Azure AI Openai Dotnet

Azure OpenAI SDK for .NET. Client library for Azure OpenAI and OpenAI services. Use for chat completions, embeddings, image generation, audio transcription, and assistants. Triggers: "Azure OpenAI", "AzureOpenAIClient", "ChatClient", "chat completions .NET", "GPT-4", "embeddings", "DALL-E", "Whisper", "OpenAI .NET".

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-ai-openai-dotnet

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/skills.git /tmp/skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-ai-openai-dotnet ~/.claude/skills/azure-ai-openai-dotnet

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From the SKILL.md

# Azure.AI.OpenAI (.NET)

Client library for Azure OpenAI Service providing access to OpenAI models including GPT-4, GPT-4o, embeddings, DALL-E, and Whisper.

## Installation

```bash
dotnet add package Azure.AI.OpenAI

# For OpenAI (non-Azure) compatibility
dotnet add package OpenAI
```

**Current Version**: 2.1.0 (stable)

## Environment Variables

```bash
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://<resource-name>.openai.azure.com  # Required: Azure OpenAI endpoint
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<api-key>  # Only required for AzureKeyCredential auth
AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=gpt-4o-mini  # Required: model deployment name
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Client Hierarchy

```
AzureOpenAIClient (top-level)
├── GetChatClient(deploymentName)      → ChatClient
├── GetEmbeddingClient(deploymentName) → EmbeddingClient
├── GetImageClient(deploymentName)     → ImageClient
├── GetAudioClient(deploymentName)     → AudioClient
└── GetAssistantClient()               → AssistantClient
```

## Authentication

### API Key Authentication

```csharp
using Azure;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;

AzureOpenAIClient client = new(
    new Uri(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")!),
    new AzureKeyCredential(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")!));
```

### Microsoft Entra Token Credential

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Details

Skill name: azure-ai-openai-dotnet
Repository: microsoft/skills
Path: .github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-ai-openai-dotnet/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Repo updated: 30 October 2026
Listed in: heilcheng/awesome-agent-skills, skillmatic-ai/awesome-agent-skills

FAQ

What does the Azure AI Openai Dotnet skill do?

How do I install the Azure AI Openai Dotnet skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-ai-openai-dotnet. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Azure AI Openai Dotnet popular?

It lives in microsoft/skills, which has 3,159 GitHub stars and 358 forks, and is included in 2 curated skill lists.

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