BethanyJep/Safaricom-Decode-Agents-Workshop

Build a bilingual (English, Swahili), AI agent for Savanna Bites restaurant (Nairobi), using the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit in VS Code and Microsoft Foundry. # Biashara Agent Workshop Build a bilingual (English, Swahili), AI agent for Savanna Bites restaurant (Nairobi), using the **Microsoft Foundry Toolkit** in VS Code and **Microsoft Foundry**. ## Prerequisites - Visual Studio Code - Foundry Toolkit extension in Visual Studio Code - (Optional) Microsoft Foundry for models ## Getting Started 1. Fork this repository 1. Clone your fork locally: ```bash git clone github.com /Safaricom-Decode-Agents-Workshop.git cd Safaricom-Decode-Agents-Workshop ``` 1. Open the folder in VS Code: ```bash code . ``` Then follow the workshop steps starting at workshop/01-overview.md. 1. **Create Agent** — set up Biashara Agent in Agent Builder with `gpt-5-mini` via Microsoft Foundry 1. **System Prompt** — define the agent's personality, role, and language behaviour 1. **MCP Tools** — connect the local data server for grounded answers 1. **Evaluation** — run manual and AI-assisted evaluations on agent responses 1. **Web App** — deploy a Flask chat interface powered by the agent 1. **Export Code** — export agent code for production with Microsoft Agent Framework ## Additional Resources 1. BRK441: Build and launch AI agents fast with Microsoft Foundry and the Microsoft Foundry Toolkit