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, resolving common errors, and following recommended workflows and configuration practices for reliable local development. |
| Decision Making | L37-L41 | Guidance for upgrading apps from the legacy Foundry Local SDK to the current one, including API changes, migration steps, and compatibility considerations. |
| Configuration | L42-L48 | Compiling Hugging Face models with Olive for Foundry Local, and using the Foundry Local CLI commands/options to install, manage, and configure local models. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L49-L59 | Using Foundry Local APIs/SDKs for chat, tools, transcription, translation apps, and OpenAI-style or REST integrations in C#, JS, Python, and Rust, including legacy interfaces. |
Best Practices
Decision Making
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns