Microsoft Releases Agent Lightning for Automated AI Agent Optimization
August 24, 2026
Agent Lightning v1.0.1 provides a framework for coding agents to systematically optimize other AI agents. It automates iterations across prompts, tools, workflows, and reasoning settings to balance accuracy, cost, latency, and reliability based on user-provided benchmarks.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can use this to automate the tuning of your agent's workflows and prompts against specific benchmarks.
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founderThis tool lowers the engineering overhead required to move agentic products from prototype to production-grade reliability.