[extension.ai.agent] update aka.ms link for agentTemplatesURL#7966
[extension.ai.agent] update aka.ms link for agentTemplatesURL#7966hemarina merged 5 commits intoAzure:mainfrom
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Pull request overview
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Updates the URL used by the Azure AI Agents extension to fetch template metadata.
Changes:
- Replaces the
agentTemplatesURLvalue with araw.githubusercontent.comlink totemplates.json.
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Verified the change: aka.ms/foundry-agents still redirects to the old agent-templates.json, so this URL update is necessary after #7921 switched the parser to the unified manifest format. The new endpoint returns 31 agent templates with the correct templateType discriminator. Looks good.
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Thanks for the follow-up, @hemarina! Quick note on this change:
URL strategy — managed redirect vs hardcoded URL
PR #7921 originally planned for the �ka.ms/foundry-agents redirect to be repointed server-side (by @therealjohn) to the new awesome-azd emplates.json location. That way the code wouldn't need to change — the redirect would just point somewhere new.
This PR takes a different approach: replacing the redirect with a hardcoded raw GitHub URL. Both approaches work, but they have different trade-offs worth understanding:
| Approach | Pro | Con |
|---|---|---|
| Keep �ka.ms + repoint redirect | URL changes without code changes; single indirection layer for all consumers | Depends on redirect owner; adds a network hop |
| Hardcode raw GitHub URL | No redirect dependency; one fewer network hop | Future URL changes (repo rename, file move, branch rename) require a code change + release |
Question for you and @therealjohn: Is the aka.ms redirect no longer being set up, or is this meant to be a temporary bridge until the redirect is live? If the redirect is still planned, it might be better to keep �ka.ms/foundry-agents and coordinate the server-side repoint instead.
Minor: URL format
The
efs/heads/main path style works but is less common. The shorter form is equivalent and more conventional:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/awesome-azd/main/website/static/templates.json
Follow up #7921. Fix #7920