Comprehensive Tutorial Series for Microsoft Agent Framework
davemccollough · x · 2026-08-13
The author released a complete tutorial series on the Microsoft Agent Framework, explaining core development patterns by incrementally building a personal trainer agent named Iron Mind AI.
The series is divided by functional modules, with each post adding a new capability that builds on the previous ones:
- Core concepts and component patterns
- Conversation and thread creation/serialization
- Extending agent data access using function tools
- Exposing discrete agents as function tools to others
- Implementing human-in-the-loop approval mechanisms
- Supporting MCP and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
Additionally, the series offers a free video course containing source code for every step to help developers get started quickly.
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