azure-ai-agents-persistent-dotnetlisted

# Azure.AI.Agents.Persistent (.NET) Low-level SDK for creating and managing persistent AI agents with threads, messages, runs, and tools. ## Installation ```bash dotnet add package Azure.AI.Agents.Persistent --prerelease dotnet add package Azure.Identity ``` **Current Versions**: Stable v1.1.0, Preview v1.2.0-beta.8 ## Environment Variables ```bash PROJECT_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/<project> MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=gpt-4o-mini AZURE_BING_CONNECTION_ID=<bing-connection-resource-id> AZURE_AI_SEARCH_CONNECTION_ID=<search-connection-resource-id> ``` ## Authentication ```csharp using Azure.AI.Agents.Persistent; using Azure.Identity; var projectEndpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROJECT_ENDPOINT"); PersistentAgentsClient client = new(projectEndpoint, new DefaultAzureCredential()); ``` ## Client Hierarchy ``` PersistentAgentsClient ├── Administration → Agent CRUD operations ├── Threads → Thread management ├── Messages → Message operations ├── Runs → Run execution and streaming ├── Files → File upload/download └── VectorStores → Vector store management ``` ## Core Workflow ### 1. Create Agent ```csharp var modelDeploymentName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME"); PersistentAgent agent = await client.Administration.CreateAgentAsync( model: modelDeploymentName, name: "Math Tutor", instructions: "You are a personal math tutor. Write and run code to a