This sample shows how to use MCP (Model Context Protocol) client tools with a ChatClientAgent using the Responses API directly.
- Connecting to an MCP server via HTTP client transport
- Retrieving MCP tools and passing them to a
ChatClientAgent - Using MCP tools for agent interactions without server-side agent creation
- .NET 10 SDK or later
- Microsoft Foundry service endpoint and deployment configured
- An authenticated Azure identity (for example, sign in with
az login) - Node.js installed (for npx/MCP server)
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"dotnet run