# Azure Ai Agents Persistent Java

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-skills-azure-ai-agents-persistent-java`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Cloud & Infrastructure](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/cloud-infrastructure)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-java/skills/azure-ai-agents-persistent-java
- **Website:** https://microsoft.github.io/skills/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-microsoft-skills-azure-ai-agents-persistent-java
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Azure AI Agents Persistent SDK for Java

Low-level SDK for creating and managing persistent AI agents with threads, messages, runs, and tools.

## Installation

```xml

    com.azure
    azure-ai-agents-persistent
    1.0.0-beta.1

```

## Environment Variables

```bash
PROJECT_ENDPOINT=https://.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/ # Required for project configuration
MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=gpt-4o-mini # Required for agent model selection
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Authentication

```java
import com.azure.ai.agents.persistent.PersistentAgentsClient;
import com.azure.ai.agents.persistent.PersistentAgentsClientBuilder;
import com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential;
import com.azure.identity.AzureIdentityEnvVars;
import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;
import com.azure.identity.ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder;

String endpoint = System.getenv("PROJECT_ENDPOINT");
TokenCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
    .requireEnvVars(AzureIdentityEnvVars.AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS)
    .build();
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/java/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-java-stable#credential-classes
// TokenCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().build();

PersistentAgentsClient client = new PersistentAgentsClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(endpoint)
    .credential(credential)
    .buildClient();
```

## Key Concepts

The Azure AI Agents Persistent SDK provides a low-level API for managing persistent agents that can be reused across sessions.

### Client Hierarchy

| Client | Purpose |
|--------|---------|
| `PersistentAgentsClient` | Sync client for agent operations |
| `PersistentAgentsAsyncClient` | Async client for agent operations |

## Core Workflow

### 1. Create Agent

```java
// Create agent with tools
PersistentAgent agent = client.createAgent(
    modelDeploymentName,
    "Math Tutor",
    "You are a personal math tutor."
);
```

### 2. Create Thread

```java
PersistentAgentThread thread = client.createThread();
```

### 3. Add Message

```java
client.createMessage(
    thread.getId(),
    MessageRole.USER,
    "I need help with equations."
);
```

### 4. Run Agent

```java
ThreadRun run = client.createRun(thread.getId(), agent.getId());

// Poll for completion
while (run.getStatus() == RunStatus.QUEUED || run.getStatus() == RunStatus.IN_PROGRESS) {
    Thread.sleep(500);
    run = client.getRun(thread.getId(), run.getId());
}
```

### 5. Get Response

```java
PagedIterable messages = client.listMessages(thread.getId());
for (PersistentThreadMessage message : messages) {
    System.out.println(message.getRole() + ": " + message.getContent());
}
```

### 6. Cleanup

```java
client.deleteThread(thread.getId());
client.deleteAgent(agent.getId());
```

## Best Practices

1. **Use DefaultAzureCredential** for production authentication
2. **Poll with appropriate delays** — 500ms recommended between status checks
3. **Clean up resources** — Delete threads and agents when done
4. **Handle all run statuses** — Check for RequiresAction, Failed, Cancelled
5. **Use async client** for better throughput in high-concurrency scenarios

## Error Handling

```java
import com.azure.core.exception.HttpResponseException;

try {
    PersistentAgent agent = client.createAgent(modelName, name, instructions);
} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
    System.err.println("Error: " + e.getResponse().getStatusCode() + " - " + e.getMessage());
}
```

## Reference Links

| Resource | URL |
|----------|-----|
| Maven Package | https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.azure/azure-ai-agents-persistent |
| GitHub Source | https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-java/tree/main/sdk/ai/azure-ai-agents-persistent |

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/skills](https://github.com/microsoft/skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://microsoft.github.io/skills/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** yes
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-microsoft-skills-azure-ai-agents-persistent-java
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft
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