Self-paced lab - Build your code-first agent with Azure AI Foundry

[aaronpowell]

Introduction

Wanting to get started building with Azure AI Agent Service but unsure where to start? Well good news, we've got a self-paced lab that you can jump into and get up to speed - Build your code-first agent with Azure AI Foundry.

This lab was built by @gloveboxes, myself, and several other members of the devrel team at Microsoft, and it aims to get you familiar with AI Agent Service so you can start building your own agentic workflows.

Features and Screenshots

The lab consists of small, incremental steps that starts with function calling to query an SQLite database, before introducing more advanced concepts like vector stores and code interpreter - we even look at how to generate pie charts in different languages.

Technical Details

The lab contains Python and C# sample code, so you can pick your preference, as well as a guide on how to setup the Azure resources needed.

Challenges and Solutions

While Code Interpreter is great for generating files, like charts of reporting data, sometimes it will not want to make the file available for download until you prompt it to.

[amynic]

This is an awesome way to get started with agents and learn the step by step process of building them from scratch - thanks for sharing @aaronpowell !