agui-dojo

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Run the AG-UI Dojo demo viewer locally and wire the AG-UI .NET SDK in as a dojo integration. USE FOR: starting the dojo app (apps/dojo), running the .NET dojo backend (AGUIDojoServer), registering or modifying the ag-ui-dotnet integration (agents.ts/menu.ts/env.ts/files.json), running the dojo Playwright e2e suite for the .NET integration (agUiDotnetTests), or understanding how dojo-e2e.yml runs it in CI. DO NOT USE FOR: generic Playwright validation of arbitrary pages (use agui-playwright-validate), or the docs site (use agui-dotnet-sdk-docs).

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AG-UI Dojo (.NET integration)

The Dojo is a Next.js "demo viewer" (apps/dojo) that showcases AG-UI protocol features (agentic chat, generative UI, human-in-the-loop, shared state, etc.) against many framework integrations. The AG-UI .NET SDK is one integration, id ag-ui-dotnet.

Where the pieces live

Piece	Path	Role
Dojo app (frontend)	`apps/dojo`	Next.js viewer, runs on port 9999
.NET backend	`sdks/dotnet/samples/AGUIClientServer/AGUIDojoServer/`	ASP.NET host exposing AG-UI endpoints, port 8023
Agent registry	`apps/dojo/src/agents.ts`	`ag-ui-dotnet` → `HttpAgent` per feature
Menu / feature list	`apps/dojo/src/menu.ts`	integration id, name, enabled features
Env config	`apps/dojo/src/env.ts`	`aguiDotnetUrl` ← `AGUI_DOTNET_URL` (default `http://localhost:8023`)
Generated source viewer data	`apps/dojo/src/files.json`	generated, committed
Content generator	`apps/dojo/scripts/generate-content-json.ts`	builds `files.json` from `menu.ts`
Prep / run orchestrators	`apps/dojo/scripts/{prep,run}-dojo-everything.js`	install/build + start services
.NET e2e suite	`apps/dojo/e2e/tests/agUiDotnetTests/*.spec.ts`	Playwright tests
CI	`.github/workflows/dojo-e2e.yml`	suite `ag-ui-dotnet` (triggers on `sdks/dotnet/**`)

Run the dojo + .NET backend locally

From the repo root (the scripts shell out to git rev-parse):

pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile

# 1) Prep: builds the .NET backend AND the dojo (use the stable ids)
node apps/dojo/scripts/prep-dojo-everything.js --only dojo,ag-ui-dotnet

# 2) Run: starts the dojo (9999) + AGUIDojoServer (8023) together, with LLMock env injected
node apps/dojo/scripts/run-dojo-everything.js --only dojo,ag-ui-dotnet

Browse http://localhost:9999/ag-ui-dotnet/feature/agentic_chat.
prep for ag-ui-dotnet runs dotnet restore && dotnet build on AGUIDojoServer/AGUIDojoServer.csproj in sdks/dotnet/samples/AGUIClientServer.
run for ag-ui-dotnet runs dotnet run --project AGUIDojoServer/AGUIDojoServer.csproj --urls "http://localhost:8023" --no-build — prep first or there's no build to run.

Start just the .NET backend by hand (e.g. to debug):

cd sdks/dotnet/samples/AGUIClientServer
dotnet run --project AGUIDojoServer/AGUIDojoServer.csproj --urls "http://localhost:8023"

The backend resolves its ChatClient from configuration (ChatClientAgentFactory.Initialize): OPENAI_BASE_URL (any OpenAI-compatible endpoint / LLMock), else AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT (Entra ID), else public OpenAI with OPENAI_API_KEY. run-dojo-everything.js injects OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5555/v1 and OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-mock so it hits the LLMock.

How the .NET SDK is registered as an integration

Each scenario is an AG-UI endpoint on the .NET host wired to a frontend feature. To add or change a .NET dojo scenario, touch these in lockstep:

Backend endpoint — AGUIDojoServer/Program.cs: add app.MapDojoEndpoint("/<feature>", ChatClientAgentFactory.Create…()). Agent logic lives in ChatClientAgentFactory.cs.
Agent mapping — apps/dojo/src/agents.ts ("ag-ui-dotnet" block): add <feature>: "<feature>" inside mapAgents; each maps to new HttpAgent({ url: \${envVars.aguiDotnetUrl}/` })`.
Menu — apps/dojo/src/menu.ts (id: "ag-ui-dotnet"): add the feature to features.
Source viewer — apps/dojo/scripts/generate-content-json.ts already maps ag-ui-dotnet to Program.cs + ChatClientAgentFactory.cs; then regenerate files.json (below).
env.ts — only edit if changing the URL/port; aguiDotnetUrl/AGUI_DOTNET_URL already exist.

Regenerate the committed source-viewer data after any menu.ts change:

cd apps/dojo && pnpm generate-content-json   # writes src/files.json

⚠️ CI job check-generated-files fails if src/files.json is stale. Always regenerate and commit it after editing menu.ts (or feature/README files).

Run the .NET e2e suite locally

cd apps/dojo/e2e
pnpm install --ignore-scripts
pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps chromium   # first time only
# dojo (9999) + AGUIDojoServer (8023) must already be running (see above)
BASE_URL=http://localhost:9999 PLAYWRIGHT_SUITE=ag-ui-dotnet pnpm test -- tests/agUiDotnetTests

Tests navigate to /ag-ui-dotnet/feature/<feature> and drive the chat UI via page objects in apps/dojo/e2e/featurePages/.

How CI runs it (`dojo-e2e.yml`)

Matrix suite ag-ui-dotnet: test_path: tests/agUiDotnetTests, services: ["dojo", "ag-ui-dotnet"], wait_on: http://localhost:9999,tcp:localhost:8023.
Triggers on pull_request/push paths including sdks/dotnet/**.
Installs .NET 9.0.x + 10.0.x, runs prep-dojo-everything.js --only then run-dojo-everything.js --only, waits on the ports, then pnpm test -- tests/agUiDotnetTests.

Gotchas

Ports are fixed: dojo 9999, AGUIDojoServer 8023. The dojo's AGUI_DOTNET_URL must point to http://localhost:8023 (default in run-dojo-everything.js and env.ts).
--no-build in run means you must run the prep step first; otherwise the dotnet run fails.
LLMock, not a real LLM: OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://localhost:5555/v1 + OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-mock are injected. Backend tool-rendering scenarios also honor AG_UI_MOCK_WEATHER=1 for determinism.
BASE_URL is required — playwright.config.ts calls process.exit(1) if it's unset.
Stale files.json is the most common CI failure after touching menu.ts — run pnpm generate-content-json and commit the result.