{"categories":[{"label":"Application Frameworks","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-libraries-application-frameworks/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides Microsoft Foundry integrations for the Agent Framework, including chat clients, preconfigured agents, embedding clients, memory providers, and toolbox management for building AI agents on Azure.","skillfed_tags":["azure-ai","agent-framework","foundry-integration"],"use_cases":["Build a multi-turn conversational agent that uses web search, code execution, and file analysis without hosting those tools yourself.","Manage reusable tool configurations (toolboxes) once in Foundry and attach them to multiple agents across your organization.","Convert a locally-tested Agent into a hosted Foundry prompt agent for production deployment without rewriting configuration.","Integrate Foundry-hosted agents into Python applications that need to call external tools like SharePoint, Fabric, or custom MCP servers.","Create agents that leverage Azure AI Search, Bing grounding, or computer-use capabilities through factory methods."],"what_it_does":"Agent Framework Foundry is a Python SDK layer that bridges the open-source Agent Framework with Microsoft's hosted Foundry platform on Azure. It provides chat clients, preconfigured agents, and memory providers that connect to Foundry-managed resources, allowing you to build and deploy AI agents that leverage hosted tools (code interpreter, web search, file search, image generation, MCP servers) without managing infrastructure yourself.\n\nThe package centers on two main patterns: FoundryAgent for agents already deployed in a Foundry project (which invoke tools transparently through the service), and FoundryChatClient for local agents that connect to Foundry toolboxes and hosted tool factories over MCP or direct API calls. It also includes utilities to convert a locally-defined Agent into a Foundry PromptAgentDefinition for publishing back to the platform, keeping your agent definition as a single source of truth.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and low install friction. It is the official bridge between the open-source Agent Framework and Microsoft's Foundry platform, so if you are building agents on Azure Foundry or need to integrate Foundry-hosted tools into Python agents, this is the required integration layer. If you are not using Azure Foundry, it is not applicable."},"id":"agent-framework-foundry","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/agent-framework-foundry","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/agent-framework-foundry.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/agent-framework-foundry/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-08-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"agent-framework-foundry","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Microsoft Foundry integrations for Microsoft Agent Framework."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":580194,"position":5913,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.11.0"}