Agents

OpenClaw installation and gateway bootstrap

May 9, 2026 • Agents, OpenClaw

The best way to understand OpenClaw is to try it. The safest way to do that is to run it inside a container.

Introduction to OpenClaw

May 8, 2026 • Agents, OpenClaw

OpenClaw is an open-source, self-hosted AI agent framework that turns your machine into a persistent, autonomous personal assistant.

Human-in-the-loop with function approvals in Microsoft Agent Framework

March 20, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents, Production

Some tool calls are too consequential to let an agent run unsupervised. Function approvals pause the agent run when a destructive or sensitive tool is about to fire, surface the call to a human, and resume only after explicit approval. This article looks at how to mark a tool as approval-required, how the run pauses, and how to wire approve and reject back into the agent.

Context providers and pluggable memory in Microsoft Agent Framework

March 15, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents, Memory

AgentSession keeps one conversation alive for as long as the Python process runs. Context providers let an agent remember things across sessions, across users, and across long timescales. This article looks at the provider abstraction, the built-in history and memory providers, and how to write your own.

Structured outputs in Microsoft Agent Framework

March 6, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents

Free-text replies are fragile to parse, especially when downstream code depends on the answer's shape. This article looks at how Microsoft Agent Framework constrains an agent's reply to a Pydantic model, when to use it, and how it interacts with tool calls and streaming.

Streaming and multi-turn conversations in Microsoft Agent Framework

March 4, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents

Real applications rarely call an agent once and walk away. They hold conversations, and they often stream the response as it is generated. This article looks at AgentSession, streaming responses, and how the two work together.

Function tools in Microsoft Agent Framework

March 2, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents, Tools

Function tools turn ordinary Python functions into capabilities your agent can call. This article looks at how MAF converts type hints into schemas, what return types it accepts, how async tools work, and what happens when a tool raises an error.

Choosing the right Microsoft Agent Framework client

March 1, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Agents

Across this series, we have used several Microsoft Agent Framework client classes to talk to different model surfaces. This article maps them out, explains when each one fits, and shows the same simple agent built three different ways.

Microsoft Agent Framework - Agent Skills

February 28, 2026 • Microsoft Agent Framework, Workflows, Agents, Skills

Latest release of Microsoft Agent Framework offers support for Agent Skills. We will explore implementing a practical use case for Skills with MAF.

Google ADK - Agent Skills

February 28, 2026 • Google, Agent Development Kit, Agents, Skills

Dive into a powerful new feature in Google ADK: Agent Skills. We will explore what Agent Skills are, why they matter, and how to implement a practical use case.