Introducing Foundry Dev Pack: One Command to Start Building

Setting up your Microsoft Foundry environment just got a lot simpler. We launched Foundry Dev Pack to consolidate initial installation steps into a single setup process.

The Foundry Dev Pack is an all-in-one installer that prepares your machine for Foundry development by installing the tools that you’ll need across your terminal, IDE, or coding agents.

Depending on your environment, the Dev Pack can install:

• Foundry Command Line Tools

Scaffold, deploy, evaluate, and automate from the terminal. Includes Azure CLI (az), Azure Developer CLI (azd) and the Microsoft Foundry Extension for azd.

• Microsoft Foundry Skill

Give coding agents reusable guidance for Foundry workflows.

• Microsoft Foundry Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Build, test, evaluate, and deploy from the VS Code editor. Installed only if VS Code is present.

• Foundry Canvas (preview)

Design and deploy hosted agents from a guided canvas. Installed only if GitHub Copilot App is present.

Whether you prefer the terminal, VS Code, or a coding agent, Foundry Dev Pack supports them all and gives you one place to start building. For more details, see our docs.

Get Started

Install Foundry Dev Pack using the command for your operating system:

Windows

winget install Microsoft.FoundryDevPack

macOS

brew install --cask microsoft/foundry/devpack && foundry-devpack install

Linux

curl -fsSL https://aka.ms/foundry-devpack-install.sh | bash

Build an Agent

To begin building your first agent, follow this quickstart, or choose one of the following tools:

• CLI

Run azd ai agent init to create your first agent from a template.

• VS Code

Look for the Foundry extension in the left Activity Bar to explore templates or create a custom agent.

• Coding Agent

Leverage the Foundry skill by asking your coding agent:

Create my Foundry hosted agent end to end.

Welcome to a simpler way to develop with Microsoft Foundry!