Azure AI Services
SkillSearchThis skill gives your AI access to Azure AI services for search, speech, and document reading. Once added, it can search Azure indexes, turn speech into text and text back into speech, and pull text out of documents and images.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
After adding it, try asking your AI to search an index, transcribe an audio file, or read the text out of a document.
Then ask your AI: use the Azure AI Services skill
What your AI can do with it
- Search Azure indexes with keyword, vector, or hybrid queries
- Run semantic searches across indexed content
- Transcribe spoken audio into text
- Convert written text into speech
- Extract text from documents and images using OCR
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by microsoft/skills in .github/plugins/azure-skills/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
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- Forks
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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