Agent Development Kit (ADK)

Microsoft Agent Framework is an open source SDK and runtime designed to help developers build, orchestrate, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent workflows using languages such as .NET and Python. It combines the simple agent abstractions of AutoGen with the enterprise-grade capabilities of Semantic Kernel, including session-based state management, type safety, middleware, telemetry, and broad model and embedding support, creating a unified platform for both experimentation and production use. It introduces graph-based workflows that give developers explicit control over how multiple agents interact, execute tasks, and coordinate complex processes, enabling structured orchestration across sequential, concurrent, or branching scenarios. It supports long-running and human-in-the-loop workflows through robust state management, allowing agents to maintain context, reason through multi-step problems, and operate continuously over time.

The Claude Agent SDK is a developer toolkit that enables the creation of autonomous AI agents powered by Claude, allowing them to perform real-world tasks beyond simple text generation by interacting directly with files, systems, and tools. It provides the same underlying infrastructure used by Claude Code, including an agent loop, context management, and built-in tool execution, and is available for use in Python and TypeScript. With this SDK, developers can build agents that read and write files, execute shell commands, search the web, edit code, and automate complex workflows without needing to implement these capabilities from scratch. It maintains persistent context and state across interactions, enabling agents to operate continuously, reason through multi-step problems, take actions, verify results, and iterate until tasks are completed.