Deep dive into Semantic Kernel

If you want to dive into deeper into Semantic Kernel and learn how to use more advanced functionality not explicitly covered in our Learn documentation, we recommend that you check out our concepts samples that individually demonstrate how to use specific features within the SDK.

Each of the SDKs (Python, C#, and Java) have their own set of samples that walk through the SDK. Each sample is modelled as a test case within our main repo, so you're always guaranteed that the sample will work with the latest nightly version of the SDK! Below are most of the samples you'll find in our concepts project.

View all C# concept samples on GitHub

View all Python concept samples on GitHub

Category	Sample Name	Link
Agents	ComplexChat_NestedShopper	Link
	Legacy_AgentAuthoring	Link
	Legacy_AgentCharts	Link
	Legacy_AgentCollaboration	Link
	Legacy_AgentDelegation	Link
	Legacy_AgentTools	Link
	Legacy_Agents	Link
	Legacy_ChatCompletionAgent	Link
	MixedChat_Agents	Link
	OpenAIAssistant_ChartMaker	Link
	OpenAIAssistant_CodeInterpreter	Link
	OpenAIAssistant_Retrieval	Link
Audio to text	OpenAI_AudioToText	Link
Automatic function calling	Gemini_FunctionCalling	Link
	OpenAI_FunctionCalling	Link
Semantic caching	SemanticCachingWithFilters	Link
Chat completion	AzureOpenAIWithData_ChatCompletion	Link
	ChatHistoryAuthorName	Link
	ChatHistorySerialization	Link
	Connectors_CustomHttpClient	Link
	Connectors_KernelStreaming	Link
	Connectors_WithMultipleLLMs	Link
	Google_GeminiChatCompletion	Link
	Google_GeminiChatCompletionStreaming	Link
	Google_GeminiGetModelResult	Link
	Google_GeminiVision	Link
	OpenAI_ChatCompletion	Link
	OpenAI_ChatCompletionMultipleChoices	Link
	OpenAI_ChatCompletionStreaming	Link
	OpenAI_ChatCompletionStreamingMultipleChoices	Link
	OpenAI_ChatCompletionWithVision	Link
	OpenAI_CustomAzureOpenAIClient	Link
	OpenAI_UsingLogitBias	Link
	OpenAI_FunctionCalling	Link
	MistralAI_ChatPrompt	Link
	MistralAI_FunctionCalling	Link
	MistralAI_StreamingFunctionCalling	Link
Dependency injection	HttpClient_Registration	Link
	HttpClient_Resiliency	Link
	Kernel_Building	Link
	Kernel_Injecting	Link
Filtering	AutoFunctionInvocationFiltering	Link
	FunctionInvocationFiltering	Link
	Legacy_KernelHooks	Link
	PromptRenderFiltering	Link
	RetryWithFilters	Link
	PIIDetectionWithFilters	Link
Plugin functions	Arguments	Link
	FunctionResult_Metadata	Link
	FunctionResult_StronglyTyped	Link
	MethodFunctions	Link
	MethodFunctions_Advanced	Link
	MethodFunctions_Types	Link
	PromptFunctions_Inline	Link
	PromptFunctions_MultipleArguments	Link
Image to text	HuggingFace_ImageToText	Link
Local models	HuggingFace_ChatCompletionWithTGI	Link
	MultipleProviders_ChatCompletion	Link
Memory	HuggingFace_EmbeddingGeneration	Link
	MemoryStore_CustomReadOnly	Link
	SemanticTextMemory_Building	Link
	TextChunkerUsage	Link
	TextChunkingAndEmbedding	Link
	TextMemoryPlugin_GeminiEmbeddingGeneration	Link
	TextMemoryPlugin_MultipleMemoryStore	Link
Planning	FunctionCallStepwisePlanning	Link
	HandlebarsPlanning	Link
Plugins	ApiManifestBasedPlugins	Link
	ConversationSummaryPlugin	Link
	CreatePluginFromOpenAI_AzureKeyVault	Link
	CreatePluginFromOpenApiSpec_Github	Link
	CreatePluginFromOpenApiSpec_Jira	Link
	CustomMutablePlugin	Link
	DescribeAllPluginsAndFunctions	Link
	GroundednessChecks	Link
	ImportPluginFromGrpc	Link
	OpenAIPlugins	Link
Prompt templates	ChatCompletionPrompts	Link
	ChatWithPrompts	Link
	LiquidPrompts	Link
	MultiplePromptTemplates	Link
	PromptFunctionsWithChatGPT	Link
	TemplateLanguage	Link
	PromptyFunction	Link
Retrieval augmented generation	WithFunctionCallingStepwisePlanner	Link
	WithPlugins	Link
Search	BingAndGooglePlugins	Link
	MyAzureAISearchPlugin	Link
	WebSearchQueriesPlugin	Link
Text generation	Custom_TextGenerationService	Link
	HuggingFace_TextGeneration	Link
	OpenAI_TextGenerationStreaming	Link
Text to audio	OpenAI_TextToAudio	Link
Text to image	OpenAI_TextToImage	Link

Features	Description	Link
AutoFunctionCalling	Using Auto Function Calling to allow function call capable models to invoke Kernel Functions automatically	Link
ChatCompletion	Using ChatCompletion messaging capable service with models	Link
Filtering	Creating and using Filters	Link
Functions	Invoking Method or Prompt functions with Kernel	Link
Grounding	An example of how to perform LLM grounding	Link
Logging	Showing how to set up logging	Link
Memory	Using Memory AI concepts	Link
On Your Data	Examples of using AzureOpenAI On Your Data	Link
Planners	Showing the uses of Planners	Link
Plugins	Different ways of creating and using Plugins	Link
PromptTemplates	Using Templates with parametrization for Prompt rendering	Link
RAG	Different ways of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)	Link
Search	Using search services information	Link
Service Selector	Shows how to create and use a custom service selector class.	Link
Setup	How to setup environment variables for Semantic Kernel	Link
TextGeneration	Using TextGeneration capable service with models	Link