Semantic Kernel Settings
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AI Service Settings used across SK
| Provider | Service | Constructor Settings | Environment Variable | Required? | Settings Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | OpenAIChatCompletion | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | OpenAISettings |
| OpenAITextCompletion | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_TEXT_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | ||
| OpenAITextEmbedding | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | ||
| OpenAITextToImage | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_TEXT_TO_IMAGE_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | ||
| OpenAITextToAudio | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_TEXT_TO_AUDIO_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | ||
| OpenAIAudioToText | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_AUDIO_TO_TEXT_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | ||
| Azure OpenAI | AzureChatCompletion | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint, api_version, base_url | AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION, AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL | Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes | AzureOpenAISettings |
| AzureTextEmbedding | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint, api_version, base_url | AZURE_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION, AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL | Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes | ||
| AzureTextToImage | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint | AZURE_OPENAI_TEXT_TO_IMAGE_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT | Yes, No, Yes | ||
| AzureTextToAudio | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint | AZURE_OPENAI_TEXT_TO_AUDIO_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT | Yes, No, Yes | ||
| AzureAudioToText | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint | AZURE_OPENAI_AUDIO_TO_TEXT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT | Yes, No, Yes | ||
| Azure AI Inference | AzureAIInferenceChatCompletion | ai_model_id, api_key, endpoint | N/A, AZURE_AI_INFERENCE_API_KEY, AZURE_AI_INFERENCE_ENDPOINT | Yes, No, Yes | AzureAIInferenceSettings |
| AzureAIInferenceTextEmbedding | ai_model_id, api_key, endpoint | N/A, AZURE_AI_INFERENCE_API_KEY, AZURE_AI_INFERENCE_ENDPOINT | Yes, No, Yes | ||
| Anthropic | AnthropicChatCompletion | api_key, ai_model_id | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_CHAT_MODEL_ID | Yes, Yes | AnthropicSettings |
| Bedrock | BedrockChatCompletion | model_id | BEDROCK_CHAT_MODEL_ID | Yes | BedrockSettings |
| BedrockTextCompletion | model_id | BEDROCK_TEXT_MODEL_ID | Yes | ||
| BedrockTextEmbedding | model_id | BEDROCK_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID | Yes | ||
| Google AI | GoogleAIChatCompletion | gemini_model_id, api_key | GOOGLE_AI_GEMINI_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_API_KEY | Yes, Yes | GoogleAISettings |
| GoogleAITextCompletion | gemini_model_id, api_key | GOOGLE_AI_GEMINI_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_API_KEY | Yes, Yes | ||
| GoogleAITextEmbedding | embedding_model_id, api_key | GOOGLE_AI_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_API_KEY | Yes, Yes | ||
| Vertex AI | GoogleAIChatCompletion | project_id, region, gemini_model_id | GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID, GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_REGION, GOOGLE_AI_GEMINI_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_USE_VERTEXAI | Yes, No, Yes, Yes (must set to true) | GoogleAISettings |
| GoogleAITextCompletion | project_id, region, gemini_model_id | GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID, GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_REGION, GOOGLE_AI_GEMINI_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_USE_VERTEXAI | Yes, No, Yes, Yes (must set to true) | ||
| GoogleAITextEmbedding | project_id, region, embedding_model_id | GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID, GOOGLE_AI_CLOUD_REGION, GOOGLE_AI_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, GOOGLE_AI_USE_VERTEXAI | Yes, No, Yes, Yes (must set to true) | ||
| HuggingFace | HuggingFaceTextCompletion | ai_model_id | N/A | Yes | |
| HuggingFaceTextEmbedding | ai_model_id | N/A | Yes | ||
| NVIDIA NIM | NvidiaChatCompletion | ai_model_id, api_key, base_url | NVIDIA_CHAT_MODEL_ID, NVIDIA_API_KEY, NVIDIA_BASE_URL | Yes (default: meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct), Yes, No | NvidiaAISettings |
| NvidiaTextEmbedding | ai_model_id, api_key, base_url | NVIDIA_API_KEY, NVIDIA_TEXT_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, NVIDIA_BASE_URL | Yes | NvidiaAISettings | |
| Mistral AI | MistralAIChatCompletion | ai_model_id, api_key | MISTRALAI_CHAT_MODEL_ID, MISTRALAI_API_KEY | Yes, Yes | MistralAISettings |
| MistralAITextEmbedding | ai_model_id, api_key | MISTRALAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, MISTRALAI_API_KEY | Yes, Yes | ||
| Ollama | OllamaChatCompletion | ai_model_id, host | OLLAMA_CHAT_MODEL_ID, OLLAMA_HOST | Yes, No | OllamaSettings |
| OllamaTextCompletion | ai_model_id, host | OLLAMA_TEXT_MODEL_ID, OLLAMA_HOST | Yes, No | ||
| OllamaTextEmbedding | ai_model_id, host | OLLAMA_EMBEDDING_MODEL_ID, OLLAMA_HOST | Yes, No | ||
| Onnx | OnnxGenAIChatCompletion | template, ai_model_path | N/A, ONNX_GEN_AI_CHAT_MODEL_FOLDER | Yes, Yes | OnnxGenAISettings |
| OnnxGenAITextCompletion | ai_model_path | ONNX_GEN_AI_TEXT_MODEL_FOLDER | Yes |
Agent Framework Settings used across SK
| Provider | Service | Constructor Settings | Environment Variable | Required? | Settings Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | OpenAIAssistantAgent | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | OpenAISettings |
| OpenAIResponsesAgent | ai_model_id, api_key, org_id | OPENAI_RESPONSES_MODEL_ID, OPENAI_API_KEY, OPENAI_ORG_ID | Yes, Yes, No | OpenAISettings | |
| Azure OpenAI | AzureAssistantAgent | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint, api_version, base_url | AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION, AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL | Yes, No, Yes, Yes, No | AzureOpenAISettings |
| AzureResponsesAgent | deployment_name, api_key, endpoint, api_version, base_url | AZURE_OPENAI_RESPONSES_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION, AZURE_OPENAI_BASE_URL | Yes, No, Yes, Yes, No | AzureOpenAISettings | |
| Azure AI | AzureAIAgent | model_deployment_name, endpoint, agent_id, bing_connection_id, azure_ai_search_connection_id, azure_ai_search_index_name, api_version | AZURE_AI_AGENT_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME, AZURE_AI_AGENT_ENDPOINT, AZURE_AI_AGENT_AGENT_ID, AZURE_AI_AGENT_BING_CONNECTION_ID, AZURE_AI_AGENT_AZURE_AI_SEARCH_CONNECTION_ID, AZURE_AI_AGENT_AZURE_AI_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME, AZURE_AI_AGENT_API_VERSION | Yes, Yes, No, No, No, No, No | AzureAIAgentSettings |
| Bedrock | BedrockAgent | agent_resource_role_arn, foundation_model | BEDROCK_AGENT_AGENT_RESOURCE_ROLE_ARN, BEDROCK_AGENT_FOUNDATION_MODEL | Yes, Yes | BedrockAgentSettings |
| Copilot Studio | CopilotStudioAgent | app_client_id, tenant_id, environment_id, agent_identifier, cloud, copilot_agent_type, custom_power_platform_cloud, client_secret, client_certificate, user_assertion, auth_mode | COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_APP_CLIENT_ID, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_TENANT_ID, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_ENVIRONMENT_ID, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_AGENT_IDENTIFIER, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_CLOUD, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_COPILOT_AGENT_TYPE, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_CUSTOM_POWER_PLATFORM_CLOUD, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_CLIENT_SECRET, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_USER_ASSERTION, COPILOT_STUDIO_AGENT_AUTH_MODE | No (varies by mode) | CopilotStudioAgentSettings |
Memory Service Settings used across SK
| Provider | Service | Constructor Settings | Environment Variable | Required? | Settings Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AstraDB | AstraDBMemoryService | app_token, db_id, region, keyspace | ASTRADB_APP_TOKEN, ASTRADB_DB_ID, ASTRADB_REGION, ASTRADB_KEYSPACE | Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes | AstraDBSettings |
| Azure AI Search | AzureAISearchMemoryService | api_key, endpoint, index_name | AZURE_AI_SEARCH_API_KEY, AZURE_AI_SEARCH_ENDPOINT, AZURE_AI_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME | No, Yes, No | AzureAISearchSettings |
| Azure Cosmos DB | AzureCosmosDBMemoryService | api, connection_string | AZURE_COSMOS_DB_API, AZURE_COSMOS_DB_CONNECTION_STRING or AZCOSMOS_CONNSTR | No, No | AzureCosmosDBSettings |
| Mongo DB Atlas | MongoDBAtlasMemoryService | connection_string, database_name, index_name | MONGODB_ATLAS_CONNECTION_STRING, MONGODB_ATLAS_DATABASE_NAME, MONGODB_ATLAS_INDEX_NAME | Yes, No, No | MongoDBAtlasSettings |
| Pinecone | PineconeMemoryService | api_key | PINECONE_API_KEY | Yes | PineconeSettings |
| Postgres | PostgresMemoryService | connection_string | POSTGRES_CONNECTION_STRING | Yes | PostgresSettings |
| Redis | RedisMemoryService | connection_string | REDIS_CONNECTION_STRING | Yes | RedisSettings |
| Weaviate | WeaviateMemoryService | url, api_key, use_embed | WEAVIATE_URL, WEAVIATE_API_KEY, WEAVIATE_USE_EMBED | No, No, No | WeaviateSettings |
Other settings used
| Provider | Service | Constructor Settings | Environment Variable | Required? | Settings Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bing | BingSearch | api_key, custom_config | BING_API_KEY, BING_CUSTOM_CONFIG | No, No | BingSettings |
| Azure Container Apps Sessions | ACASessionsPlugin | pool_management_endpoint | ACA_POOL_MANAGEMENT_ENDPOINT | Yes | ACASessionsSettings |