Microsoft Foundry Local

Microsoft Foundry Local Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Microsoft Foundry Local. Covers best practices, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., security.md), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
• Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Best Practices | L31-L35 | Guidance on using Foundry Local CLI effectively, following recommended workflows, and diagnosing/fixing common CLI issues and misconfigurations. |

| Configuration | L36-L43 | Compiling Hugging Face models with Olive, installing/configuring the Foundry Local CLI, managing local models, and migrating apps to the new Foundry Local SDK. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L44-L56 | Using Foundry Local APIs/SDKs for chat, embeddings, transcription, OpenAI-compatible clients, LangChain apps, tool calling, and REST/SDK reference (C#, JS, Python, Rust, legacy). |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Apply best practices and fix issues in Foundry Local CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-best-practice |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Compile Hugging Face models for Foundry Local with Olive | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-compile-hugging-face-models |

| Use Foundry Local CLI to manage local models | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-use-foundry-local-cli |

| Use and configure Foundry Local CLI commands | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-cli |

| Migrate and reconfigure apps to new Foundry Local SDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-migration |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Generate text embeddings with Foundry Local SDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-generate-embeddings |

| Integrate Foundry Local with OpenAI-style inference SDKs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-integrate-with-inference-sdks |

| Live microphone transcription with Foundry Local | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-live-transcribe-audio |

| Transcribe audio using Foundry Local transcription API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-transcribe-audio |

| Build a LangChain translation app with Foundry Local | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-use-langchain-with-foundry-local |

| Use Foundry Local native chat completions API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-use-native-chat-completions |

| Implement tool calling with Foundry Local models | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-use-tool-calling-with-foundry-local |

| Foundry Local REST API reference for local inference | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-rest |

| Reference for Foundry Local SDKs in C#, JS, Python, Rust | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-current |

| Legacy Foundry Local SDK reference and CLI-dependent APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-legacy |