microsoft-docs

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• Microsoft Docs
• Tools
• When to Use
• Query Effectiveness
• When to Fetch Full Page
• Why Use This
• CLI Alternative

| Tool | Use For | |------|---------| | microsoftdocssearch | Find documentation—concepts, guides, tutorials, configuration | | microsoftdocsfetch | Get full page content (when search excerpts aren't enough) | 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" Good queries are specific: Include context: Version when relevant (.NET 8, EF Core 8) Task intent (quickstart, tutorial, overview, limits) Platform for multi-platform docs (Linux, Windows) 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coverage Search excerpt is cut off — full context needed Accuracy — live docs, not training data that may be outdated Completeness — tutorials have all steps, not fragments Authority — official Microsoft documentation If the Learn MCP server is not a

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