microsoft/agent-framework

A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.

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Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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5 beginner-friendly issues indexed

Python: empty-string instructions inject a contentless system message Open

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Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

microsoft/agent-framework#8523 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Python: duplicate User-Agent headers when caller passes lowercase user-agent Open

python triage

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

microsoft/agent-framework#8520 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Python: checkpoints flatten dict subclasses (defaultdict/Counter/OrderedDict become plain dict) Open

python triage

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/agent-framework#8517 · Opened Sep 18, 2026
Python: A2AAgent rejects int timeouts (only float/httpx.Timeout accepted) Open

python triage

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

microsoft/agent-framework#8515 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 18, 2026
.NET Compaction - Update docs to refer to `AIContextProvider` deep dive Open

.NET compaction documentation

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 82/100

microsoft/agent-framework#4629 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 11, 2026

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