Ensuring that an incident manager agent can assign work to a DevOps agent in Azure AI Foundry is primarily achieved through a Connected Agents configuration. This setup allows a "main" agent to delegate tasks to "specialized" agents via natural language or defined function calls.
Key Implementation Steps
1. Configure Connected Agents
Within the Azure AI Foundry portal, you must register the DevOps agent as a "Connected Agent" of the incident manager.
2. Define Tool-Based Delegation
Use the ConnectedAgentToolDefinition in the Azure Python SDK or C# SDK to programmatically link them. This exposes the DevOps agent to the incident manager as a callable "tool".
3. Implement Handoff Orchestration Patterns
Choose an orchestration pattern that fits the triage-to-resolve workflow.
4. Manage Context and State
5. Enable Permissions and Roles
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/how-to/connected-agents