version: "1.0.1" name: microsoft-foundry-tools description: Expert knowledge for Microsoft Foundry Tools (aka Azure AI services, Azure Cognitive Services) development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using Content Moderator, Content Safety, Content Understanding analyzers, REST/.NET APIs, or document extraction workloads, and other Microsoft Foundry Tools related development tasks. Not for Microsoft Foundry (use microsoft-foundry), Microsoft Foundry Classic (use microsoft-foundry-classic), Microsoft Foundry Local (use microsoft-foundry-local). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-06-28" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"
Microsoft Foundry Tools Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Microsoft Foundry Tools. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, 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](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If
mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it:
Installation Guide
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 | |
|---|
| Troubleshooting | L36-L40 | Troubleshooting steps and FAQs for Content Understanding features, including diagnosing model issues, configuration problems, and resolving common errors in content analysis workflows. | |
| Best Practices | L41-L46 | Guidance on improving Content Understanding accuracy, grounding and confidence in document extraction, and migrating from preview to GA Content Understanding APIs. | |
| Decision Making | L47-L55 | Guidance for choosing and migrating between Azure AI/Foundry content tools (Content Moderator, Content Safety, Content Understanding), including feature comparisons and pricing/usage planning. | |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L56-L60 | Guidance on choosing and configuring deployment options (serverless, managed, custom) for Content Understanding models, including trade-offs, scalability, and integration patterns. | |
| Limits & Quotas | L61-L68 | Quotas, limits, and supported languages for Content Moderator image/list APIs and Content Understanding, plus .NET samples showing how to stay within list and usage limits. | |
| Security | L69-L73 | Securing Azure Content Understanding analyzers and data: auth options, network isolation, encryption, access control, and best practices for protecting analyzer inputs/outputs. | |
| Configuration | L74-L83 | Configuring and customizing Content Understanding analyzers (prebuilt and custom), document layout, face detection, and cross-resource capacity settings. | |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L84-L98 | Using Content Moderator and Content Understanding via REST/.NET: text/image/video moderation, term lists, multimodal analysis, and consuming Markdown/structured outputs | |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Troubleshoot and answer FAQs for Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/faq | |
Best Practices
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Apply best practices for Content Understanding accuracy | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/concepts/best-practices | |
| Improve document extraction with confidence and grounding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/document/analyzer-improvement | |
Decision Making
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Migrate Azure Content Moderator workloads to Content Safety | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/content-moderator | |
| Choose Azure AI tools for document processing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/choosing-right-ai-tool | |
| Choose between Foundry and Content Understanding Studio features | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/foundry-vs-content-understanding-studio | |
| Migrate Content Understanding from preview to GA APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/how-to/migration-preview-to-ga | |
| Estimate and plan Content Understanding pricing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/pricing-explainer | |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Select model deployment options for Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/concepts/models-deployments | |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Use Content Moderator image lists within quota limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/image-lists-quickstart-dotnet | |
| Use supported languages in Content Moderator API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/language-support | |
| Apply Content Moderator .NET samples with list limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/samples-dotnet | |
| Content Understanding service quotas and limits reference | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/service-limits | |
Security
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Secure Azure Content Understanding analyzers and data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/concepts/secure-communications | |
Configuration
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Configure and reference analyzers in Azure Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/concepts/analyzer-reference | |
| Use and customize Content Understanding prebuilt analyzers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/concepts/prebuilt-analyzers | |
| Configure document layout analysis with Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/document/elements | |
| Configure face detection and recognition in Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/face/overview | |
| Configure cross-resource capacity for Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/how-to/bring-your-own-cross-resource-capacity | |
| Build and refine custom analyzers in Content Understanding Studio | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/how-to/customize-analyzer-content-understanding-studio | |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL | |
|---|
| Content Moderator REST API operations reference | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/api-reference | |
| Integrate Content Moderator via .NET client library | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/client-libraries | |
| Call Content Moderator image moderation APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/image-moderation-api | |
| Call Content Moderator REST APIs from C# samples | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/samples-rest | |
| Use .NET SDK term lists with Content Moderator | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/term-lists-quickstart-dotnet | |
| Use Content Moderator text moderation APIs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/text-moderation-api | |
| Moderate video content using Content Moderator .NET SDK | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-moderator/video-moderation-api | |
| Consume Content Understanding document Markdown output | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/document/markdown | |
| Call Content Understanding REST API for multimodal data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/quickstart/use-rest-api | |
| Create custom Content Understanding analyzers via REST API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/tutorial/create-custom-analyzer | |
| Extract structured audiovisual content with Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/video/elements | |
| Use audiovisual Markdown output from Content Understanding | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/content-understanding/video/markdown | |