Error with AI Agent project template

[WeihanLi]

Description

Error with AI Agent project template

warn: Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.OpenAI.Responses.HostedAgentResponseExecutor[0]
      Failed to resolve agent with name 'publisher'

Reproduction Steps

1. install the project template

dotnet new install Microsoft.Agents.AI.ProjectTemplates::1.0.0-preview.1.25619.3

2. create a sample app from project template

dotnet new aiagent-webapi -n NewsAgent

3. configure the GITHUB_TOKEN environment and run project
4. switch to the workflow from the dropdown as highlighted, and configure input and run

Expected behavior

Works without error

Actual behavior

Nothing happened and warning log from server

warn: Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.OpenAI.Responses.HostedAgentResponseExecutor[0]
      Failed to resolve agent with name 'publisher'

Regression?

No response

Known Workarounds

No response

Configuration

.NET 10

Other information

No response

[jeffhandley]

Thanks for the excellent issue submission, @WeihanLi. I'm investigating.

[jeffhandley]

This looks like an issue in either Microsoft.Agents.AI.DevUI or Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.OpenAI. Even without using .AddAsAIAgent(), DevUI is not able to successfully invoke the workflow.

@WeihanLi - you can invoke the workflow as an agent by selecting "publisher-agent" from the top part of the dropdown. I'll follow up with more investigation on the root cause though.

[jeffhandley]

I chatted with @alliscode about a week ago and he acknowledged this is an issue in agent-framework, not the template. Closing this as external.