From f72cfb4ea21241563f435a9569fbc6ec1b93d87d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VANDRANKI <prabhukiranvandranki@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:40:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Python: add typing.Literal support to KernelJsonSchemaBuilder

---
 .../schema/kernel_json_schema_builder.py      | 15 +++++-
 .../tests/unit/schema/test_schema_builder.py  | 46 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/semantic_kernel/schema/kernel_json_schema_builder.py b/python/semantic_kernel/schema/kernel_json_schema_builder.py
index 5ec519b5b377..aaaeed0f390d 100644
--- a/python/semantic_kernel/schema/kernel_json_schema_builder.py
+++ b/python/semantic_kernel/schema/kernel_json_schema_builder.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import types
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Any, Union, get_args, get_origin, get_type_hints
+from typing import Any, Literal, Union, get_args, get_origin, get_type_hints
 
 from semantic_kernel.const import PARSED_ANNOTATION_UNION_DELIMITER
 from semantic_kernel.exceptions.function_exceptions import FunctionInvalidParameterConfiguration
@@ -196,12 +196,23 @@ def handle_complex_type(
             if structured_output:
                 schema["additionalProperties"] = False
             return schema
+        if origin is Literal:
+            values = [arg.value if isinstance(arg, Enum) else arg for arg in args]
+            value_types = {"null" if v is None else TYPE_MAPPING.get(type(v), "string") for v in values}
+            ordered_types = sorted(value_types, key=lambda t: (t == "null", t))
+            schema = {"type": ordered_types[0] if len(ordered_types) == 1 else ordered_types, "enum": values}
+            if description:
+                schema["description"] = description
+            return schema
         if origin in {Union, types.UnionType}:
             # Handle Optional[T] (Union[T, None]) by making schema nullable
             if len(args) == 2 and type(None) in args:
                 non_none_type = args[0] if args[1] is type(None) else args[1]
                 schema = cls.build(non_none_type, structured_output=structured_output)
-                schema["type"] = [schema["type"], "null"]
+                schema_types = schema["type"] if isinstance(schema["type"], list) else [schema["type"]]
+                schema["type"] = schema_types if "null" in schema_types else [*schema_types, "null"]
+                if "enum" in schema and None not in schema["enum"]:
+                    schema["enum"] = [*schema["enum"], None]
                 if description:
                     schema["description"] = description
                 if structured_output:
diff --git a/python/tests/unit/schema/test_schema_builder.py b/python/tests/unit/schema/test_schema_builder.py
index 5d24a599c96c..22e725ac2045 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit/schema/test_schema_builder.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit/schema/test_schema_builder.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import Annotated, Any, Optional, Union
+from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal, Optional, Union
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -455,3 +455,47 @@ def test_build_schema_with_nonpydantic_structured_output():
     }
 
     assert structured_output_schema == expected_schema
+
+
+class LiteralModel(KernelBaseModel):
+    level: Literal["low", "high"]
+    maybe: Literal["a", "b"] | None = None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("literal_type", "expected"),
+    [
+        (Literal["fast", "slow"], {"type": "string", "enum": ["fast", "slow"]}),
+        (Literal[1, 2], {"type": "integer", "enum": [1, 2]}),
+        (Literal[True], {"type": "boolean", "enum": [True]}),
+        (Literal["a", 1], {"type": ["integer", "string"], "enum": ["a", 1]}),
+        (Optional[Literal["fast", "slow"]], {"type": ["string", "null"], "enum": ["fast", "slow", None]}),  # noqa: UP045
+        (Literal["fast", "slow"] | None, {"type": ["string", "null"], "enum": ["fast", "slow", None]}),
+        (Optional[Literal["a", None]], {"type": ["string", "null"], "enum": ["a", None]}),  # noqa: UP045
+        (list[Literal["a", "b"]], {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string", "enum": ["a", "b"]}}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_build_literal(literal_type, expected):
+    assert KernelJsonSchemaBuilder.build(literal_type) == expected
+
+
+def test_build_literal_with_description():
+    schema = KernelJsonSchemaBuilder.build(Literal["fast", "slow"], "speed mode")
+    assert schema == {"type": "string", "enum": ["fast", "slow"], "description": "speed mode"}
+
+
+def test_build_literal_enum_member():
+    schema = KernelJsonSchemaBuilder.build(Literal[EnumTest.OPTION_A])
+    assert schema == {"type": "string", "enum": ["OptionA"]}
+
+
+def test_build_model_with_literal_fields():
+    schema = KernelJsonSchemaBuilder.build(LiteralModel)
+    assert schema == {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+            "level": {"type": "string", "enum": ["low", "high"]},
+            "maybe": {"type": ["string", "null"], "enum": ["a", "b", None]},
+        },
+        "required": ["level"],
+    }