The azure-ai skill integrates various Azure AI services including AI Search for full-text, vector, and hybrid searches; Speech for speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities; OpenAI for GPT models and embeddings; and Document Intelligence for form extraction and OCR. It offers programmatic SDK access and command-line tools, making it ideal for developers building AI-powered applications with Azure’s cognitive services. This skill supports advanced AI features like semantic similarity search, neural voices, speaker diarization, and custom models for domain-specific vocabularies.
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
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OpenAI
GPT models, embeddings, DALL-E
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az cognitiveservices
Document Intelligence
Form extraction, OCR
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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:setupor 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
GitHub Owner
Owner: microsoft
GitHub Links
- Website: https://opensource.microsoft.com
- Email: opensource@microsoft.com
- Verified domains:
microsoft,opensource.microsoft.com,microsoft.com