fix: merging dev changes into main

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 {
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ def _get_template():
             These agents have access to the following functions:
             {{$tools_str}}
 
-            The first step of your plan should be to ask the user for any additional information required to progress the rest of steps planned.
 
             Only use the functions provided as part of your plan. If the task is not possible with the agents and tools provided, create a step with the agent of type Human and mark the overall status as completed.
 

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/tech_support_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/pyproject.toml

@@ -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",
 ]