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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:
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- Accuracy — live docs, not training data that may be outdated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
CLI Alternative
If the Learn MCP server is not available, use the mslearn CLI from the command line instead:
The fetch command also supports --section <heading> to extract a single section and --max-chars <number> to truncate output.
