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Foundry IQ knowledge bases. An agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
Install Foundry Iq
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iq --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .claude/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .claude/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iqType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iq --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .agents/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .agents/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iq --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .cursor/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .cursor/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git --path plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iq --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .gemini/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .gemini/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iqInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .github/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .github/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure foundry-iq --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq .opencode/skills/foundry-iq && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "foundry-iq" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/tree/main/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq into .opencode/skills/foundry-iq/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "foundry-iq", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
foundry-iq- GitHub stars
- 255
- Token cost
- ~872 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 314 words
- Files
- 85 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 56
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Foundry IQ knowledge bases. An agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
- Tasks that involve Knowledge bases
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
- Tasks that involve Citation management
What it does
Foundry Iq is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Foundry IQ knowledge bases. WHEN: make local or Blob documents searchable; create/diagnose KBs; triage unsupported connectors or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration; connect existing KB to agents (including multi-source KBs); create/reuse a Search service; retrieve from an existing knowledge base with citations; no brand words needed. Read its procedure before query/target questions. NOT: other KB providers, repository-file search, classic Azure AI Search index/query/app work, generic agent creation.
Its SKILL.md is about 870 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 86 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/connect-hosted-toolbox.md`, `agents/connect-hosted.md` and `agents/connect-prompt-sdk-fallback.md`). Compatibility notes: Azure
It sits in Knowledge Management, covering Knowledge bases and Citation management. It works with Microsoft Azure and Azure AI Search. The repository describes itself as: GitHub Copilot for Azure. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Knowledge bases
- Tasks that involve Citation management
Example prompts
- “/foundry-iq”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Azure
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d8f4f4e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships script files (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Compatibility
Azure
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Foundry Iq loads about 872 tokens when it runs, and up to ~30k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 130 tokens; SKILL.md has 314 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure at commit d8f4f4e, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 314 words, ~872 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/foundry-iq/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 84 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- foundry-iq
- description
- Foundry IQ knowledge bases. WHEN: make local or Blob documents searchable; create/diagnose KBs; triage unsupported connectors or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration; connect existing KB to agents (including multi-source KBs); create/reuse a Search service; retrieve from an existing knowledge base with citations; no brand words needed. Read its procedure before query/target questions. NOT: other KB providers, repository-file search, classic Azure AI Search index/query/app work, generic agent creation.
- compatibility
- Azure
- license
- MIT
- metadata.author
- Microsoft
- metadata.version
- 0.0.0-placeholder
Foundry IQ
Read one procedure before questions/actions; invocation is not a read.
Read the owning procedure before blocked/unsupported responses too.
Before mutation plans/approval, successfully read its required pre-action references, selected
branches only. Do not reload successful reads. On failure, try only permitted
bounded exact-path reads with any supported reader; never bypass restrictions
or search broadly. If still unavailable: blocked: reference-unavailable, name
missing references and inability to plan. Never invent requirements/plans.
Failures first.
Cleanup and receipt-backed execution go directly to their lifecycle/producer owner; do not reopen Search intake, provisioning or hardening.
Before expensive service discovery, reuse supplied resource/intent; otherwise ask one early USE EXISTING / FIND CANDIDATES / CREATE NEW choice. Only FIND enumerates; supplied identity uses exact/minimum scoped resolution. CREATE checks its proposed name, not existing-service inventories. Preserve these answers across source/KB/CU/model handoffs; selection is not write approval.
Searchable docs: KB + validated retrieval. Confirm intent once; KS-only must be explicit. Child success is not KB completion. Unclear/compound/mode/completion: read.
Route by requested operation, not existing KB source count. Connecting an existing KB with two or more sources, without changing the KB, uses Connect. Read-only operations use their owning procedure and actual helper constraints; this does not add retrieval modes or supported source kinds. Explicit unsupported provisioning or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration uses Diagnose and stops before discovery, even when connecting an agent is also requested. Do not silently execute only the supported part of a compound request. If existing-KB connection versus KB creation/reconfiguration is unclear, read intent-routing and clarify that scope before Azure discovery. Never infer KB mutation.
| Outcome | Read |
|---|---|
| Cleanup | Plan cleanup |
| Failure/drift | Diagnose |
| Unsupported connector provisioning / multi-source KB creation or reconfiguration | Diagnose |
| Connect | Connect |
| Read KB | Query |
| Search only | Search |
| File KS only | File |
| Blob/ADLS KS only | Blob |
| Searchable/KB | KB |
Generic agents: microsoft-foundry.
Reads: no approval; approve unchanged plans before writes.
Hide hashes. No Search/Storage keys, scope widening, guessed identity/boundaries,
drift repair or joint cleanup/creation approval. Acceptance != success.
© microsoft, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 84 other files (references) in plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq of microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
- SKILL.md
- agents/connect-hosted-toolbox.md
- agents/connect-hosted.md
- agents/connect-prompt-sdk-fallback.md
- agents/connect.md
- agents/create-missing-agent.md
- helpers/_blob_observation.py
- helpers/_bootstrap_io.py
- helpers/_cleanup_dependencies.py
- helpers/_cleanup_receipts.py
- helpers/_common.py
- helpers/_document_adapters.py
- helpers/_document_limits.py
- helpers/_indexer_observation.py
- helpers/_initial_prompt.py
- helpers/_progress.py
- helpers/_prompt_read.py
- helpers/blob-contracts.md
- helpers/blob-cu-contracts.md
- … and 66 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d8f4f4e
Used in 2 other repositories
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry Iq this skillmicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure | 255 | — | ~872 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
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| Datachain Knowledgedatachain-ai/datachain | 2.8k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Gnogmickel/gno | 115 | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gnogmickel/gno | 115 | — | ~11k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Maintain Codex Wikiaiskillstore/marketplace | 430 | 1 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Notes | None |
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Questions about Foundry Iq
What does Foundry Iq do?
Foundry IQ knowledge bases. An agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure. Foundry Iq is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Foundry IQ knowledge bases.
When should I use Foundry Iq?
Foundry Iq fits situations like: tasks that involve Knowledge bases; tasks that involve Citation management.
How do I install Foundry Iq in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .claude/skills/foundry-iq in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Foundry Iq in Codex?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .agents/skills/foundry-iq in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Foundry Iq in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill foundry-iq -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/foundry-iq, .gemini/skills/foundry-iq, .github/skills/foundry-iq and .opencode/skills/foundry-iq in your project.
What does Foundry Iq need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Foundry Iq needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Azure.
Does Foundry Iq access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Foundry Iq safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Foundry Iq use?
Foundry Iq is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Foundry Iq use?
About 872 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 29k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Foundry Iq?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Foundry Iq: Kb Search (Azure/azure-sdk-tools, 134 stars), Datachain Knowledge (datachain-ai/datachain, 2.8k stars), Gno (gmickel/gno, 115 stars) and Gno (gmickel/gno, 115 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Foundry Iq?
microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which has 255 GitHub stars. The repository holds 56 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.