04.6.3-text-processing-walkthrough

Chapter 4.6.3 -- Text Processing Workflow Walkthrough

Companion code for Generative AI in .NET, Chapter 4 section 4.6.3 ("Building Your First Workflow").

A minimal Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows pipeline: input -> uppercase -> reverse -> output. Demonstrates WorkflowBuilder, Executor.From<,>, SetStartExecutor, AddEdge, SetOutputExecutor, plus the streaming event API via RunStreamingAsync.

Run it

dotnet run --project samples/ch04-agent-framework/04.6.3-text-processing-walkthrough

Expected output:

Result: !TNEGA ,OLLEH

Streaming events:
  executor done: uppercase
  executor done: reverse
  output: OMED GNIMAERTS

Manuscript reference

• Manuscript/Chapter-04.md, section 4.6.3
• The walkthrough uses Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows. No model provider, no API key required.

Prerequisites

• .NET 9 SDK