What is microsoft-foundry?
microsoft-foundry is a Claude skill by microsoft that build, deploy, evaluate, optimize, fine-tune, and manage Microsoft Foundry agents, models, and resources end to end. USE FOR: foundry, azd ai agent, azd provision/deploy, hosted agent. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 556,800 installs.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | microsoft |
| Repository | microsoft/azure-skills |
| Popularity | 556,800 installs |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (92/100) |
| Rank | #36 of 1,262 Claude skills; #8 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 302 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-16 |
| Stars this week | +16 |
Is microsoft-foundry safe to install?
microsoft-foundry scores 92/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 7 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Doesn't ask for keys or credentials | Pass |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- network:
https:// - shell:
```bash - scripts:
scripts/check-and-setup-dependencies.sh
How do I install microsoft-foundry?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill microsoft-foundry
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills cp -r azure-skills/skills/microsoft-foundry ~/.claude/skills/microsoft-foundry
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the microsoft-foundry skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs microsoft-foundry for you:
Install the "microsoft-foundry" skill from https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/main/skills/microsoft-foundry into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.
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