# foundry-iq

Sets up Foundry IQ knowledge bases in Azure, indexes local files or Blob storage, and routes retrieval to AI agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · ★ 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/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/foundry-iq

## What it does

The skill handles the lifecycle of Foundry IQ knowledge bases on Azure. It indexes local files, Azure Blob, or ADLS storage into queryable knowledge sources and retrieves answers accompanied by citations. Before running any target query or plan, the assistant must read the specific procedure markdown file to follow strict operational boundaries.

Resource handling relies on an upfront prompt offering to reuse existing services, scan candidates, or create a new resource. Read queries execute without manual approvals. Writing or provisioning always demands an approved, unchanged plan first, while raw Search or Storage keys are strictly barred from the workflow.

Unsupported connectors or multi-source creation requests get diverted immediately to diagnostic routines before triggering cloud discovery. The tool does not manage other knowledge base vendors, repo-wide file search, or standalone Azure AI Search indexes outside of Foundry IQ.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install foundry-iq-skills@skills
```
This installs the whole foundry-iq-skills plugin with all its skills

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill foundry-iq -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/foundry-iq/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills foundry-iq
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills --path .github/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/foundry-iq/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/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- make local documents or Azure Blob storage searchable with citations
- attach an existing Foundry IQ knowledge base to an AI agent
- triage errors during multi-source knowledge base setup or connector provisioning
- clean up obsolete Foundry IQ resources using receipts

## Example prompts
- Make our local policy documents searchable using Foundry IQ
- Connect the existing Azure knowledge base to our support agent
- Query the knowledge base about onboarding rules and include citations

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: foundry-iq
description: "Foundry IQ knowledge bases. WHEN: make local or Blob documents searchable; create/diagnose KBs; triage unsupported connectors or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration (even with classic-search terms); connect existing KB to agents (including multi-source KBs); create/reuse a Search service; retrieve from an existing knowledge base with citations; no brand words needed. Read its procedure before query/target questions. NOT: other KB providers, repository-file search, classic Azure AI Search index/query/app work with no Foundry IQ KB or connector request, generic agent creation."
license: MIT
compatibility: Azure
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "0.2.1"
---

# Foundry IQ
Read one procedure before questions/actions; invocation is not a read.
Read the owning procedure before blocked/unsupported responses too.
Before mutation plans/approval, successfully read its required pre-action references, selected
branches only. Do not reload successful reads. On failure, try only permitted
bounded exact-path reads with any supported reader; never bypass restrictions
or search broadly. If still unavailable: `blocked: reference-unavailable`, name
missing references and inability to plan. Never invent requirements/plans.
Failures first.

Cleanup and receipt-backed execution go directly to their lifecycle/producer owner;
do not reopen Search intake, provisioning or hardening.

Before expensive service discovery, reuse supplied resource/intent; otherwise ask
one early **USE EXISTING / FIND CANDIDATES / CREATE NEW** choice.
Only FIND enumerates; supplied identity uses exact/minimum scoped resolution.
CREATE checks its proposed name, not existing-service inventories. Preserve these
answers across source/KB/CU/model handoffs; selection is not write approval.

Searchable docs: KB + validated retrieval. Confirm intent once; KS-only must be explicit.
Child success is not KB completion.
Unclear/compound/mode/completion: [read](references/intent-routing.md).

Route by requested operation, not existing KB source count.
Connecting an existing KB with two or more sources, without changing the KB, uses Connect.
Read-only operations use their owning procedure and actual helper constraints;
this does not add retrieval modes or supported source kinds.
Explicit unsupported provisioning or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration uses Diagnose
and stops before discovery, even when connecting an agent is also requested.
This routing takes precedence over classic-search terms (e.g. hybrid search) in compound requests.
Never end in a plain refusal: Diagnose gives the boundary, docs pointer and agent handoff; writes still need an approved concrete plan.
Do not silently execute only the supported part of a compound request.
If existing-KB connection versus KB creation/reconfiguration is unclear, read
intent-routing and clarify that scope before Azure discovery. Never infer KB mutation.

|Outcome|Read|
|---|---|
|Cleanup|[Plan cleanup](lifecycle/cleanup.md)|
```
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