Removed the str conversion of the kernel function tools and renoved kernel functions for consistent response

Author: Dhruvkumar-Microsoft

src/backend/kernel_agents/planner_agent.py

@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def _generate_args(self, objective: str) -> any:
             if agent_name in self._available_agents:
                 tools_list.append(tools)
 
-        tools_str = str(tools_list)
+        tools_str = tools_list
 
         # Return a dictionary with template variables
         return {

src/backend/kernel_tools/generic_tools.py

@@ -130,4 +130,4 @@ def generate_tools_json_doc(cls) -> str:
                 tools_list.append(tool_entry)
 
         # Return the JSON string representation
-        return json.dumps(tools_list, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+        return json.dumps(tools_list, ensure_ascii=False)

src/backend/kernel_tools/hr_tools.py

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ def generate_tools_json_doc(cls) -> str:
                 tools_list.append(tool_entry)
 
         # Return the JSON string representation
-        return json.dumps(tools_list, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+        return json.dumps(tools_list, ensure_ascii=False)
 
     # This function does NOT have the kernel_function annotation
     # because it's meant for introspection rather than being exposed as a tool

src/backend/kernel_tools/marketing_tools.py

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "azure-ai-evaluation>=1.5.0",
     "azure-ai-inference>=1.0.0b9",
-    "azure-ai-projects>=1.0.0b9",
-    "azure-ai-agents>=1.2.0b1",
+    "azure-ai-projects==1.0.0",
+    "azure-ai-agents==1.2.0b2",
     "azure-cosmos>=4.9.0",
     "azure-identity>=1.21.0",
     "azure-monitor-events-extension>=0.1.0",
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
     "python-dotenv>=1.1.0",
     "python-multipart>=0.0.20",
-    "semantic-kernel>=1.32.2",
+    "semantic-kernel==1.35.3",
     "uvicorn>=0.34.2",
 ]