What is Foundry-Local-Lab AGENTS.md?

Project instructions for a workshop that teaches developers to build AI applications with Foundry Local, a tool that runs language models on a device through an OpenAI-compatible API.

Use it when editing the workshop guides or runnable Python, JavaScript, and C# examples, including the local creative-writer application and its browser interface.

It gives coding agents the workshop structure, supported languages, application layout, and details needed to work consistently with its labs and examples.

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Made for: Codex, OpenCode.

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Foundry-Local-Lab AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

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AGENTS.md · 154 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 154 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Coding Agent Instructions

This file provides context for AI coding agents (GitHub Copilot, Copilot Workspace, Codex, etc.) working in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a hands-on workshop for building AI applications with Foundry Local — a lightweight runtime that downloads, manages, and serves language models entirely on-device via an OpenAI-compatible API. The workshop includes step-by-step lab guides and runnable code samples in Python, JavaScript, and C#.

Repository Structure

├── labs/                              # Markdown lab guides (Parts 1–13)
├── python/                            # Python code samples (Parts 2–6, 8–9, 11)
├── javascript/                        # JavaScript/Node.js code samples (Parts 2–6, 8–9, 11)
├── csharp/                            # C# / .NET 9 code samples (Parts 2–6, 8–9, 11)
├── zava-creative-writer-local/        # Part 7 capstone app + Part 12 UI (Python/JS/C#)
│   ├── ui/                            # Shared browser UI (vanilla HTML/CSS/JS)
│   └── src/
│       ├── api/                       # Python FastAPI multi-agent service (serves UI)
│       ├── javascript/                # Node.js CLI + HTTP server (server.mjs)
│       ├── csharp/                    # .NET console multi-agent app
│       └── csharp-web/                # .NET ASP.NET Core minimal API (serves UI)
├── samples/audio/                     # Part 9 sample WAV files + generator script
├── images/                            # Diagrams referenced by lab guides
├── README.md                          # Workshop overview and navigation
├── KNOWN-ISSUES.md                    # Known issues and workarounds
├── package.json                       # Root devDependency (mermaid-cli for diagrams)
└── AGENTS.md                          # This file

Language & Framework Details

Python

Location: python/, zava-creative-writer-local/src/api/
Dependencies: python/requirements.txt, zava-creative-writer-local/src/api/requirements.txt
Key packages: foundry-local-sdk, openai, agent-framework-foundry-local, fastapi, uvicorn
Min version: Python 3.9+
Run: cd python && pip install -r requirements.txt && python foundry-local.py

Read the full file on GitHub · 154 lines

Changes

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Foundry-Local-Lab AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository microsoft-foundry/Foundry-Local-Lab (124 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,289 tokens to every session, about $0.0092 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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