Use HybridCache when cache stampedes matter
Use HybridCache for expensive shared lookups where many callers can miss at once.
Csharp
Use managed identity before connection strings
Prefer Azure-managed identities over long-lived secrets in deployed applications.
Use OpenTelemetry before you need production debugging
Add traces, metrics, and logs while the system is still easy to reason about.
Use ProblemDetails as your API error contract
Return one predictable error shape instead of inventing a new JSON format for every failure.
Agent Frontends with AG-UI: Streaming, Tool Calls and Human Approval
How to expose Microsoft Agent Framework agents through AG-UI so frontends can handle streaming text, tool progress, approval requests, and shared state.
Use file-based C# apps for small utilities
A quick .NET 10 tip for running a single C# file without creating a project, with package directives, argument passing, conversion, and preview multi-file support.
Human-in-the-Loop Agents: When the AI Must Ask Before Acting
How to implement human-in-the-loop approval flows in Microsoft Agent Framework for risky tool calls, side effects, workflow state, and resumable review.
Deploy a .NET MCP server to Azure Functions
How to take an existing ASP.NET Core MCP server built with the official .NET SDK and run it on Azure Functions as a self-hosted custom handler.
Microsoft Agent Framework Multimodal Agents: Images, PDFs, and Provider Differences
How Microsoft Agent Framework agents can work with images and PDFs, where native multimodal support helps, and why provider differences still matter.
Agent Framework RAG for Agents: Giving Your Agent the Right Context
How to connect Microsoft Agent Framework agents to private application knowledge without stuffing full documents into the prompt.