assistant
-instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions is the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Responses as the type in your response.
+instructions: You are a helpful assistant. You answer questions in the language specified by the user. You return your answers in a JSON format. You must include Responses as the type in your response.
 model:
-    id: =Env.OPENAI_MODEL
+    id: gpt-4.1-mini
     provider: OpenAI
     apiType: Responses
     options:
-        text:
-            verbosity: medium
+        temperature: 0.9
+        topP: 0.95
     connection:
-        kind: key
+        kind: ApiKey
         key: =Env.OPENAI_APIKEY
 outputSchema:
     properties:
         language:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The language of the answer.
         answer:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The answer text.
         type:
-            kind: string
+            type: string
             required: true
             description: The type of the response.

dotnet/Directory.Packages.props

@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Aspire -->
-    <AspireAppHostSdkVersion>13.0.0</AspireAppHostSdkVersion>
+    <AspireAppHostSdkVersion>13.0.1</AspireAppHostSdkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <!-- Aspire.* -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="10.4.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic.Foundry" Version="0.0.2" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="11.0.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic.Foundry" Version="0.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="13.0.0-preview.1.25560.3" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.AppHost" Version="$(AspireAppHostSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting.Azure.CognitiveServices" Version="$(AspireAppHostSdkVersion)" />
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="2.7.0-beta.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.17.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Azure.Monitor.OpenTelemetry.Exporter" Version="1.4.0" />
+    <!-- Google Gemini  -->
+    <PackageVersion Include="Google.GenAI" Version="0.6.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Mscc.GenerativeAI.Microsoft" Version="2.9.3" />
     <!-- Microsoft.Azure.* -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos" Version="3.54.0" />
     <!-- Newtonsoft.Json -->
@@ -97,7 +100,6 @@
     <!-- MCP -->
     <PackageVersion Include="ModelContextProtocol" Version="0.4.0-preview.3" />
     <!-- Inference SDKs -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic.SDK" Version="5.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI" Version="4.0.4.6" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.ML.OnnxRuntimeGenAI" Version="0.10.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="OllamaSharp" Version="5.4.8" />
@@ -160,17 +162,17 @@
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.Analyzers" Version="[4.14.1]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.Analyzers" Version="4.14.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Roslynator.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="[4.14.0]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers" Version="4.14.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Roslynator.CodeAnalysis.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
-    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.Formatting.Analyzers" Version="[4.14.0]" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Roslynator.Formatting.Analyzers" Version="4.14.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Roslynator.Formatting.Analyzers">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>

dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_AzureOpenAIChatCompletion/Agent_With_AzureOpenAIChatCompletion.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_AzureOpenAIResponses/Agent_With_AzureOpenAIResponses.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_CustomImplementation/Agent_With_CustomImplementation.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_GoogleGemini/Agent_With_GoogleGemini.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_Ollama/Agent_With_Ollama.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_ONNX/Agent_With_ONNX.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_OpenAIAssistants/Agent_With_OpenAIAssistants.csproj" />
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/Agents/Agent_Step16_ChatReduction/Agent_Step16_ChatReduction.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/Agents/Agent_Step17_BackgroundResponses/Agent_Step17_BackgroundResponses.csproj" />
     <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/Agents/Agent_Step18_DeepResearch/Agent_Step18_DeepResearch.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/Agents/Agent_Step19_Declarative/Agent_Step19_Declarative.csproj" />
+  </Folder>
+  <Folder Name="/Samples/GettingStarted/DeclarativeAgents/">
+    <Project Path="samples/GettingStarted/DeclarativeAgents/ChatClient/DeclarativeChatClientAgents.csproj" />
   </Folder>
   <Folder Name="/Samples/GettingStarted/DevUI/">
     <File Path="samples/GettingStarted/DevUI/README.md" />
@@ -343,12 +348,13 @@
   <Folder Name="/src/">
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A/Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions.csproj" />
-    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AGUI/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AGUI.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Anthropic/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Anthropic.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.Persistent/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.Persistent.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CopilotStudio/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CopilotStudio.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Declarative/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Declarative.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DevUI/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DevUI.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.A2A.AspNetCore/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.A2A.AspNetCore.csproj" />
@@ -384,11 +390,12 @@
   <Folder Name="/Tests/UnitTests/">
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions.UnitTests.csproj" />
-    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AGUI.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AGUI.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Anthropic.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Anthropic.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.Persistent.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.Persistent.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.AzureAI.UnitTests.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.CosmosNoSql.UnitTests.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Declarative.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Declarative.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DevUI.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DevUI.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.UnitTests.csproj" />
     <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.A2A.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.A2A.UnitTests.csproj" />

dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/AgentProviders/Agent_With_Anthropic/Agent_With_Anthropic.csproj

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Anthropic.Foundry" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>