AIContextProvider Class

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Agents.AI

Assembly:

Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions v1.0.0-preview.251002.1

Provides an abstract base class for components that enhance AI context management during agent invocations.

public abstract class AIContextProvider

type AIContextProvider = class

Public MustInherit Class AIContextProvider

Inheritance

Object

AIContextProvider

Remarks

An AI context provider is a component that participates in the agent invocation lifecycle by:

• Listening to changes in conversations
• Providing additional context to AI models or agents before invocation
• Supplying additional function tools for enhanced capabilities
• Processing invocation results for state management or learning

Context providers operate through a two-phase lifecycle: they are called before invocation via InvokingAsync(AIContextProvider+InvokingContext, CancellationToken) to provide context, and optionally called after invocation via InvokedAsync(AIContextProvider+InvokedContext, CancellationToken) to process results.

Constructors

AIContextProvider()

Methods

GetService(Type, Object)	Asks the AIContextProvider for an object of the specified type serviceType.
GetService<TService>(Object)	Asks the AIContextProvider for an object of type TService.
InvokedAsync(AIContextProvider+InvokedContext, CancellationToken)	Called immediately after an AI model or agent has been invoked to process the results.
InvokingAsync(AIContextProvider+InvokingContext, CancellationToken)	Called immediately before an AI model or agent is invoked to provide additional context.
Serialize(JsonSerializerOptions)	Serializes the current object's state to a JsonElement using the specified serialization options.