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Co-authored-by: Ryan Sweet <rysweet@microsoft.com>

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Co-authored-by: ekzhu <ekzhu@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: XiaoYun Zhang <xiaoyuz@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Xiaoyun Zhang <bigmiao.zhang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: mhensen <mh@webvize.nl>
Co-authored-by: ekzhu <ekzhu@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Krzysztof Kasprowicz <60486987+Krzysztof318@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: luongdavid <luongdavid@microsoft.com>

* update readme

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update

* update

* add sample project

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* update

* update interactive version

* add nuget package

* refactor Message

* update example

* add azure nightly build pipeline

* Set up CI with Azure Pipelines

[skip ci]

* Update nightly-build.yml for Azure Pipelines

* add dotnet interactive package

* add dotnet interactive package

* update pipeline

* add nuget feed back

* remove dotnet-tool feed

* remove dotnet-tool feed comment

* update pipeline

* update build name

* Update nightly-build.yml

* Delete .github/workflows/dotnet-ci.yml

* update

* add working_dir to use step

* add initateChat api

* update oai package

* Update dotnet-build.yml

* Update dotnet-run-openai-test-and-notebooks.yml

* update build workflow

* update build workflow

* update nuget feed

* update nuget feed

* update aoai and sk version

* Update InteractiveService.cs

* add support for GPT 4V

* add DalleAndGPT4V example

* update example

* add user proxy agent

* add readme

* bump version

* update example

* add dotnet interactive hook

* update

* udpate tests

* add website

* update index.md

* add docs

* update doc

* move sk dependency out of core package

* udpate doc

* Update Use-function-call.md

* add type safe function call document

* update doc

* update doc

* add dock

* Update Use-function-call.md

* add GenerateReplyOptions

* remove IChatLLM

* update version

* update doc

* update website

* add sample

* fix link

* add middleware agent

* clean up doc

* bump version

* update doc

* update

* add Other Language

* remove warnings

* add sign.props

* add sign step

* fix pipelien

* auth

* real sign

* disable PR trigger

* update

* disable PR trigger

* use microbuild machine

* update build pipeline to add publish to internal feed

* add internal feed

* fix build pipeline

* add dotnet prefix

* update ci

* add build number

* update run number

* update source

* update token

* update

* remove adding source

* add publish to github package

* try again

* try again

* ask for write pacakge

* disable package when branch is not main

* update

* implement streaming agent

* add test for streaming function call

* update

* fix #1588

* enable PR check for dotnet branch

* add website readme

* only publish to dotnet feed when pushing to dotnet branch

* remove openai-test-and-notebooks workflow

* update readme

* update readme

* update workflow

* update getting-start

* upgrade test and sample proejct to use .net 8

* fix global.json format && make loadFromConfig API internal only before implementing

* update

* add support for LM studio

* add doc

* Update README.md

* add push and workflow_dispatch trigger

* disable PR for main

* add dotnet env

* Update Installation.md

* add nuget

* refer to newtonsoft 13

* update branch to dotnet in docfx

* Update Installation.md

* pull out HumanInputMiddleware and FunctionCallMiddleware

* fix tests

* add link to sample folder

* refactor message

* refactor over IMessage

* add more tests

* add more test

* fix build error

* rename header

* add semantic kernel project

* update sk example

* update dotnet version

* add LMStudio function call example

* rename LLaMAFunctin

* remove dotnet run openai test and notebook workflow

* add FunctionContract and test

* update doc

* add documents

* add workflow

* update

* update sample

* fix warning in test

* reult length can be less then maximumOutputToKeep (#1804)

* merge with main

* add option to retrieve inner agent and middlewares from MiddlewareAgent

* update doc

* adjust namespace

* update readme

* fix test

* use IMessage

* more updates

* update

* fix test

* add comments

* use FunctionContract to replace FunctionDefinition

* move AutoGen contrac to AutoGen.Core

* update installation

* refactor streamingAgent by adding StreamingMessage type

* update sample

* update samples

* update

* update

* add test

* fix test

* bump version

* add openaichat test

* update

* Update Example03_Agent_FunctionCall.cs

* [.Net] improve docs (#1862)

* add doc

* add doc

* add doc

* add doc

* add doc

* add doc

* update

* fix test error

* fix some error

* fix test

* fix test

* add more tests

* edits

---------

Co-authored-by: ekzhu <ekzhu@users.noreply.github.com>

* [.Net] Add fill form example (#1911)

* add form filler example

* update

* fix ci error

* [.Net] Add using AutoGen.Core in source generator (#1983)

* fix using namespace bug in source generator

* remove using in sourcegenerator test

* disable PR test

* Add .idea to .gitignore (#1988)

* [.Net] publish to nuget.org feed (#1987)

* publish to nuget

* update ci

* update dotnet-release

* update release pipeline

* add source

* remove empty symbol package

* update pipeline

* remove tag

* update installation guide

* [.Net] Rename some classes && APIs based on doc review (#1980)

* rename sequential group chat to round robin group chat

* rename to sendInstruction

* rename workflow to graph

* rename some api

* bump version

* move Graph to GroupChat folder

* rename fill application example

* [.Net] Improve package description (#2161)

* add discord link and update package description

* Update getting-start.md

* [.Net] Fix document comment from the most recent AutoGen.Net engineer sync (#2231)

* update

* rename RegisterPrintMessageHook to RegisterPrintMessage

* update website

* update update.md

* fix link error

* [.Net] Enable JsonMode and deterministic output in AutoGen.OpenAI OpenAIChatAgent (#2347)

* update openai version && add sample for json output

* add example in web

* update update.md

* update image url

* [.Net] Add AutoGen.Mistral package (#2330)

* add mstral client

* enable streaming support

* add mistralClientAgent

* add test for function call

* add extension

* add support for toolcall and toolcall result message

* add support for aggregate message

* implement streaming function call

* track (#2471)

* [.Net] add mistral example (#2482)

* update existing examples to use messageCOnnector

* add overview

* add function call document

* add example 14

* add mistral token count usage example

* update version

* Update dotnet-release.yml (#2488)

* update

* revert gitattributes

---------

Co-authored-by: mhensen <mh@webvize.nl>
Co-authored-by: ekzhu <ekzhu@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Krzysztof Kasprowicz <60486987+Krzysztof318@users.noreply.github.com>