New Feature: Agents story - EPIC - Enhance Base Agent & chat workflows Functionality

[joslat]

Enhancing the base agent functionality is essential for implementing various current and future AutoGen agent & chat constructs. This foundational improvement will allow the SDK to support a wider range of capabilities and use cases, ensuring it remains versatile and future-proof.

This is a container for all the other sub features:

• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7247
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7246
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7245
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7244
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7243
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7242
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7241
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7240
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7239
• https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/issues/7238

[joslat]

Please add "enhancements" tag :)

[crickman]

Individual tasks exist