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Foundry IQ provides a structured framework for creating, diagnosing, and connecting knowledge bases to AI agents. It supports making local or Blob-based documents searchable, managing multi-source knowledge configurations, and retrieving information with citations. The skill emphasizes strict adherence to defined procedures for service discovery, resource creation, and troubleshooting to ensure reliable agent-knowledge integration.
What it does
- Creates searchable knowledge bases from local or Azure Blob storage documents.
- Connects existing knowledge bases to AI agents.
- Diagnoses issues with knowledge base configurations or unsupported connectors.
- Retrieves information from knowledge bases with source citations.
- Manages the lifecycle of search services and knowledge sources.
- Routes requests based on specific operational needs rather than source counts.
When to use it
- When you need to make local or cloud-stored documents searchable by an AI agent.
- When connecting an existing knowledge base to a new or current agent.
- When troubleshooting or diagnosing a knowledge base configuration.
- When you need to create a new search service or knowledge source.
- When performing retrieval tasks that require citations from a knowledge base.
Advantages
- Provides a clear, procedural approach to knowledge base management.
- Ensures consistent handling of multi-source knowledge configurations.
- Includes built-in diagnostic paths for troubleshooting.
- Supports secure, citation-backed retrieval for agent responses.
- Prevents unauthorized or unsupported configuration changes.
Usage examples
- “Create a new knowledge base from my Azure Blob container.”
- The agent will initiate the knowledge base creation procedure, validating the source and setting up the necessary search indexing.
- “Connect my existing knowledge base to the current agent.”
- The agent will follow the connection workflow to link the specified knowledge base to the agent's retrieval pipeline.
- “Why is my multi-source knowledge base failing to index?”
- The agent will trigger the diagnostic procedure to identify configuration drifts or unsupported connector issues.
- “Retrieve information about project timelines from the knowledge base.”
- The agent will query the knowledge base and provide an answer with citations from the source documents.
Install
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mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip foundry-iq.zip -d .agents/skills
Documentation by Microsoft
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. This routing takes precedence over classic-search terms (e.g. hybrid search) in compound requests. Never end in a plain refusal: Diagnose gives the boundary, docs pointer and agent handoff; writes still need an approved concrete plan. 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.
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helpers/private_artifacts.py
"""Opt-in private unapproved execution artifacts; no Azure or approval operations."""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import hashlib
import sys
from pathlib import Path
try:
from . import _bootstrap_io as private_io
from ._common import HelperFailure, blocked_result, canonical_bytes, digest, emit_result, reject_secrets
except ImportError:
import _bootstrap_io as private_io
from _common import HelperFailure, blocked_result, canonical_bytes, digest, emit_result, reject_secrets
def add_execution_output_argument(parser):
parser.add_argument("--execution-output", type=Path,
help="With --plan only: write exact UNAPPROVED input to a new absolute private file.")
def validate_execution_output_mode(args):
if args.execution_output is not None and not args.plan:
raise private_io.failure("planning-output-invalid", "--execution-output requires --plan.")
def retain_execution_input(document, output):
"""Extension contract: pass the exact closed envelope, never a redacted wrapper."""
try:
if (not isinstance(document, dict) or set(document) != {"schema_version", "plan", "approval"}
or document["schema_version"] not in ("1.0", "2.0")
or not isinstance(document["plan"], dict)
or document["approval"] != {"confirmed": False, "fingerprint": digest(document["plan"])}
or document["approval"]["confirmed"] is not False):
raise ValueError("Unapproved envelope required")
reject_secrets(document)
path = Path(output)
if not path.is_absolute():
raise ValueError("Absolute output required")
except (HelperFailure, TypeError, ValueError, RecursionError) as exc:
raise private_io.failure("planning-output-invalid", "Select an absolute private output and an exact unapproved, secret-free execution input.") from exc
written = private_io.atomic_private_file(
path.parent, path.name, document,
max_bytes=private_io.MAX_BYTES * (1 if document["schema_version"] == "2.0" else 16))
return {
"path": str(written),
"sha256": hashlib.sha256(canonical_bytes(document) + b"\n").hexdigest(),
"fingerprint": document["approval"]["fingerprint"],
"confirmed": False,
}
def emit_plan_result(result, execution_output=None, *, preserve_unapproved_input=False):
if execution_output is None:
emit_result(result, preserve_unapproved_input=preserve_unapproved_input)
return
if result.get("status") != "planned":
emit_result(result)
return
reference = retain_execution_input(result.get("execution_input"), execution_output)
# Copy only fixed booleans/counts: arbitrary summaries contain names, queries and private text.
original = result.get("approval_summary")
original = original if isinstance(original, dict) else {}
summary = {}
for key in ("execution_required", "mutation_approval_required"):
if type(original.get(key)) is bool:
summary[key] = original[key]
boundary = original.get("data_boundary")
boundary = boundary if isinstance(boundary, dict) else {}
for key in ("file_count", "object_count", "total_bytes", "uploads", "queries"):
value = original.get(key, boundary.get(key))
if type(value) is int and 0 <= value <= 2**63 - 1:
summary[key] = value
emit_result({
"status": "planned", "execution_artifact": reference,
"summary": summary,
"next_step": "Review the private artifact. Execute only if required, after separate approval.",
"local_filesystem": {"artifact_created": True, "existing_files_changed": False},
"azure_mutation_performed": False,
})
def main(argv=None):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create one new private leaf or validate an existing private receipt directory; local only.")
modes = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
modes.add_argument("--create-directory")
modes.add_argument("--validate-directory")
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
try:
path = (private_io.create_private_directory(args.create_directory) if args.create_directory else
private_io.validate_private_artifact_directory(args.validate_directory))
emit_result({"status": "ready", "private_directory": str(path),
"local_filesystem": {"directory_created": args.create_directory is not None,
"existing_acls_changed": False},
"azure_calls_performed": False, "approval_granted": False})
return 0
except HelperFailure as error:
emit_result(blocked_result(error, outcome="private-artifact-directory", fingerprint=None))
return 2
if __name__ == "__main__":
sys.exit(main())
Requirements and compatibility
Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta
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Needs: Needs Python
The author says: Azure
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Attribution and licence
- Created by
- Microsoft
- Publisher
- Microsoft (Official)
- Source
- microsoft/skills · .github/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/skills/foundry-iq · commit 0696600
- Licence
- MIT License (redistribution allowed)
- LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from .github/plugins/foundry-iq-skills/LICENSE)
- ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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