Python: [Breaking] Simplified Content types to a single class with classmethod constructors.

[eavanvalkenburg]

Motivation and Context

Replaced all old Content types (derived from BaseContent) to a single Content
with classmethods to create specific ones.

This gives chat client builders the option* to create custom types without having that abstracted. They can put in some other value for the type and drop any other fields into additional_propertiers.

*: this will not work for all clients, since those won't know what to do with them, but they can internally create and parse them.

Description

Contribution Checklist

• The code builds clean without any errors or warnings
• The PR follows the Contribution Guidelines
• All unit tests pass, and I have added new tests where possible
• Is this a breaking change? If yes, add "[BREAKING]" prefix to the title of the PR.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This pull request refactors the Content model in the Python Agent Framework, replacing the old inheritance-based Content types (derived from BaseContent) with a single Content class that uses classmethods to create specific content types. This is a significant architectural change that modernizes the content type system.

Changes:

• Replaced multiple Content classes (TextContent, DataContent, FunctionCallContent, etc.) with a single Content class with factory methods (from_text, from_data, from_function_call, etc.)
• Updated all code references from the old class-based approach to the new classmethod-based approach
• Changed attribute name from details to usage_details in UsageContent
• Updated dependency versions in uv.lock (anthropic, azure-core, huggingface-hub, identify, langfuse, librt, litellm, mem0ai, openai-agents, openai-chatkit, plotly, polars, py2docfx, regex, ruff, uv)
• Updated TypeScript types to match the new Content structure
• Fixed observability settings usage in lightning package

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 121 out of 123 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.

Show a summary per file

File	Description
python/uv.lock	Updated package dependency versions
python/samples (multiple files)	Updated from old Content classes to new Content.from_* factory methods
python/packages (multiple test files)	Updated test assertions and imports to use new Content model
python/packages/ollama	Updated OllamaChatClient to use new Content type checking
python/packages/devui	Updated TypeScript types and Python mapper to use new Content structure
python/packages/declarative	Updated loader to use new Content factory methods
python/packages/lab/lightning	Fixed observability settings API usage

[markwallace-microsoft]

