In my previous post, Getting Started with LM Studio & Agent Framework for .NET Developers, we built a simple yet capable smart agent using Microsoft’s Agent Framework and LM Studio as local llm inference engine. Now, there’s exciting news: LM Studio 0.3.29 has been released as a stable build — and it introduces full support for OpenAI’s /v1/responses API through the LM Studio REST server. This new API unlocks a major step forward for developers building intelligent agents locally.

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Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Agent Framework, an open-source SDK and runtime that makes it easier for developers to build, deploy, and manage multi-agent systems. If you’ve worked with Semantic Kernel or experimented with AutoGen, this framework brings the best of both worlds into a single, unified foundation. Instead of choosing between enterprise-ready stability (Semantic Kernel) or research-driven orchestration patterns (AutoGen), C# developers can now leverage one framework that combines innovation with production-grade reliability.

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