ai-agents-for-beginners

🌍 āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢā§āϟ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• (.NET) āϏāĻš AI āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϭ⧇āϞ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ

📋 āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ

āĻāχ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ .NET āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢā§āϟ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš:

🔧 āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝ

āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

āĻŽā§‚āϞ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš

  1. AIAgent: āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϟāϰ
  2. āĻ•āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŽ āϟ⧁āϞāϏ: āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ GetRandomDestination() āĻĢāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāύ
  3. āϰ⧇āϏāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ: Azure OpenAI Responses āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāĻĢ⧇āϏ
  4. āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž: āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϞ-āϟāĻžāχāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ

graph LR
    A[āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ] --> B[āĻāφāχ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ]
    B --> C[āφāϜāĻŋāωāϰ āĻ“āĻĒ⧇āύāĻāφāχ (āϰ⧇āϏāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāφāχ)]
    B --> D[GetRandomDestination āϟ⧁āϞ]
    C --> E[āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āϏ⧂āϚāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ]
    D --> E

🚀 āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž

āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϭ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϞāϏ

# zsh/bash
export AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://<your-resource>.openai.azure.com
export AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT=gpt-5-mini
# āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏāĻžāχāύ āχāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ AzureCliCredential āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
az login
# āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻļ⧇āϞ
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT = "https://<your-resource>.openai.azure.com"
$env:AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT = "gpt-5-mini"
# āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏāĻžāχāύ āχāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ AzureCliCredential āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‹āϕ⧇āύ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇
az login

āύāĻŽā§āύāĻž āϕ⧋āĻĄ

āϕ⧋āĻĄ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ,

# āĻœā§‡āĻĄāĻāϏāĻāχāϚ/āĻŦāĻžāĻļ
chmod +x ./01-dotnet-agent-framework.cs
./01-dotnet-agent-framework.cs

āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž dotnet CLI āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇:

dotnet run ./01-dotnet-agent-framework.cs

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύ 01-dotnet-agent-framework.csāĨ¤

#!/usr/bin/dotnet run

#:package Microsoft.Extensions.AI@10.4.1
#:package Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI@1.1.0
#:package Azure.AI.OpenAI@2.1.0
#:package Azure.Identity@1.13.1

using System.ComponentModel;

using Microsoft.Agents.AI;
using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;

using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Azure.Identity;

// Tool Function: Random Destination Generator
// This static method will be available to the agent as a callable tool
// The [Description] attribute helps the AI understand when to use this function
// This demonstrates how to create custom tools for AI agents
[Description("Provides a random vacation destination.")]
static string GetRandomDestination()
{
    // List of popular vacation destinations around the world
    // The agent will randomly select from these options
    var destinations = new List<string>
    {
        "Paris, France",
        "Tokyo, Japan",
        "New York City, USA",
        "Sydney, Australia",
        "Rome, Italy",
        "Barcelona, Spain",
        "Cape Town, South Africa",
        "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil",
        "Bangkok, Thailand",
        "Vancouver, Canada"
    };

    // Generate random index and return selected destination
    // Uses System.Random for simple random selection
    var random = new Random();
    int index = random.Next(destinations.Count);
    return destinations[index];
}

// Azure OpenAI with the Responses API (stable v1 endpoint). Sign in with `az login`.
var azureEndpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")
    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT is not set.");
var deployment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT") ?? "gpt-5-mini";

var azureClient = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(azureEndpoint), new AzureCliCredential());

// Create AI Agent with Travel Planning Capabilities
// Get the Responses client for the specified deployment and create the AI agent
// Configure agent with travel planning instructions and random destination tool
// The agent can now plan trips using the GetRandomDestination function
AIAgent agent = azureClient
    .GetChatClient(deployment)
    .AsAIAgent(
        instructions: "You are a helpful AI Agent that can help plan vacations for customers at random destinations",
        tools: [AIFunctionFactory.Create(GetRandomDestination)]
    );

// Execute Agent: Plan a Day Trip
// Run the agent with streaming enabled for real-time response display
// Shows the agent's thinking and response as it generates the content
// Provides better user experience with immediate feedback
await foreach (var update in agent.RunStreamingAsync("Plan me a day trip"))
{
    await Task.Delay(10);
    Console.Write(update);
}

🎓 āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž

  1. āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ: āĻŽāĻžāχāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏāĻĢā§āϟ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• .NET āĻ AI āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ, āϟāĻžāχāĻĒ-āϏ⧇āĻĢ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇
  2. āϟ⧁āϞ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻļāύ: [Description] āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāωāϟ āϏāĻš āĻĢāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϟ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
  3. āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ: āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϭ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄā§‡āύāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž .NET-āĻāϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇
  4. Azure OpenAI Responses API: āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ Azure.AI.OpenAI SDK-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ Azure OpenAI Responses API āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇

🔗 āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϰāĻŋāϏ⧋āĻ°ā§āϏ⧇āϏ


āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ: āĻāχ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ AI āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώ⧇āĻŦāĻž Co-op Translator āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧂āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻŦ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāĻŦ⧁āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āύāχāĨ¤