Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local 0.8.2.1

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.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local --version 0.8.2.1
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local -Version 0.8.2.1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" Version="0.8.2.1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" Version="0.8.2.1" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local --version 0.8.2.1
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local, 0.8.2.1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local@0.8.2.1
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local&version=0.8.2.1
                    


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#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local&version=0.8.2.1
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Foundry Local C# SDK

Installation

To use the Foundry Local C# SDK, you need to install the NuGet package:

dotnet add package Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local

Building from source

To build the SDK, run the following command in your terminal:

cd sdk/cs
dotnet build

You can also load FoundryLocal.sln in Visual Studio 2022 or VSCode. Update your nuget.config to include the local path to the generated NuGet package:

<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="foundry-local" value="C:\path\to\foundry-local\sdk\cs\bin\Debug" />
  </packageSources>
</configuration>

Then, install the package using the following command:

dotnet add package FoundryLocal --source foundry-local

Usage

For this example, you'll need the OpenAI Nuget package installed as well:

dotnet add package OpenAI

using Microsoft.AI.Foundry.Local;
using OpenAI;
using OpenAI.Chat;
using System.ClientModel;
using System.Diagnostics.Metrics;

var alias = "phi-3.5-mini";

var manager = await FoundryLocalManager.StartModelAsync(aliasOrModelId: alias);

var model = await manager.GetModelInfoAsync(aliasOrModelId: alias);
ApiKeyCredential key = new ApiKeyCredential(manager.ApiKey);
OpenAIClient client = new OpenAIClient(key, new OpenAIClientOptions
{
    Endpoint = manager.Endpoint
});

var chatClient = client.GetChatClient(model?.ModelId);

var completionUpdates = chatClient.CompleteChatStreaming("Why is the sky blue'");

Console.Write($"[ASSISTANT]: ");
foreach (var completionUpdate in completionUpdates)
{
    if (completionUpdate.ContentUpdate.Count > 0)
    {
        Console.Write(completionUpdate.ContentUpdate[0].Text);
    }
}
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