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microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure-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.

This is a copy. The original lives at aiskillstore/azure-ai.

7k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
17
files
instructions only
1
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
242
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-ai

What comes with it

25 585 bytes besides the instruction
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
version.json

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

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:

  • 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:

Repackaged in 1 other repositories

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure-azure-ai from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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