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Microsoft Foundry Local

Expert knowledge for Microsoft Foundry Local (aka Azure AI Foundry Local) development including b…

by microsoftdocs · MIT

The skill

Expert knowledge for Microsoft Foundry Local (aka Azure AI Foundry Local) development including best practices, decision making, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when compiling HF models with Olive, using Foundry Local CLI, embeddings/chat/audio APIs, or OpenAI-style integrations, and other Microsoft Foundry Local related development tasks. Not for Microsoft Foundry (use microsoft-foundry), Microsoft Foundry Classic (use microsoft-foundry-classic), Azure Local (use azure-local), Azure Content Understanding in Foundry Tools (use azure-content-understanding).

Microsoft Foundry Local Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Microsoft Foundry Local. Covers best practices, decision making, 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
Best Practices L32-L36 Troubleshooting Foundry Local CLI issues, applying recommended workflows, and resolving common setup, auth, build, and deployment problems.
Decision Making L37-L42 Guidance on choosing between legacy vs current Foundry Local SDK and step-by-step instructions for migrating existing apps to the current SDK.
Configuration L43-L49 Configuring and operating Foundry Local: compiling Hugging Face models with Olive, installing/using the CLI, and reference for all CLI commands and options.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L50-L61 Using Foundry Local APIs/SDKs for text embeddings, chat completions, audio transcription, tool calling, LangChain apps, and OpenAI-style or REST integrations in your code

Best Practices

Topic URL
Apply best practices and troubleshoot Foundry Local CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-best-practice

Decision Making

Topic URL
Decide between legacy and current Foundry Local SDK https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-legacy
Migrate applications to the current Foundry Local SDK https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-migration

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
Operate and configure the Foundry Local CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/how-to/how-to-use-foundry-local-cli
Reference commands and options for Foundry Local CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-cli

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
Use Foundry Local SDK APIs in applications https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry-local/reference/reference-sdk-current

Use this skill

Connect your agent to the Skill Store MCP server and ask for it by ref: microsoftdocs/microsoft-foundry-local-18314718310.

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Details

Publisher
microsoftdocs
Category
Software Development › APIs & backend
License
MIT
Updated
2026-10-19

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