# microsoft/foundry-dev-tools

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/foundry-dev-tools
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foundry-dev-tools
Homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/foundry-dev-tools/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:08:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 60, longevity 71
- inputs: {"age_days": 999, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 2.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: prerelease_only
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2047, forks 256 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:08.904937+00:00)

## What it is
Microsoft Foundry Toolkit (formerly AI Toolkit) is a Visual Studio Code extension for building, testing, and deploying AI agents and models. It integrates with Microsoft Foundry resources and supports local model execution via ONNX and Ollama, fine-tuning, and agent development with MCP tool integration.

## Use cases
- discover and compare AI models from multiple providers in VS Code
- build and test AI agents without leaving the editor
- fine-tune language models locally or in the cloud
- convert and quantize models for local Windows deployment
- test prompts in an interactive chat playground
- deploy models from the Microsoft Foundry catalog
- integrate MCP tools into AI agents

## When to choose
- you develop AI agents or LLM apps in VS Code
- you want to run and fine-tune models locally on Windows with GPU/NPU acceleration
- you use Microsoft Foundry or Azure AI services and want integrated tooling
- you need a no-code agent builder or hosted agent debugging

## When to avoid
- you use a different IDE such as JetBrains or Neovim
- you need a standalone CLI or headless tooling rather than a VS Code extension
- your stack is entirely non-Microsoft and you don't want Foundry integration

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, agent-framework, prompt-engineering, mcp, machine-learning, developer-tools
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools, machine-learning
- platform: windows, editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, microsoft-foundry, model-catalog, fine-tuning, agent-builder, onnx, ollama, playground, ai-agents, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- microsoft/foundry-dev-tools (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.904937+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:57:58.383896+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/foundry-dev-tools (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.904937+00:00, sha 398f0d29c802)
  - homepage: https://microsoft.github.io/foundry-dev-tools/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:38:07.825125+00:00, sha 76409bcc92d1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.