{"slug": "semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update", "title": "Semantic Kernel shipped an update", "summary": "Microsoft has positioned Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 as the enterprise-ready successor to Semantic Kernel, its model-agnostic SDK for building AI agents and multi-agent systems in C#, Python and Java. Microsoft directs new projects to Agent Framework, which offers stable APIs, long-term support and interoperability through A2A and MCP, and publishes a migration guide for existing Semantic Kernel applications; Semantic Kernel carries 29k GitHub stars and its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026.", "body_md": "# Semantic Kernel\n\nMicrosoft's model-agnostic SDK for AI agents in C#, Python and Java, now succeeded by Microsoft Agent Framework.\n\n## Sources and review\n\nChecked against public documentation on . Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.\n\nMaintaining existing Semantic Kernel applications in .NET, Python or Java.\n\nYou're starting a new project; Microsoft directs new work to Microsoft Agent Framework.\n\n## About Semantic Kernel\n\nSemantic Kernel is Microsoft's model-agnostic SDK for building AI agents and multi-agent systems in C#, Python and Java. Microsoft now presents Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0 as its enterprise-ready successor, with stable APIs, long-term support and interoperability through A2A and MCP, and publishes a migration guide.\n\nSemantic Kernel is listed in this index written primarily in C#, with 29k stars on GitHub. Its latest recorded repository push was in October 2026; that is not an ASE editorial review date.\n\n```\npip install semantic-kernel\n```\n\n**Make your product part of the discovery.** Explore advertising", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update", "canonical_source": "https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/semantic-kernel", "published_at": "2026-10-26 12:06:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-26 23:43:35.544328+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Semantic Kernel", "Microsoft Agent Framework", "GitHub", "A2A", "MCP"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/semantic-kernel-shipped-an-update.jsonld"}}