foundry-iq
foundry-iq is an agent skill published by microsoft. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-18.
Foundry IQ enables local or Blob document search, knowledge base creation and diagnosis, and connection to agents, including multi-source knowledge bases. It also allows the creation or reuse of a Search service and retrieval from existing knowledge bases with citations.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads microsoft/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add microsoft/skills
Maintenance
Foundry IQ knowledge bases. WHEN: make local or Blob documents searchable; create/diagnose KBs; triage unsupported connectors or multi-source KB creation/reconfiguration (even with classic-search terms); connect existing KB to agents (including multi-source KBs); create/reuse a Search service; retrieve from an existing knowledge base with citations; no brand words needed. Read its procedure before query/target questions. NOT: other KB providers, repository-file search, classic Azure AI Search index/query/app work with no Foundry IQ KB or connector request, generic agent creation.
Common questions about foundry-iq
- What does foundry-iq do?
- Foundry IQ enables local or Blob document search, knowledge base creation and diagnosis, and connection to agents, including multi-source knowledge bases. It also allows the creation or reuse of a Search service and retrieval from existing knowledge bases with citations.
- How do I install foundry-iq?
- Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes foundry-iq?
- microsoft.
- Is foundry-iq maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.