--- title: Your first AI agent is only a few lines of Python away description: A hands-on walkthrough demonstrates building a simple AI agent using Microsoft Foundry and the Azure AI Projects Python library. The demo covers setting up... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-first-ai-agent-is-only-a-few-lines-of-python-away-fmyecto0k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your first AI agent is only a few lines of Python away | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on walkthrough demonstrates building a simple AI agent using Microsoft Foundry and the Azure AI Projects Python library. The demo covers setting up... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-first-ai-agent-is-only-a-few-lines-of-python-away-fmyecto0k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fMYEctO0K.png og:image:alt: Your first AI agent is only a few lines of Python away og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your first AI agent is only a few lines of Python away **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on walkthrough demonstrates building a simple AI agent using Microsoft Foundry and the Azure AI Projects Python library. The demo covers setting up Azure resources via CLI, deploying a model, creating a prompt agent with instructions, and adding an MCP tool that connects to a demo 'cupcake store' to place an order. 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Add MCP tools to give the agent real functionality beyond plain model calls. _daily.dev surfaces practical walkthroughs like this for developers wiring up their first AI agent._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [From code to cloud: Deploy an AI agent to Microsoft Foundry in minutes with azd](https://daily.dev/posts/from-code-to-cloud-deploy-an-ai-agent-to-microsoft-foundry-in-minutes-with-azd-68bdbsc0i) · DevBlogs · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#azure](https://daily.dev/tags/azure), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/your-first-ai-agent-is-only-a-few-lines-of-python-away-fmyecto0k) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Your first AI agent is only a few lines of Python away","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-first-ai-agent-is-only-a-few-lines-of-python-away-fmyecto0k","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/your-first-ai-agent-is-only-a-few-lines-of-python-away-fmyecto0k"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T22:35:44.673Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T22:36:35.346Z","description":"A hands-on walkthrough demonstrates building a simple AI agent using Microsoft Foundry and the Azure AI Projects Python library. 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