Microsoft Agent Framework

Framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows in Python and .NET; successor to AutoGen.

Category

Harnesses

Website

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/

Repository

https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework

Status

active

Pricing

open-source

License

MIT

Maintainer

Microsoft

Added

2026-10-02

Updated

2026-10-02

Last verified

2026-10-02

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• framework
• python
• dotnet
• multi-agent
• microsoft

Description

Described in the AutoGen README as the enterprise-ready successor to AutoGen, with multi-provider model support and interoperability via A2A and MCP.

Related

• AutoGen: Microsoft Research's multi-agent programming framework, now in maintenance mode; new projects are pointed to Microsoft Agent Framework.
• Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A): Open standard, hosted by the Linux Foundation, that lets independent AI agents discover each other, delegate work and exchange results across vendors.
• Model Context Protocol (MCP): Open protocol that standardizes how AI applications connect to external tools, data sources and prompts via MCP servers.

Sources

• https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework
• https://github.com/microsoft/autogen
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/agent-framework/

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)