Microsoft Agent Framework
An open-source SDK for building AI agents into your code
Semantic Kernel is Microsoft’s lightweight, open-source framework for adding AI models and agent workflows to C#, Python, and Java applications. It helps developers connect prompts, plugins, memory, and model calls into software that can take actions through existing APIs.
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Semantic Kernel is an open-source development kit for developers who want to build AI-enabled applications and agents inside an existing codebase. It is designed for C#, Python, and Java, and Microsoft positions it as a middleware layer for connecting AI models to application logic and external APIs.
The documentation emphasizes enterprise use cases, including modular AI workflows, observability, and security-oriented hooks and filters. To get started, you install the SDK in your application, follow the quick start guides, and then connect your own code as plugins or functions that the model can call.
Semantic Kernel is more of a framework than a standalone agent product, so it does not do the work for you out of the box. Its value is in helping developers orchestrate model calls and function execution reliably, but you still need to implement the surrounding application, connectors, and business logic.
The docs suggest it is model-flexible and future-proof, but they do not clearly spell out every supported model provider on this page. Pricing is not described in the crawled content beyond its open-source nature, and MCP support is not mentioned. If you are looking for a no-code agent tool or a finished end-user assistant, this is probably not the right fit.
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