Official agent skill

Azure Immersive Reader

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Azure Immersive Reader

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-immersive-reader -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-immersive-reader --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-immersive-reader .claude/skills/azure-immersive-reader && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
azure-immersive-reader
GitHub stars
775
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
395 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
149
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

  • Tuning read-aloud/translation
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Storing user prefs

What it does

Azure Immersive Reader is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when tuning read-aloud/translation, storing user prefs, Entra auth setup, JS SDK integration, or language support, and other Azure AI Immersive Reader related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Language (use azure-language-service), Azure AI Speech (use azure-speech), Azure Translator (use azure-translator), Azure AI services (use…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Requires network access. Uses mcpmicrosoftdocs:microsoftdocsfetch or fetchwebpage to retrieve documentation.

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Translation and Third-party API integration. It works with Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Speech, Azure AI Translator and Azure AI Foundry. The repository describes itself as: Curated Agent Skills for Microsoft & Azure – giving AI coding assistants structured, real-time expertise from Microsoft Learn docs. The licence is CC-BY-4.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tuning read-aloud/translation
  • Storing user prefs
  • Entra auth setup
  • JS SDK integration

Example prompts

  • “/azure-immersive-reader”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ba74e8f. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • learn.microsoft.com
    • github.com

    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

    Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Azure Immersive Reader loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 137 tokens; SKILL.md has 395 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~137
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills at commit ba74e8f, republished under its CC-BY-4.0 licence (© MicrosoftDocs). 395 words, ~1,401 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-immersive-reader/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-immersive-reader
description
Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when tuning read-aloud/translation, storing user prefs, Entra auth setup, JS SDK integration, or language support, and other Azure AI Immersive Reader related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Language (use azure-language-service), Azure AI Speech (use azure-speech), Azure Translator (use azure-translator), Azure AI services (use microsoft-foundry-tools).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-03-16
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure AI Immersive Reader Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Immersive Reader. Covers best practices, 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

CategoryLinesDescription
Best PracticesL33-L37Guidance on improving Immersive Reader performance by caching authentication tokens, including token reuse patterns and reducing auth overhead.
Limits & QuotasL38-L42Supported languages and feature availability for Immersive Reader (e.g., which languages work with read-aloud, translation, and other capabilities).
SecurityL43-L49Configuring Immersive Reader security: creating the resource with Entra auth, managing Entra role assignments, and setting cookie policy and user consent.
ConfigurationL50-L56Configuring Immersive Reader behavior: read-aloud voice/speed, translation languages and behavior, and storing/managing per-user reading and language preferences.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL57-L66Implementing Immersive Reader in web/iOS apps: launch flows, JS SDK usage, HTML/MathML prep, custom buttons, multi-resource setups, and Vision Read integration.
Show full SKILL.md (140 more words)Show less
Best Practices
TopicURL
Cache Immersive Reader auth tokens for performancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/how-to-cache-token
Limits & Quotas
TopicURL
Check supported languages for Immersive Reader featureshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/immersive-reader/language-support
Security
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns

© MicrosoftDocs, CC-BY-4.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-immersive-reader of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Immersive Reader

What does Azure Immersive Reader do?

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Azure Immersive Reader is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure AI Immersive Reader development including best practices, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.

When should I use Azure Immersive Reader?

Azure Immersive Reader fits situations like: tuning read-aloud/translation; storing user prefs; entra auth setup; JS SDK integration.

How do I install Azure Immersive Reader in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-immersive-reader -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-immersive-reader in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-immersive-reader in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Azure Immersive Reader in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-immersive-reader -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-immersive-reader in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-immersive-reader in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Azure Immersive Reader 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-immersive-reader -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/azure-immersive-reader, .gemini/skills/azure-immersive-reader, .github/skills/azure-immersive-reader and .opencode/skills/azure-immersive-reader in your project.

What does Azure Immersive Reader need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Immersive Reader is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation..

Does Azure Immersive Reader access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: learn.microsoft.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Azure Immersive Reader 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 Azure Immersive Reader use?

Azure Immersive Reader is published under the CC-BY-4.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Azure Immersive Reader use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Azure Immersive Reader?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Immersive Reader: Azure AI Translation Document Py (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars), Azure AI Translation Text Py (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars), Azure AI Translation TS (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars) and Azure AI Voicelive Py (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Azure Immersive Reader?

MicrosoftDocs (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, which has 775 GitHub stars. The repository holds 149 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.