Python Test Coverage Report •

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
packages/a2a/agent_framework_a2a
_agent.py	139	7	94%	352–353, 390–391, 420–422
packages/ag-ui/agent_framework_ag_ui
_client.py	140	11	92%	37, 88–92, 238, 268, 423–425
_event_converters.py	69	0	100%
_events.py	264	13	95%	105–106, 196, 215, 244, 258, 281, 361–362, 391, 402, 425, 481
_message_adapters.py	452	44	90%	65, 75–76, 85–88, 154, 254, 258, 261, 264, 268, 284, 301, 323, 359, 371, 422, 439–440, 501, 505, 511, 519–520, 522, 526–529, 542, 631–634, 636, 701, 758, 762, 765, 768, 776–777
_orchestrators.py	410	48	88%	111, 120, 227, 477, 532–534, 541–542, 550, 552–554, 558, 567, 600, 602–604, 606–609, 611, 613–614, 616, 618–625, 725–727, 731–736, 785–787, 790
_types.py	33	1	96%	12
packages/ag-ui/agent_framework_ag_ui/_orchestration
_helpers.py	184	53	71%	57, 106, 109, 146, 149, 153, 171, 174, 178, 195, 198, 201, 221, 233, 237, 252, 257, 288–305, 307–310, 314–315, 329, 348–350, 357, 377, 379, 382–386
_state_manager.py	50	1	98%	95
packages/anthropic/agent_framework_anthropic
_chat_client.py	342	137	59%	51, 360, 383, 385, 398, 420–423, 473–474, 483, 485–486, 491, 508–509, 551, 566, 570–571, 587, 596, 598, 602–603, 644–646, 648, 661–662, 669–671, 675–677, 681–684, 695, 697, 719, 729, 751–757, 764–765, 773–774, 782–785, 792–793, 799–800, 806–807, 813, 821–823, 827, 834–835, 841–842, 848–849, 855, 863–866, 873–874, 893, 900–901, 920, 942, 944, 953–954, 960, 982–983, 989–990, 999–1009, 1016–1022, 1029–1035, 1042–1051, 1058–1061
packages/azure-ai/agent_framework_azure_ai
_chat_client.py	478	94	80%	377, 638–639, 641, 644, 647, 650–655, 658, 660, 668, 680–682, 686, 689–690, 698–701, 711, 719–722, 724–725, 727–728, 735, 743–744, 752–753, 758–759, 763–770, 775, 778, 786, 792, 800–802, 805, 827–828, 938, 940, 942, 957, 985, 998–1002, 1041–1043, 1046–1047, 1093–1099, 1121, 1147, 1156, 1165, 1167, 1172, 1181–1186, 1298
_client.py	187	43	77%	250–253, 258, 261–264, 269, 272–273, 276, 283, 393, 420–423, 466, 503, 505, 510, 512–513, 516–519, 521, 523–524, 526–534, 536, 581
_shared.py	296	118	60%	100–101, 104–106, 109–114, 116, 147, 149, 151, 153, 198, 286–289, 292–294, 297–298, 308, 315–317, 343–352, 357, 405, 421–423, 425–442, 450–453, 458–459, 463–470, 475–476, 482–484, 487–488, 490, 502, 504–505, 508–511, 514, 516–517, 519–527, 529, 565, 567–570, 572, 578, 584, 588, 603, 606–607, 609
packages/azurefunctions/agent_framework_azurefunctions
_durable_agent_state.py	459	130	71%	65, 72–73, 93–94, 120–122, 139, 149–150, 157–158, 166–167, 175–176, 183–184, 190–191, 197–198, 202–203, 210–213, 219, 221, 255, 266, 284, 288, 290, 292, 294, 297–303, 346, 409, 420–421, 430–433, 435, 461–462, 465, 467, 472, 531–532, 534, 592, 664, 675, 746, 748, 825, 828, 850–851, 854, 862, 865, 892, 906, 929–931, 934, 944–948, 950–953, 955, 958, 979–980, 983, 991, 994, 1012, 1015, 1019, 1022, 1041, 1044, 1053, 1056, 1098, 1101, 1105, 1108, 1128–1129, 1132, 1140, 1143, 1178, 1183–1185, 1189, 1200, 1208, 1231, 1234, 1241, 1244, 1263, 1266, 1270, 1273–1275
_entities.py	181	21	88%	137, 177–178, 229, 237, 242–243, 270–271, 280, 287, 298, 304–305, 324–325, 395, 427–429, 431
packages/chatkit/agent_framework_chatkit
_converter.py	135	47	65%	33, 116, 121, 169, 171, 341, 394, 396, 415–417, 419, 437, 439, 441, 444, 456, 466, 484, 504–528, 530–532
_streaming.py	27	0	100%
packages/copilotstudio/agent_framework_copilotstudio
