Azure AI Projects Py

Build AI applications using the Azure AI Projects Python SDK (azure-ai-projects). Use when working with Foundry project clients, creating versioned agents with PromptAgentDefinition, running evaluations, managing connections/deployments/datasets/indexes, or using OpenAI-compatible clients. This is the high-level Foundry SDK - for low-level agent operations, use azure-ai-agents-python skill.

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Install

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

npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-ai-projects-py

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-python/skills/azure-ai-projects-py ~/.claude/skills/azure-ai-projects-py

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Azure AI Projects Python SDK (Foundry SDK)

Build AI applications on Microsoft Foundry using the `azure-ai-projects` SDK.

## Installation

```bash
pip install azure-ai-projects azure-identity
```

## Environment Variables

```bash
AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT="https://<resource>.services.ai.azure.com/api/projects/<project>"  # Required for all auth methods
AZURE_AI_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME="gpt-4o-mini"  # Required for all auth methods
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
```

## Authentication & Lifecycle

> **🔑 Two rules apply to every code sample below:**
>
> 1. **Prefer `DefaultAzureCredential`.** It works locally (Azure CLI / VS Code / Developer CLI) and in Azure (managed identity, workload identity) with no code change. Avoid connection strings, account/API keys — they bypass Entra audit and rotation.
>    - Local dev: `DefaultAzureCredential` works as-is.
>    - Production: set `AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod` (or `AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>`) to constrain the credential chain to production-safe credentials.
> 2. **Wrap every client in a context manager** so HTTP transports, sockets, and token caches are released deterministically:
>    - Sync: `with <Client>(...) as client:`
>    - Async: `async with <Client>(...) as client:` **and** `async with DefaultAzureCredential() as credential:` (from `azure.identity.aio`)
>

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Details

Skill name: azure-ai-projects-py
Repository: microsoft/skills
Path: .github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-ai-projects-py/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 Projects Py skill do?

How do I install the Azure AI Projects Py skill?

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

Is Azure AI Projects Py 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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