Build And Trace Multi Agent Workflows With Microsoft Agent Framework

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name: "Build and trace multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework"
slug: "build-and-trace-multi-agent-workflows-with-microsoft-agent-framework"
description: "Compose, orchestrate, and trace production multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework."
github_stars: 10118
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework"
author: "microsoft"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "Templates & Workflows"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "microsoft/agent-framework"
  github_stars: 10118
---

# Build and trace multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework

Compose, orchestrate, and trace production multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework.

## Prerequisites

Python or .NET runtime, Microsoft Agent Framework packages, OpenTelemetry-compatible tracing backend when observability is enabled

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install agent-framework

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF) is an open, multi-language framework for building **production-grade AI agents and multi-agent workflows** in **.NET and Python**.
- Microsoft Agent Framework is built for teams taking agents from prototype to production. It provides a consistent foundation for building, orchestrating, and operating agent systems across Python and .NET, while keepi...
- **Python and C#/.NET Support**: Full framework support for both Python and C#/.NET implementations with consistent APIs

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- are building agents and workflows you expect to run in production,
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- bash

- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/agent-framework/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

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

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/build-and-trace-multi-agent-workflows-with-microsoft-agent-framework/)