Find working code samples, verify API signatures, and fix Microsoft SDK errors using official docs. Use whenever the user is writing, debugging, or reviewing code that touches any Microsoft SDK, .NET library, Azure client library, or Microsoft API—even if they don't ask for a "reference." Catches ha

Microsoft Code Reference Tools Need Tool Example API method/class lookup microsoft docs search "BlobClient UploadAsync Azure.Storage.Blobs" Working code sample microsoft code sample search query: "upload blob managed identity", language: "python" Full API reference microsoft docs fetch Fetch URL from microsoft docs search (for overloads, full signatures) Finding Code Samples Use microsoft code sample search to get official, working examples: When to use: Before writing code—find a working pattern to follow After errors—compare your code against a known good sample Unsure of initialization/setup—samples show complete context API Lookups Fetch full page when method has multiple overloads or you need complete parameter details. Error Troubleshooting Use microsoft code sample search to find working code samples and compare with your implementation. For specific errors, use microsoft docs search and microsoft docs fetch : Error Type Query Method not found "[ClassName] methods [Namespace]" Type not found "[TypeName] NuGet package namespace" Wrong signature "[ClassName] [MethodName] overloads" → fetch full page Deprecated warning "[OldType] migration v12" Auth failure "DefaultAzureCredential troubleshooting" 403 Forbidden "[ServiceName] RBAC permissions" When to Verify Always verify when: Method name seems "too convenient" ( UploadFile vs actual Upload ) Mixing SDK versions (v11 CloudBlobClient vs v12 BlobServiceClient ) Package name doesn't follow conventions ( Azure. for .NET, azure for Python) Using an API for the first time Validation Workflow Before generating code using Microsoft SDKs, verify it's correct: 1. Confirm method or package exists — microsoft docs search(query: "[ClassName] [MethodName] [Namespace]") 2. Fetch full details (for overloads/complex params) — microsoft docs fetch(url: "...") 3. Find working sample — microsoft code sample search(query: "[task]", language: "[lang]") For simple lookups, step 1 alone may suffice. For complex API usage, complete all three steps. CLI Alternative If the Learn MCP server is not available, use the mslearn CLI from the command line instead: MCP Tool CLI Command microsoft docs search(query: "...") mslearn search "..." microsoft code sample search(query: "...", language: "...") mslearn code search "..." language ... microsoft docs fetch(url: "...") mslearn fetch "..." Pass json to search or code search to get raw JSON output for further processing.

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