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What Is Magentic Orchestration in Microsoft Agent Framework
Magentic orchestration is Agent Framework's port of AutoGen's Magentic-One: an LLM manager writes a fact sheet and plan (the task ledger), then grades every round with a JSON progress ledger to pick the next agent, detect stalls and replan. Here is how the loop works on Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows 1.24.0 and agent-framework-orchestrations 1.3.1, what it costs per round, and the limit defaults that let it run forever.
What Is the Agent Harness in Microsoft Agent Framework
The Agent Harness is Microsoft Agent Framework's batteries-included runtime: one call (AsHarnessAgent in .NET, create_harness_agent in Python) wraps any chat client in a tool loop with todos, plan/execute modes, file memory, tool approval, compaction and OpenTelemetry. Here is what it actually sends to the model on Microsoft.Agents.AI.Harness 1.23.0, what it costs per call, and how to trim it.