Beginner Agent Essentials
15 min
Build Your First AI Agent
Initialize an incident triage agent and connect it to a large language model provider.
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Your Path to Mastering
Microsoft Agent Framework.
Step-by-step .NET guides designed for developers. Start with Agent Essentials and progress through curated paths to master Advanced Orchestration and tool integration.
3 Paths
11 Lessons
3+ Hours
Learning paths
Pick a path, work the tutorials in order.
Agent Essentials
Master the core pillars of the Microsoft Agent Framework. Build a production-ready triage assistant from scratch, mastering tools, memory, and hosting.
5 Lessons 95 min
Agent Capabilities
Explore advanced agent features like local semantic tool search, multi-modal processing, and complex tool integration.
2 Lessons 45 min
Advanced Orchestration
Move beyond single agents to build reliable Compound AI Systems using deterministic workflows and multi-agent patterns.
4 Lessons 90 min
Tutorial directory
Latest tutorials
Jump into any tutorial directly. Each lesson is self-contained with objectives, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions.
Beginner Agent Essentials
15 min
Connect Your Agent to External Tools
Equip your agent with custom .NET functions to query live system health data and provide grounded responses.
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Beginner Agent Essentials
15 min
Maintain Context with Multi-Turn Conversations
Implement state management using agent sessions to handle follow-up questions and preserve history.
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Beginner Agent Essentials
20 min
Persist Conversations and Smart Memory
Learn to save conversation history across restarts and implement structured memory using AIContextProviders.
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Intermediate Agent Essentials
30 min
Expose Your Agent via API
Take Jordan Miller's incident triage assistant out of the terminal and host it as a scalable service.
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Intermediate Agent Capabilities
20 min
Scale to Thousands of Tools with Semantic Search
Implement local semantic search using ONNX Runtime and FusionCache to dynamically load tools on demand, overcoming LLM context limits.
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