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Microsoft Azure AI by pyfagorass — Agent Skill

Name: Microsoft Azure AI
Author: pyfagorass

Microsoft Azure AI

Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. WHEN: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech.

pyfagorass Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

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__search with command search_index_list - List search indexes
azure__search with command search_index_get - Get index details
azure__search with command search_query - Query search index

Speech

azure__speech with command speech_transcribe - Speech to text
azure__speech with command speech_synthesize - Text to speech

If Azure MCP is not enabled: Run /azure:setup or enable via /mcp.

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

---name: microsoft-azure-aidescription: Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. WHEN: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech.license: MIT---# 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__search` with command `search_index_list` - List search indexes- `azure__search` with command `search_index_get` - Get index details- `azure__search` with command `search_query` - Query search index### Speech- `azure__speech` with command `speech_transcribe` - Speech to text- `azure__speech` with command `speech_synthesize` - Text to speech**If Azure MCP is not enabled:** Run `/azure:setup` or enable via `/mcp`.## 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 ReferencesFor programmatic access to these services, see the condensed SDK guides:- **AI Search**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-ts.md) | [.NET](references/sdk/azure-search-documents-dotnet.md)- **OpenAI**: [.NET](references/sdk/azure-ai-openai-dotnet.md)- **Vision**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-py.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-ai-vision-imageanalysis-java.md)- **Transcription**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-transcription-py.md)- **Translation**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-text-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-translation-ts.md)- **Document Intelligence**: [.NET](references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-dotnet.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-document-intelligence-ts.md)- **Content Safety**: [Python](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-py.md) | [TypeScript](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-ts.md) | [Java](references/sdk/azure-ai-contentsafety-java.md)## Service DetailsFor deep documentation on specific services:- AI Search indexing and queries -> [Azure AI Search documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/search/search-what-is-azure-search)- Speech transcription patterns -> [Azure AI Speech documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/ai-services/speech-service/overview)

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