Azure AI
Azure AI Search/Speech/OpenAI router with condensed per-language SDK cheatsheets
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 20, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 55e8b92
Fetched skills/azure-ai/SKILL.md (v1.1.1, Microsoft, MIT) and its references via the GitHub API. The body is a services table + MCP-tool router (azure__search/azure__speech) + a table of 14 per-language SDK quick-reference links, ALL of which exist in the repo tree; sampled azure-search-documents-py.md and auth-best-practices.md — both accurate, condensed, and clean (no curl|sh, base64 payloads, secrets, or injected instructions). Trigger phrasings, would load: "Set up vector search on Azure AI Search with the Python SDK"; "Transcribe this audio with Azure speech-to-text"; "How do I do hybrid search in Azure Cognitive Search?". Would NOT load: "Set up an AWS OpenSearch cluster"; "Write me a poem about the ocean" — 5/5 correct. Docs docked 1: description headlines OpenAI + Document Intelligence, but OpenAI ships only a single .NET SDK ref (no Python) so breadth is slightly oversold. The MCP-preferred path needs Azure MCP + a subscription, but the copied SDK cheatsheets are self-contained usable text, so the skill is not inert and the output win was measurable from that content.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 7/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Azure AI does
Router + condensed SDK quick-references for Azure AI services (AI Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence, Translation, Vision, Content Safety). Loads when a user asks to implement search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text/TTS, transcription, or OCR against Azure. Points at the Azure MCP tools when present and falls back to per-language SDK cheatsheets.
How to install Azure AI
Manual: git clone https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills, then copy skills/azure-ai into ~/.claude/skills/azure-ai (self-contained, includes references/). Plugin route: /plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills then install the azure-skills plugin. Full MCP-preferred flow additionally needs the Azure MCP server (/azure:setup) + an Azure subscription.
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Azure AI
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/azure-aiAzure AI Search/Speech/OpenAI router with condensed per-language SDK cheatsheets
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Set up hybrid search with Azure AI Search -
Convert this audio file to text with Azure Speech -
Extract data from this document with Document Intelligence
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Azure AI skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from microsoft/azure-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Azure AI work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 20, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched skills/azure-ai/SKILL.md (v1.1.1, Microsoft, MIT) and its references via the GitHub API. The body is a services table + MCP-tool router (azure__search/azure__speech) + a table of 14 per-language SDK quick-reference links, ALL of which exist in the repo tree; sampled azure-search-documents-py.md and auth-best-practices.md — both accurate, condensed, and clean (no curl|sh, base64 payloads, secrets, or injected instructions). Trigger phrasings, would load: "Set up vector search on Azure AI Search with the Python SDK"; "Transcribe this audio with Azure speech-to-text"; "How do I do hybrid search in Azure Cognitive Search?". Would NOT load: "Set up an AWS OpenSearch cluster"; "Write me a poem about the ocean" — 5/5 correct. Docs docked 1: description headlines OpenAI + Document Intelligence, but OpenAI ships only a single .NET SDK ref (no Python) so breadth is slightly oversold. The MCP-preferred path needs Azure MCP + a subscription, but the copied SDK cheatsheets are self-contained usable text, so the skill is not inert and the output win was measurable from that content.
- What is the Azure AI SkillProof Score?
- 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Azure AI?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Azure AI with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.