microsoft-docs Plugin
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microsoft-docs is a plugin that bundles Microsoft's official Learn MCP Server together with a set of companion Agent Skills, giving AI assistants direct access to official Microsoft documentation, API references, and code samples. According to the README, it exposes three tools — microsoft_docs_search, microsoft_docs_fetch, and microsoft_code_sample_search — over a free, key-less remote MCP endpoint at . The README states the tool is intended to reduce AI hallucinations by limiting sources to official first-party Microsoft docs rather than generic web search. It supports installation across many MCP-compatible clients, including VS Code, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Roo Code, Cline, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, ChatGPT, Windsurf, and Kiro. A companion CLI package, @microsoft/learn-cli, provides the same search, fetch, and code-sample capabilities from a terminal without an MCP client.
Overview
Not a standalone SaaS product; per the README, it is an open-source MCP server hosted at learn.microsoft.com, distributed together with a CLI (@microsoft/learn-cli) and an Agent Skills package (microsoft-docs, microsoft-code-reference, microsoft-skill-creator) for use with AI coding assistants and IDEs.
What you can do with microsoft-docs
- Perform semantic search of official Microsoft technical documentation using the microsoft_docs_search tool
- Fetch a specific Microsoft documentation page and convert it to markdown using the microsoft_docs_fetch tool
- Search official Microsoft/Azure code snippets and examples with microsoft_code_sample_search, optionally filtered by programming language
- Connect to the remote MCP endpoint () without API keys, logins, or sign-ups from clients such as VS Code, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Roo Code, Cline, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, ChatGPT, Windsurf, and Kiro
- Use the @microsoft/learn-cli command-line tool (via npx or global install) to search docs, fetch pages, and find code samples without an MCP client, including JSON output for scripting
- Install the bundled microsoft-docs, microsoft-code-reference, and microsoft-skill-creator Agent Skills to guide AI agents on when and how to use the Microsoft Learn tools, or generate custom skills for other Microsoft technologies
- Use experimental features such as the maxTokenBudget query parameter to limit response token counts, or the OpenAI-compatible endpoint for OpenAI Deep Research models
Sources
Original description (English)
Access official Microsoft documentation, API references, and code samples for Azure, .NET, Windows, and more.
History of microsoft-docs
- Plugin Added microsoft-docs