# microsoft-foundry

Assists with developing, deploying, and optimizing Microsoft Foundry AI agents and models. Useful when managing end-to-end agent lifecycles, fine-tuning, and continuous evaluations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · 5 installs · ★ 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-skills/skills/microsoft-foundry/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/microsoft-foundry

## What it does

This skill automates agent creation, model tuning, and resource provisioning on Microsoft Foundry. It breaks complex tasks into dedicated workflows covering automated scaffolding, CI/CD pipelines, routine scheduling via `azd`, and live voice agent integration. Developers can inspect telemetry via App Insights and curate evaluation datasets directly from runtime traces.

Execution requires running `./scripts/check-and-setup-dependencies.sh` (or `.ps1` on Windows) before reading any workflow documents. Without running this dependency check first, the skill blocks progress.

The tool targets Foundry-specific workloads only. For standard infrastructure tasks involving Azure Functions or App Service, use `azure-deploy` or `azure-prepare` instead.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

## When to use it
- scaffold and deploy a hosted Foundry agent using `azd`
- set up CI/CD workflows for automated agent delivery
- extract production traces into evaluation datasets
- configure fine-tuning runs using SFT or DPO

## Example prompts
- Scaffold a new hosted Foundry agent from scratch and run smoke tests
- Run Agent Optimizer to refine system instructions for our hosted agent
- Diagnose recent deployment failures using App Insights trace logs

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: microsoft-foundry
description: "Build, deploy, evaluate, optimize, fine-tune, and manage Microsoft Foundry agents, models, and resources end to end. USE FOR: foundry, azd ai agent, azd provision/deploy, hosted agent scaffold/develop/run/deploy/troubleshoot, prompt agent, managed harness agent, Copilot harness, voice agent, create/update/invoke/evaluate agent, add tool to agent, agent insights, batch/continuous eval, continuous monitoring, agent CI/CD, optimize/improve prompt, optimize agent instructions, Agent Optimizer, dataset curation from traces, deploy model, model fine-tuning (SFT/DPO/RFT), Foundry project, RBAC, role assignment, permissions, quota, capacity, region, deployment failure, AI Services, create Foundry resource, knowledge index, customize deployment, onboard, availability, training-data, grader, distillation, large file upload. DO NOT USE FOR: Azure Functions, App Service, general Azure deploy (use azure-deploy), general Azure prep (use azure-prepare)."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.2.31"
---

# Microsoft Foundry Skill

This skill helps developers work with Microsoft Foundry resources, covering model discovery and deployment, complete dev lifecycle of AI agent, evaluation workflows, and troubleshooting.

## Pre-Execution Requirements

Follow each applicable subsection below before starting its corresponding action or workflow.

### Dependency Check and Setup

**MANDATORY:** As the first step after this skill loads, run the dependency check and setup script below from this skill's root and wait for it to finish before continuing. The script checks first and installs only missing dependencies; it does not reinstall dependencies that are already available.

**You MUST complete this check before reading or entering any sub-skill, workflow, or workflow-specific reference.**

```bash
./scripts/check-and-setup-dependencies.sh     # macOS / Linux
./scripts/check-and-setup-dependencies.ps1    # Windows (pwsh)
```

Strictly follow the script output for subsequent actions.

### Workflow Guidance

**MANDATORY:** Before executing ANY workflow-specific steps, you MUST read the corresponding sub-skill document. Do not call workflow-specific MCP tools for a workflow without reading its skill document. This applies even if you already know the MCP tool parameters — the skill document contains required workflow steps, pre-checks, and validation logic that must be followed. This rule applies on every new user message that triggers a different workflow, even if the skill is already loaded.

### Foundry MCP

**MANDATORY:** Before using Foundry MCP operations, call the Azure MCP `foundry` tool and inspect the available Foundry MCP tools and related parameters. Treat this as the discovery/help step for MCP-based workflows.

### azd

**MANDATORY:** Before executing ANY azd command, you MUST read [azd-guidance](foundry-agent/azd-guidance/azd-guidance.md) and strictly follow the shared rules defined in it, especially the `AZURE_DEV_USER_AGENT` setting rules.

## Sub-Skills

This skill includes specialized sub-skills for specific workflows. **When a sub-skill matches the task, strictly follow its workflow:**

| Sub-Skill | When to Use | Reference |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|
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