diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Functions/DelegatingAIFunction.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Functions/DelegatingAIFunction.cs
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+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Functions/DelegatingAIFunction.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Shared.Diagnostics;
+
+#pragma warning disable SA1202 // Elements should be ordered by access
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides an optional base class for an <see cref="AIFunction"/> that passes through calls to another instance.
+/// </summary>
+public class DelegatingAIFunction : AIFunction
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DelegatingAIFunction"/> class as a wrapper around <paramref name="innerFunction"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="innerFunction">The inner AI function to which all calls are delegated by default.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="innerFunction"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
+    protected DelegatingAIFunction(AIFunction innerFunction)
+    {
+        InnerFunction = Throw.IfNull(innerFunction);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the inner <see cref="AIFunction" />.</summary>
+    protected AIFunction InnerFunction { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override string Name => InnerFunction.Name;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override string Description => InnerFunction.Description;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override JsonElement JsonSchema => InnerFunction.JsonSchema;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override JsonElement? ReturnJsonSchema => InnerFunction.ReturnJsonSchema;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override JsonSerializerOptions JsonSerializerOptions => InnerFunction.JsonSerializerOptions;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override MethodInfo? UnderlyingMethod => InnerFunction.UnderlyingMethod;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?> AdditionalProperties => InnerFunction.AdditionalProperties;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override string ToString() => InnerFunction.ToString();
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override ValueTask<object?> InvokeCoreAsync(AIFunctionArguments arguments, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+        InnerFunction.InvokeAsync(arguments, cancellationToken);
+}
diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.json b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.json
index 79776b0ecb4..5e87edc01f9 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.json
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.json
@@ -1355,6 +1355,58 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "Type": "class Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction : Microsoft.Extensions.AI.AIFunction",
+      "Stage": "Stable",
+      "Methods": [
+        {
+          "Member": "Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.DelegatingAIFunction(Microsoft.Extensions.AI.AIFunction innerFunction);",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<object?> Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.InvokeCoreAsync(Microsoft.Extensions.AI.AIFunctionArguments arguments, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken);",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override string Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.ToString();",
+          "Stage": "Experimental"
+        }
+      ],
+      "Properties": [
+        {
+          "Member": "Microsoft.Extensions.AI.AIFunction Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.InnerFunction { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object?> Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.AdditionalProperties { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override string Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.Description { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Text.Json.JsonElement Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.JsonSchema { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.JsonSerializerOptions { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override string Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.Name { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Text.Json.JsonElement? Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.ReturnJsonSchema { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        },
+        {
+          "Member": "override System.Reflection.MethodInfo? Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingAIFunction.UnderlyingMethod { get; }",
+          "Stage": "Stable"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "Type": "class Microsoft.Extensions.AI.DelegatingChatClient : Microsoft.Extensions.AI.IChatClient, System.IDisposable",
       "Stage": "Stable",
diff --git a/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Functions/DelegatingAIFunctionTests.cs b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Functions/DelegatingAIFunctionTests.cs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions.Tests/Functions/DelegatingAIFunctionTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+public class DelegatingAIFunctionTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Constructor_NullInnerFunction_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("innerFunction", () => new DerivedFunction(null!));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DefaultOverrides_DelegateToInnerFunction()
+    {
+        AIFunction expected = AIFunctionFactory.Create(() => 42);
+        DerivedFunction actual = new(expected);
+
+        Assert.Same(expected, actual.InnerFunction);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Name, actual.Name);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.Description, actual.Description);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.JsonSchema, actual.JsonSchema);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.ReturnJsonSchema, actual.ReturnJsonSchema);
+        Assert.Same(expected.JsonSerializerOptions, actual.JsonSerializerOptions);
+        Assert.Same(expected.UnderlyingMethod, actual.UnderlyingMethod);
+        Assert.Same(expected.AdditionalProperties, actual.AdditionalProperties);
+        Assert.Equal(expected.ToString(), actual.ToString());
+    }
+
+    private sealed class DerivedFunction(AIFunction innerFunction) : DelegatingAIFunction(innerFunction)
+    {
+        public new AIFunction InnerFunction => base.InnerFunction;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Virtuals_AllOverridden()
+    {
+        Assert.All(typeof(DelegatingAIFunction).GetMembers(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance), m =>
+        {
+            switch (m)
+            {
+                case MethodInfo methodInfo when methodInfo.IsVirtual && methodInfo.Name is not ("Finalize" or "Equals" or "GetHashCode"):
+                    Assert.True(methodInfo.DeclaringType == typeof(DelegatingAIFunction), $"{methodInfo.Name} not overridden");
+                    break;
+
+                case PropertyInfo propertyInfo when propertyInfo.GetMethod?.IsVirtual is true:
+                    Assert.True(propertyInfo.DeclaringType == typeof(DelegatingAIFunction), $"{propertyInfo.Name} not overridden");
+                    break;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task OverriddenInvocation_SuccessfullyInvoked()
+    {
+        bool innerInvoked = false;
+        AIFunction inner = AIFunctionFactory.Create(int () =>
+        {
+            innerInvoked = true;
+            throw new Exception("uh oh");
+        }, "TestFunction", "A test function for DelegatingAIFunction");
+
+        AIFunction actual = new OverridesInvocation(inner, (args, ct) => new ValueTask<object?>(84));
+
+        Assert.Equal(inner.Name, actual.Name);
+        Assert.Equal(inner.Description, actual.Description);
+        Assert.Equal(inner.JsonSchema, actual.JsonSchema);
+        Assert.Equal(inner.ReturnJsonSchema, actual.ReturnJsonSchema);
+        Assert.Same(inner.JsonSerializerOptions, actual.JsonSerializerOptions);
+        Assert.Same(inner.UnderlyingMethod, actual.UnderlyingMethod);
+        Assert.Same(inner.AdditionalProperties, actual.AdditionalProperties);
+        Assert.Equal(inner.ToString(), actual.ToString());
+
+        object? result = await actual.InvokeAsync(new(), CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Contains("84", result?.ToString());
+
+        Assert.False(innerInvoked);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class OverridesInvocation(AIFunction innerFunction, Func<AIFunctionArguments, CancellationToken, ValueTask<object?>> invokeAsync) : DelegatingAIFunction(innerFunction)
+    {
+        protected override ValueTask<object?> InvokeCoreAsync(AIFunctionArguments arguments, CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+            invokeAsync(arguments, cancellationToken);
+    }
+}