microsoft-foundry-local

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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

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use WebFetch. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category Lines Description
Best Practices L28-L32 Troubleshooting Foundry Local CLI issues, applying recommended workflows, and resolving common setup, auth, build, and deployment problems.
Decision Making L33-L38 Guidance on choosing between legacy vs current Foundry Local SDK and step-by-step instructions for migrating existing apps to the current SDK.
Configuration L39-L45 Configuring and operating Foundry Local: compiling Hugging Face models with Olive, installing/using the CLI, and reference for all CLI commands and options.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L46-L57 Using Foundry Local APIs/SDKs for text embeddings, chat completions, audio transcription, tool calling, LangChain apps, and OpenAI-style or REST integrations in your code
Installs
1
GitHub Stars
5
First Seen
Oct 27, 2026