Microsoft Docs Tools Tool Use For microsoft_docs_search Find documentation—concepts, guides, tutorials, configuration microsoft_docs_fetch Get full page content (when search excerpts aren't enough) When to Use Understanding concepts — "How does Cosmos DB partitioning work?" Learning a service — "Azure Functions overview", "Container Apps architecture" Finding tutorials — "quickstart", "getting started", "step-by-step" Configuration options — "App Service configuration settings" Limits & quotas — "Azure OpenAI rate limits", "Service Bus quotas" Best practices — "Azure security best practices" Query Effectiveness

Good queries are specific:

❌ Too broad

"Azure Functions"

✅ Specific

"Azure Functions Python v2 programming model" "Cosmos DB partition key design best practices" "Container Apps scaling rules KEDA"

Include context:

Version when relevant (.NET 8, EF Core 8) Task intent (quickstart, tutorial, overview, limits) Platform for multi-platform docs (Linux, Windows) When to Fetch Full Page

Fetch after search when:

Tutorials — need complete step-by-step instructions Configuration guides — need all options listed Deep dives — user wants comprehensive coverage Search excerpt is cut off — full context needed Why Use This Accuracy — live docs, not training data that may be outdated Completeness — tutorials have all steps, not fragments Authority — official Microsoft documentation