_agent.py	75	4	94%	154–155, 190, 198
packages/core/agent_framework
_agents.py	297	54	81%	51, 90, 96, 99, 102, 404–406, 452, 634, 803, 806–808, 925–928, 930, 933–935, 1036, 1077, 1079, 1088–1093, 1099, 1101, 1111–1112, 1119, 1121–1122, 1130–1134, 1142–1143, 1145, 1150, 1152, 1186, 1231–1232, 1234, 1236, 1247
_mcp.py	377	61	83%	111, 173, 182, 245, 253, 274, 364, 386–389, 399, 434, 436, 440–441, 443–444, 447–448, 451–452, 498, 513, 531, 572, 678, 691–696, 718, 733, 736–738, 753–754, 760–762, 781, 790, 793–795, 810–811, 815–819, 836–840, 980
_tools.py	758	74	90%	226, 272, 323, 325, 353, 523, 555–556, 658, 660, 680, 698, 712, 724, 729, 731, 738, 771, 827–829, 870, 895–904, 910–919, 955, 965, 1206, 1543, 1629–1633, 1758, 1760, 1826, 1918, 1924, 1966–1967, 1980–1981, 2024, 2108, 2146–2147, 2175–2177, 2215–2216, 2226, 2283–2284, 2291–2292
_types.py	947	128	86%	72, 95–96, 150, 155, 174, 176, 180, 184, 186, 188, 190, 207–208, 210–212, 214–215, 217–218, 220–221, 236–238, 240–243, 260, 265, 270, 274, 300, 304, 648–649, 1020, 1082, 1099, 1117, 1122, 1140, 1148–1150, 1167–1168, 1170, 1188–1189, 1191, 1198–1199, 1201, 1236, 1247–1248, 1250, 1269–1270, 1273–1282, 1285–1288, 1290, 1294, 1328, 1361, 1533, 1538, 1542, 1546, 1738, 1748, 1793, 1838–1843, 1865, 1870, 2229, 2238, 2374, 2462–2464, 2503, 2559, 2580, 2589, 2818–2820, 2823–2825, 2829, 2834, 2838, 2950–2952, 2980, 3016, 3034, 3038–3040, 3042, 3053–3054, 3059, 3067
observability.py	625	144	76%	244, 312–317, 319, 321–322, 324, 326–328, 331–333, 338–339, 345–346, 352–353, 360, 362–364, 367–369, 374–375, 381–382, 388–389, 396, 433, 436, 439–441, 444, 447–448, 451–453, 455–457, 460, 547, 549, 631, 649–650, 652, 655, 663–664, 667–670, 672, 675–677, 680–681, 694–700, 702–711, 714–718, 721–724, 726–729, 732–733, 741, 842, 844, 869–871, 993, 995, 999–1004, 1006, 1009–1013, 1015, 1290, 1374–1376, 1449–1451, 1615, 1618, 1677, 1761, 1763, 1770, 1786, 1789, 1849, 1865, 1869, 2003, 2005
packages/core/agent_framework/_workflows
_agent.py	278	45	83%	56, 64–70, 98–99, 255, 311, 325, 338, 387–390, 396, 402, 406–407, 410–416, 420–421, 490, 497, 503–504, 515, 547, 554, 575, 584, 588, 590–592, 599
_agent_executor.py	172	24	86%	27, 94, 116, 150, 166–167, 218–219, 221–222, 254–256, 264–266, 276–278, 280, 284, 288, 292–293
_orchestrator_helpers.py	21	2	90%	90–91
packages/core/agent_framework/azure
_chat_client.py	79	4	94%	282, 284, 297–298
packages/core/agent_framework/openai
_assistants_client.py	280	35	87%	60, 353, 367, 370, 372–373, 376, 379, 382–383, 394, 419, 421, 423, 425, 427, 432, 435, 438, 442, 453, 538, 557–558, 563, 571, 623, 658, 695–698, 750, 767, 812
_chat_client.py	268	52	80%	44, 178–179, 183, 202, 204, 222, 230, 239, 244, 249, 255, 260–261, 264, 269, 273–274, 276, 294, 314, 337, 351, 356–370, 377–379, 454, 460, 464, 467, 469, 471, 480, 494–495, 501, 517
_responses_client.py	560	118	78%	250, 255, 257–258, 269, 287, 295, 298–305, 307, 311–312, 314–323, 329, 334–338, 340–341, 343, 380, 412, 437, 443, 461–462, 484, 489, 542, 545, 559, 576, 589, 640, 719, 724, 728–730, 734–735, 758, 773–774, 778–780, 827, 849–850, 865–866, 884–885, 974–975, 984–985, 1016–1017, 1033, 1035, 1110–1118, 1141–1147, 1166, 1184–1185, 1194, 1199–1201, 1207–1208, 1221, 1236, 1272–1273, 1275–1277, 1291–1293, 1303–1304, 1310, 1325
TOTAL	17426	2702	84%

Python Unit Test Overview

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