# azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet

A Claude and GitHub Copilot skill that writes C# code against Azure AI Document Intelligence: pull text, tables and fields out of invoices, receipts and IDs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · 1 install · ★ 3149
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet

## What it does

This skill carries working C# samples for the `Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence` package. Ask the agent for document parsing code and it reaches for these: reading an invoice with `prebuilt-invoice`, pulling tables and structure with `prebuilt-layout`, extracting receipt fields, or building a custom model. The samples are what the agent adapts to your project.

Two clients cover the ground. `DocumentIntelligenceClient` handles analysis and classification; `DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClient` builds and manages custom models and classifiers. Auth runs either through `DefaultAzureCredential` from `Azure.Identity` or a key wrapped in `AzureKeyCredential`. Entra ID needs a custom subdomain such as `https://<resource-name>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/` — a regional endpoint will fail here.

Set `DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT` before anything else; it is required. `DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY` matters only when you authenticate by key, and training a custom model wants a blob container SAS URL. Packages come in with `dotnet add package Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence` and `dotnet add package Azure.Identity`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills --path .github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write C# code that pulls vendor and total fields from invoices
- extract tables and layout from a PDF
- read merchant, total and date off a receipt
- train a custom model on your own forms
- wire up Azure auth with `DefaultAzureCredential`

## Example prompts
- Write C# that analyzes an invoice with `prebuilt-invoice` and prints the vendor name with confidence
- Show me how to extract tables from a PDF using `prebuilt-layout`
- Build a custom model `my-custom-model` from a blob container

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet
description: |
  Azure AI Document Intelligence SDK for .NET. Extract text, tables, and structured data from documents using prebuilt and custom models. Use for invoice processing, receipt extraction, ID document analysis, and custom document models. Triggers: "Document Intelligence", "DocumentIntelligenceClient", "form recognizer", "invoice extraction", "receipt OCR", "document analysis .NET".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.0.0"
  package: Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence
---

# Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence (.NET)

Extract text, tables, and structured data from documents using prebuilt and custom models.

## Installation

```bash
dotnet add package Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence
dotnet add package Azure.Identity
```

**Current Version**: v1.0.0 (GA)

## Environment Variables

```bash
DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT=https://<resource-name>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/  # Required: Document Intelligence endpoint
DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY=<your-api-key>  # Only required for AzureKeyCredential auth
BLOB_CONTAINER_SAS_URL=https://<storage>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>?<sas-token>  # Optional: blob container SAS URL for training data
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Authentication

### Microsoft Entra Token Credential

```csharp
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.AI.DocumentIntelligence;

string endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT");
// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(
    DefaultAzureCredential.DefaultEnvironmentVariableName
);
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-dotnet#credential-classes
// var credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();
var client = new DocumentIntelligenceClient(new Uri(endpoint), credential);
```

> **Note**: Entra ID requires a **custom subdomain** (e.g., `https://<resource-name>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/`), not a regional endpoint.

### API Key

```csharp
string endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT");
string apiKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY");
var client = new DocumentIntelligenceClient(new Uri(endpoint), new AzureKeyCredential(apiKey));
```

## Client Types

| Client | Purpose |
|--------|---------|
| `DocumentIntelligenceClient` | Analyze documents, classify documents |
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