# microsoft-foundry

This plugin adds a Copilot Canvas for building Microsoft Foundry hosted agents. Pick a project, configure its resources, deploy the agent, and inspect it locally.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · GitHub Copilot · ★ 2056
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/foundry-dev-tools/tree/HEAD/microsoft-foundry
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/microsoft-foundry

## What it does

The side-panel Canvas connects to your Foundry projects. Sign in, search subscriptions and projects, then browse deployed models, Foundry Toolboxes and their tools, project skills, and account guardrails. Choices made in the Canvas become prompts for the current Copilot session, with the selected project, subscription, and endpoint attached.

Start with an **Inspire me** idea or a **Hello world** sample, connect existing resources, and choose **Deploy to Foundry**. For local inspection, **Inspect Locally** launches or reuses `azd ai agent run --no-inspector` in Copilot’s integrated terminal and embeds the bundled inspector. The workspace must contain a runnable Foundry hosted agent; the inspector waits for it on port `8088`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### GitHub Copilot (native platform)

**Command from the source**
```bash
copilot plugin install microsoft-foundry@awesome-copilot
```

## When to use it
- find a Foundry subscription and project
- choose a deployed model for an agent
- connect an existing toolbox, skill, or guardrail
- deploy a hosted agent to Foundry
- inspect a hosted agent locally

## Example prompts
- Create a Microsoft Foundry hosted agent and open the Canvas.
- Choose my Foundry project and connect an existing toolbox to the agent.
- Inspect the runnable hosted agent in this workspace locally.

## Source text · microsoft-foundry · MIT

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```text
# Microsoft Foundry Canvas

A GitHub Copilot App canvas extension for designing Microsoft Foundry hosted
agents from a side panel. It combines live Foundry project discovery with
project-aware prompts to Copilot, portal handoffs, and an embedded local Agent
Inspector.

## Features

- **Project picker** - sign in, search subscriptions and Foundry projects, switch projects, and retain the
  selection across canvas reopens.
- **Live project resources** - browse deployed models, Foundry Toolboxes and
  their tools, project skills, and account guardrails.
- **Project-aware chat handoff** - model, toolbox, skill, guardrail,
  initialization, and deployment choices send a ready-to-run prompt to the
  current Copilot session with the selected project, subscription, and endpoint
  attached.
- **Embedded Agent Inspector** - **Inspect Locally** launches or reuses
  `azd ai agent run --no-inspector` in the Copilot integrated terminal, waits
  for the agent on port `8088`, and embeds the bundled inspector. Inspector
  errors can be sent back to Copilot as fix requests.

## Install

Open GitHub Copilot App, go to the **Customize** tab, select **Plugin**, and search for `microsoft-foundry`. Install the plugin from the [awesome-copilot marketplace](https://awesome-copilot.github.com/plugin/microsoft-foundry/).

## Usage

1. Ask Copilot to *create a Foundry hosted agent*, then the Canvas will be opened in the right panel automatically.
2. Open the canvas project menu, sign in if needed, and choose a subscription and Foundry project.
3. Create a hosted agent with random idea via **Inspire me**, or start from a **Hello world** sample prompt.
4. Switch to other deployed models, connect existing toolboxes, skills, or guardrails for the created agent.
5. Click **Deploy to Foundry** when the agent is ready.
6. Click **Inspect Locally** after the workspace contains a runnable Foundry hosted agent.
```
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© Microsoft · MIT · https://github.com/microsoft/foundry-dev-tools/tree/HEAD/microsoft-foundry

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