agent-framework/dotnet/samples/GettingStarted/Agents/Agent_Step06_PersistedConversations/Program.cs

// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.

// This sample shows how to create and use a simple AI agent with a conversation that can be persisted to disk.

using System.Text.Json;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using Azure.Identity;
using Microsoft.Agents.AI;
using OpenAI.Chat;

var endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT") ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT is not set.");
var deploymentName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME") ?? "gpt-4o-mini";

// Create the agent
AIAgent agent = new AzureOpenAIClient(
    new Uri(endpoint),
    new AzureCliCredential())
    .GetChatClient(deploymentName)
    .AsAIAgent(instructions: "You are good at telling jokes.", name: "Joker");

// Start a new thread for the agent conversation.
AgentThread thread = await agent.GetNewThreadAsync();

// Run the agent with a new thread.
Console.WriteLine(await agent.RunAsync("Tell me a joke about a pirate.", thread));

// Serialize the thread state to a JsonElement, so it can be stored for later use.
JsonElement serializedThread = thread.Serialize();

// Save the serialized thread to a temporary file (for demonstration purposes).
string tempFilePath = Path.GetTempFileName();
await File.WriteAllTextAsync(tempFilePath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(serializedThread));

// Load the serialized thread from the temporary file (for demonstration purposes).
JsonElement reloadedSerializedThread = JsonElement.Parse(await File.ReadAllTextAsync(tempFilePath));

// Deserialize the thread state after loading from storage.
AgentThread resumedThread = await agent.DeserializeThreadAsync(reloadedSerializedThread);

// Run the agent again with the resumed thread.
Console.WriteLine(await agent.RunAsync("Now tell the same joke in the voice of a pirate, and add some emojis to the joke.", resumedThread));