Azure Ai
Published by microsoft in azure-skills
What this skill does
Use Azure AI services to search indexes, transcribe or synthesize speech, and work with OpenAI and document processing SDKs. The agent can help query data and build search, speech, OCR, and AI features into applications. Best for Developers adding Azure search, speech, OpenAI, or document processing to an application.
Add Azure Ai to your agent
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add this skill "azure-ai" from https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skillsInstall with the CLI
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npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-aiSkill instructions
Azure AI Services
Services
| Service | Use When | MCP Tools | CLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Search | Full-text, vector, hybrid search | azure__search | az search |
| Speech | Speech-to-text, text-to-speech | azure__speech | - |
| OpenAI | GPT models, embeddings, DALL-E | - | az cognitiveservices |
| Document Intelligence | Form extraction, OCR | - | - |
MCP Server (Preferred)
When Azure MCP is enabled:
AI Search
azure__searchwith commandsearch_index_list- List search indexesazure__searchwith commandsearch_index_get- Get index detailsazure__searchwith commandsearch_query- Query search index
Speech
azure__speechwith commandspeech_transcribe- Speech to textazure__speechwith commandspeech_synthesize- Text to speech
If Azure MCP is not enabled: In Copilot CLI or Claude Code, ask the user to run /mcp and enable Azure MCP; in other hosts, ask the user to enable Azure MCP through the host's MCP configuration.
AI Search Capabilities
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Full-text search | Linguistic analysis, stemming |
| Vector search | Semantic similarity with embeddings |
| Hybrid search | Combined keyword + vector |
| AI enrichment | Entity extraction, OCR, sentiment |
Speech Capabilities
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Speech-to-text | Real-time and batch transcription |
| Text-to-speech | Neural voices, SSML support |
| Speaker diarization | Identify who spoke when |
| Custom models | Domain-specific vocabulary |
SDK Quick References
For programmatic access to these services, see the condensed SDK guides:
- AI Search: Python | TypeScript | .NET
- OpenAI: .NET
- Vision: Python | Java
- Transcription: Python
- Translation: Python | TypeScript
- Document Intelligence: .NET | TypeScript
- Content Safety: Python | TypeScript | Java
Service Details
For deep documentation on specific services:
- AI Search indexing and queries -> Azure AI Search documentation
- Speech transcription patterns -> Azure AI Speech documentation
Files included
- references/auth-best-practices.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-java.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-py.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-ts.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-ts.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-openai-dotnet.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-transcription-py.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-text-py.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-ts.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-java.md
- references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-py.md
- references/sdk/azure-search-documents-dotnet.md
- references/sdk/azure-search-documents-py.md
- references/sdk/azure-search-documents-ts.md
- SKILL.md