Azure AI Services

Services

| Service | Use When | MCP Tools | CLI | |---------|----------|-----------|-----| | AI Search | Full-text, vector, hybrid search | azure__search | az search | | Speech | Speech-to-text, text-to-speech | azure__speech | - | | OpenAI | GPT models, embeddings, DALL-E | - | az cognitiveservices | | Document Intelligence | Form extraction, OCR | - | - |

MCP Server (Preferred)

When Azure MCP is enabled:

AI Search

• azure__search with command search_index_list - List search indexes
• azure__search with command search_index_get - Get index details
• azure__search with command search_query - Query search index

Speech

• azure__speech with command speech_transcribe - Speech to text
• azure__speech with command speech_synthesize - Text to speech

If Azure MCP is not enabled: Run /azure:setup or enable via /mcp.

AI Search Capabilities

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Full-text search | Linguistic analysis, stemming | | Vector search | Semantic similarity with embeddings | | Hybrid search | Combined keyword + vector | | AI enrichment | Entity extraction, OCR, sentiment |

Speech Capabilities

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Speech-to-text | Real-time and batch transcription | | Text-to-speech | Neural voices, SSML support | | Speaker diarization | Identify who spoke when | | Custom models | Domain-specific vocabulary |

SDK Quick References

For programmatic access to these services, see the condensed SDK guides:

• AI Search: Python | TypeScript | .NET
• OpenAI: .NET
• Vision: Python | Java
• Transcription: Python
• Translation: Python | TypeScript
• Document Intelligence: .NET | TypeScript
• Content Safety: Python | TypeScript | Java

Service Details

For deep documentation on specific services:

• AI Search indexing and queries -> Azure AI Search documentation
• Speech transcription patterns -> Azure AI Speech documentation