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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).

Source: /skills/microsoft-foundry-tools/SKILL.md

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