Microsoft Foundry Skill

MANDATORY: Read this skill and the relevant sub-skill BEFORE calling any Foundry MCP tool.

Sub-Skills

| Sub-Skill | When to Use | Reference | |-----------|-------------|-----------| | deploy | Containerize, build, push to ACR, create/update/start/stop/clone agent deployments | deploy | | invoke | Send messages to an agent, single or multi-turn conversations | invoke | | observe | Eval-driven optimization loop: evaluate → analyze → optimize → compare → iterate | observe | | trace | Query traces, analyze latency/failures, correlate eval results to specific responses via App Insights customEvents | trace | | troubleshoot | View container logs, query telemetry, diagnose failures | troubleshoot | | create | Create new hosted agent applications. Supports Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, or custom frameworks in Python or C#. Downloads starter samples from foundry-samples repo. | create | | eval-datasets | Harvest production traces into evaluation datasets, manage dataset versions and splits, track evaluation metrics over time, detect regressions, and maintain full lineage from trace to deployment. Use for: create dataset from traces, dataset versioning, evaluation trending, regression detection, dataset comparison, eval lineage. | eval-datasets | | project/create | Creating a new Azure AI Foundry project for hosting agents and models. Use when onboarding to Foundry or setting up new infrastructure. | project/create/create-foundry-project.md | | resource/create | Creating Azure AI Services multi-service resource (Foundry resource) using Azure CLI. Use when manually provisioning AI Services resources with granular control. | resource/create/create-foundry-resource.md | | models/deploy-model | Unified model deployment with intelligent routing. Handles quick preset deployments, fully customized deployments (version/SKU/capacity/RAI), and capacity discovery across regions. Routes to sub-skills: preset (quick deploy), customize (full control), capacity (find availability). | models/deploy-model/SKILL.md | | quota | Managing quotas and capacity for Microsoft Foundry resources. Use when checking quota usage, troubleshooting deployment failures due to insufficient quota, requesting quota increases, or planning capacity. | quota/quota.md | | rbac | Managing RBAC permissions, role assignments, managed identities, and service principals for Microsoft Foundry resources. Use for access control, auditing permissions, and CI/CD setup. | rbac/rbac.md |

Onboarding flow: project/create → deploy → invoke

Agent Lifecycle

| Intent | Workflow | |--------|----------| | New agent from scratch | create → deploy → invoke | | Deploy existing code | deploy → invoke | | Test/chat with agent | invoke | | Troubleshoot | invoke → troubleshoot | | Fix + redeploy | troubleshoot → fix → deploy → invoke |

Project Context Resolution

Resolve only missing values. Extract from user message first, then azd, then ask.

Check for azure.yaml; if found, run azd env get-values
Map azd variables:

| azd Variable | Resolves To | |-------------|-------------| | AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT / AZURE_AIPROJECT_ENDPOINT | Project endpoint | | AZURE_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_NAME / AZURE_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT | ACR registry | | AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID | Subscription |

Ask user only for unresolved values (project endpoint, agent name)

Validation

After each workflow step, validate before proceeding:

Run the operation
Check output for errors or unexpected results
If failed → diagnose using troubleshoot sub-skill → fix → retry
Only proceed to next step when validation passes

Agent Types

| Type | Kind | Description | |------|------|-------------| | Prompt | "prompt" | LLM-based, backed by model deployment | | Hosted | "hosted" | Container-based, running custom code |

Agent: Setup Types

| Setup | Capability Host | Description | |-------|----------------|-------------| | Basic | None | Default. All resources Microsoft-managed. | | Standard | Azure AI Services | Bring-your-own storage and search (public network). See standard-agent-setup. | | Standard + Private Network | Azure AI Services | Standard setup with VNet isolation and private endpoints. See private-network-standard-agent-setup. |

MANDATORY: For standard setup, read the appropriate reference before proceeding:

Public network: references/standard-agent-setup.md

Private network (VNet isolation): references/private-network-standard-agent-setup.md

Tool Usage Conventions

Use the ask_user or askQuestions tool whenever collecting information from the user
Use the task or runSubagent tool to delegate long-running or independent sub-tasks (e.g., env var scanning, status polling, Dockerfile generation)
Prefer Azure MCP tools over direct CLI commands when available
Reference official Microsoft documentation URLs instead of embedding CLI command syntax

References

Dependencies

Scripts in sub-skills require: Azure CLI (az) ≥2.0, jq (for shell scripts). Install via pip install azure-ai-projects azure-identity for Python SDK usage.