This sample demonstrates how to register a ChatClientAgent in a dependency injection container and use it from a hosted service.
- Registering
ChatClientAgentas anAIAgentin the service collection - Using the agent from a
IHostedServicewith an interactive chat loop - Streaming responses in a hosted service context
- No server-side agent creation or cleanup required
- .NET 10 SDK or later
- Microsoft Foundry service endpoint and deployment configured
- An authenticated Azure identity (for example, sign in with
az login)
Set the following environment variables:
$env:FOUNDRY_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="https://your-foundry-service.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/your-foundry-project"
$env:FOUNDRY_MODEL="gpt-5.4-mini"cd dotnet/samples/02-agents/AgentProviders/foundry
dotnet run --project .\Agent_Step08_DependencyInjection