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Microsoft Agent Framework Workflows - Using workflows as Agents

This document provides an overview of how to use Workflows as Agents in the Microsoft Agent Framework.

Overview

Developers can turn a workflow into an Agent Framework Agent and interact with the workflow as if it were an agent. This feature enables the following scenarios:

  • Integrate workflows with APIs that already support the Agent interface.
  • Use a workflow to drive single agent interactions, which can create more powerful agents.
  • Close the loop between agents and workflows, creating opportunities for advanced compositions.

Creating a Workflow Agent

Create a workflow of any complexity and then wrap it as an agent.

var workflowAgent = workflow.AsAgent(id: "workflow-agent", name: "Workflow Agent");
var workflowAgentThread = workflowAgent.GetNewThread();

workflow_agent = workflow.as_agent(name="Workflow Agent")
workflow_agent_thread = workflow_agent.get_new_thread()

Using a Workflow Agent

Then use the workflow agent like any other Agent Framework agent.

await foreach (var update in workflowAgent.RunStreamingAsync(input, workflowAgentThread).ConfigureAwait(false))
{
    Console.WriteLine(update);
}

async for update in workflow_agent.run_streaming(input, workflow_agent_thread):
    print(update)

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