13. References

Glossary

Term	Definition
Foundry Hub	Shared resource container (AI Search, Storage, Key Vault)
Foundry Project	Workspace within a Hub for building AI applications
Agent Service	Managed runtime for AI agents with tools and memory
RAG	Retrieval-Augmented Generation — ground LLM responses in retrieved data
MCP	Model Context Protocol — standardized tool interface
A2A	Agent-to-Agent protocol for inter-agent communication
AI Gateway	API Management layer for AI models and agents
Foundry IQ	Agentic retrieval with intelligent ranking

Cheatsheet

# Python SDK Quick Reference

# 1. Create project client
from azure.ai.projects import AIProjectClient
client = AIProjectClient(subscription_id, resource_group, project_name, credential)

# 2. Create agent
agent = client.agents.create_agent(model="gpt-4o", name="MyAgent", instructions="...")

# 3. Add tools
from azure.ai.projects.models import ToolSet, CodeInterpreterTool, WebSearchTool
toolset = ToolSet()
toolset.add(CodeInterpreterTool())

# 4. Send message
response = client.agents.send_message(agent.id, "Hello")

# 5. Create search index
from azure.search.documents.indexes import SearchIndexClient
index_client = SearchIndexClient(endpoint, credential)
index_client.create_index(index_definition)

# 6. Deploy model (portal or CLI)
# az ml model create --name gpt-4o --type deployment

API Reference

Azure.AI.Projects — Agent lifecycle, tools, memory
Azure.AI.Inference — Chat completions, embeddings
Azure.Search.Documents — Vector + keyword search
Azure.Identity — DefaultAzureCredential, ManagedIdentity
Azure.AI.ContentSafety — PII detection, content filtering
Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence — Document extraction

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