Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. USE FOR: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech. DO NOT USE FOR: Function apps/Functions (use azure-functions), databases (azure-postgres/azure-kusto), general Azure resources.
Installation
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Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. USE FOR: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech. DO NOT USE FOR: Function apps/Functions (use azure-functions), databases (azure-postgres/azure-kusto), general Azure resources.
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
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OpenAI
GPT models, embeddings, DALL-E
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az cognitiveservices
Document Intelligence
Form extraction, OCR
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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: