Azure AI Services
SkillSearchThis skill gives your AI the ability to work with Microsoft Azure cloud services. Once added, your AI can use Azure skills to handle cloud tasks for you. It comes from Microsoft's official collection of Azure skills.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Add the skill, then ask your AI to help with an Azure task. It will use the Azure skills to get it done.
Then ask your AI: use the Azure AI Services skill
What your AI can do with it
- Work with Microsoft Azure cloud services
- Use Azure skills for cloud scenarios
- Handle cloud tasks through your AI
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/azure-skills in skills/azure-ai/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
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: 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
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 1k
- Forks
- 245
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
- Installs
- 578k installs
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