Agent Middleware in Microsoft Agent Framework 1.0

A familiar pipeline pattern applied to AI agents Covers all three middleware types, registration scopes, termination, result override, and when to use each Not a New Idea If you have used ASP.NET Core or Express.js, you already understand the core concept. Both frameworks let you register a chain of functions around every request. Each function receives a context and a next() delegate. Calling next() continues the chain. Not calling it short circuits it. That is the pipeline pattern a clean way