diff --git a/dotnet/samples/KernelSyntaxExamples/Example85_AgentCharts.cs b/dotnet/samples/KernelSyntaxExamples/Example85_AgentCharts.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..848c702ec3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotnet/samples/KernelSyntaxExamples/Example85_AgentCharts.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Connectors.OpenAI;
+using Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.Agents;
+using Xunit;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace Examples;
+
+// ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
+/// <summary>
+/// Showcase usage of code_interpreter and retrieval tools.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class Example85_AgentCharts : BaseTest
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Specific model is required that supports agents and parallel function calling.
+    /// Currently this is limited to Open AI hosted services.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const string OpenAIFunctionEnabledModel = "gpt-4-1106-preview";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Create a chart and retrieve by file_id.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact(Skip = "Launches external processes")]
+    public async Task CreateChartAsync()
+    {
+        this.WriteLine("======== Using CodeInterpreter tool ========");
+
+        if (TestConfiguration.OpenAI.ApiKey == null)
+        {
+            this.WriteLine("OpenAI apiKey not found. Skipping example.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.WriteLine(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
+
+        var fileService = new OpenAIFileService(TestConfiguration.OpenAI.ApiKey);
+
+        var agent =
+            await new AgentBuilder()
+                .WithOpenAIChatCompletion(OpenAIFunctionEnabledModel, TestConfiguration.OpenAI.ApiKey)
+                .WithCodeInterpreter()
+                .BuildAsync();
+
+        try
+        {
+            var thread = await agent.NewThreadAsync();
+
+            await InvokeAgentAsync(
+                thread,
+                "1-first", @"
+Display this data using a bar-chart:
+
+Banding  Brown Pink Yellow  Sum
+X00000   339   433     126  898
+X00300    48   421     222  691
+X12345    16   395     352  763
+Others    23   373     156  552
+Sum      426  1622     856 2904
+");
+            await InvokeAgentAsync(thread, "2-colors", "Can you regenerate this same chart using the category names as the bar colors?");
+            await InvokeAgentAsync(thread, "3-line", "Can you regenerate this as a line chart?");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            await agent.DeleteAsync();
+        }
+
+        async Task InvokeAgentAsync(IAgentThread thread, string imageName, string question)
+        {
+            await foreach (var message in thread.InvokeAsync(agent, question))
+            {
+                if (message.ContentType == ChatMessageType.Image)
+                {
+                    var filename = $"{imageName}.jpg";
+                    var content = fileService.GetFileContent(message.Content);
+                    await using var outputStream = File.OpenWrite(filename);
+                    await using var inputStream = await content.GetStreamAsync();
+                    await inputStream.CopyToAsync(outputStream);
+                    var path = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, filename);
+                    this.WriteLine($"# {message.Role}: {path}");
+                    Process.Start(
+                        new ProcessStartInfo
+                        {
+                            FileName = "cmd.exe",
+                            Arguments = $"/C start {path}"
+                        });
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    this.WriteLine($"# {message.Role}: {message.Content}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            this.WriteLine();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Example85_AgentCharts(ITestOutputHelper output) : base(output) { }
+}
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/IChatMessage.cs b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/IChatMessage.cs
index e722f73df3ec..1eb2e63da6de 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/IChatMessage.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/IChatMessage.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Experimental.Agents;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// $$$
+/// </summary>
+public enum ChatMessageType
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// $$$
+    /// </summary>
+    Text,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// $$$
+    /// </summary>
+    Image,
+}
+
 /// <summary>
 /// Represents a message that is part of an agent thread.
 /// </summary>
@@ -20,6 +36,11 @@ public interface IChatMessage
     /// </summary>
     string? AgentId { get; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// $$$
+    /// </summary>
+    ChatMessageType ContentType { get; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// The chat message content.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Internal/ChatMessage.cs b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Internal/ChatMessage.cs
index fa3115554094..09e1d86ac8b1 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Internal/ChatMessage.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Internal/ChatMessage.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ internal sealed class ChatMessage : IChatMessage
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public string? AgentId { get; }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public ChatMessageType ContentType { get; }
+
     /// <inheritdoc/>
     public string Content { get; }
 
@@ -36,13 +40,17 @@ internal sealed class ChatMessage : IChatMessage
     internal ChatMessage(ThreadMessageModel model)
     {
         var content = model.Content.First();
-        var text = content.Text?.Value ?? string.Empty;
-        this.Annotations = content.Text!.Annotations.Select(a => new Annotation(a.Text, a.StartIndex, a.EndIndex, a.FileCitation?.FileId ?? a.FilePath!.FileId, a.FileCitation?.Quote)).ToArray();
+
+        this.Annotations =
+            content.Text == null ?
+                Array.Empty<IAnnotation>() :
+                content.Text.Annotations.Select(a => new Annotation(a.Text, a.StartIndex, a.EndIndex, a.FileCitation?.FileId ?? a.FilePath!.FileId, a.FileCitation?.Quote)).ToArray();
 
         this.Id = model.Id;
         this.AgentId = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(model.AssistantId) ? null : model.AssistantId;
         this.Role = model.Role;
-        this.Content = text;
+        this.ContentType = content.Text == null ? ChatMessageType.Image : ChatMessageType.Text;
+        this.Content = content.Text?.Value ?? content.Image?.FileId ?? string.Empty;
         this.Properties = new ReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>(model.Metadata);
     }
 
diff --git a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Models/ThreadMessageModel.cs b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Models/ThreadMessageModel.cs
index bb13c14f9b98..25156680370f 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Models/ThreadMessageModel.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/Experimental/Agents/Models/ThreadMessageModel.cs
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ public sealed class ContentModel
         [JsonPropertyName("type")]
         public string Type { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Text context.
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonPropertyName("image_file")]
+        public ImageContentModel? Image { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Text context.
         /// </summary>
@@ -95,6 +101,18 @@ public sealed class ContentModel
         public TextContentModel? Text { get; set; }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Text content.
+    /// </summary>
+    public sealed class ImageContentModel
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The image file identifier.
+        /// </summary>
+        [JsonPropertyName("file_id")]
+        public string FileId { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Text content.
     /// </summary>