Official agent skill

Azure Video Indexer

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and…

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Azure Video Indexer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-video-indexer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-video-indexer --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-video-indexer .claude/skills/azure-video-indexer && 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-video-indexer
GitHub stars
777
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
687 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
147
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and…

  • Configuring live camera analysis
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Custom AI insights

What it does

Azure Video Indexer is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring live camera analysis, custom AI insights, OpenAI summaries, Video Indexer APIs, or face redaction, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision), Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search).

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering AI video generation. It works with Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Search, Azure AI Vision and OpenAI. 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

  • Configuring live camera analysis
  • Custom AI insights
  • OpenAI summaries
  • Video Indexer APIs

Example prompts

  • “/azure-video-indexer”

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 Video Indexer loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 125 tokens; SKILL.md has 687 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~125
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k

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). 687 words, ~2,356 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-video-indexer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-video-indexer
description
Expert knowledge for Azure AI Video Indexer development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring live camera analysis, custom AI insights, OpenAI summaries, Video Indexer APIs, or face redaction, and other Azure AI Video Indexer related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Vision (use azure-ai-vision), Azure AI Search (use azure-cognitive-search).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-09-27
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure AI Video Indexer Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Video Indexer. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. 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
TroubleshootingL36-L40Diagnosing and resolving Azure AI Video Indexer Arc deployment and runtime issues, including connectivity, configuration, and infrastructure-related troubleshooting steps.
Best PracticesL41-L50Best practices for scaling, customizing models (brands, language, speech), using AI agents for real-time insights, and designing disaster recovery/failover for Azure Video Indexer.
Decision MakingL51-L58Guidance on cost planning, live AI insight selection vs custom models, camera analytics choices, and multi-tenant management strategies for Azure AI Video Indexer.
Limits & QuotasL59-L66Limits, quotas, formats, and language support for Video Indexer, plus how to configure, monitor, and summarize live camera recording durations and events.
SecurityL67-L76Securing Video Indexer: configuring roles, face feature access, NSG service tags, private endpoints, storage firewalls, and applying Microsoft’s security baseline.
ConfigurationL77-L91Configuring Video Indexer: camera and live analysis setup, custom AI insights, OpenAI-based summarization, indexing options, speaker identities, regions, and monitoring/diagnostics.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL92-L98Using Video Indexer APIs, widgets, and low-code tools to call the service, embed insights, automate workflows, and programmatically redact faces in videos
DeploymentL99-L103Deploying Azure AI Video Indexer via Arc extension or ARM templates, and creating/managing real-time extensions for live video processing and integration.
Troubleshooting
Best Practices
Show full SKILL.md (281 more words)Show less
Decision Making
Limits & Quotas
Security
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment
TopicURL
Create and manage Video Indexer real-time extensionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/arc/live-extension
Deploy Azure AI Video Indexer with ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-video-indexer/deploy-with-arm-template

© 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-video-indexer of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Video Indexer

What does Azure Video Indexer do?

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

When should I use Azure Video Indexer?

Azure Video Indexer fits situations like: configuring live camera analysis; custom AI insights; openAI summaries; video Indexer APIs.

How do I install Azure Video Indexer in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Video Indexer in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Video Indexer 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-video-indexer -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-video-indexer, .gemini/skills/azure-video-indexer, .github/skills/azure-video-indexer and .opencode/skills/azure-video-indexer in your project.

What does Azure Video Indexer need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Video Indexer 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 Video Indexer 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 Video Indexer 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 Video Indexer use?

Azure Video Indexer 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 Video Indexer use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.4k 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 Video Indexer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Video Indexer: Azure AI (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), Azure Architecture Autopilot (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Capacity (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars) and Deploy Model (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Azure Video Indexer?

MicrosoftDocs (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, which has 777 GitHub stars. The repository holds 147 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.