finetuning SKILL.md skillA
finetuning from microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/finetuning@v0.0.0-placeholderPins v0.0.0-placeholder in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
- Path
plugins/azure-skills/skills/microsoft-foundry/finetuning/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v0.0.0-placeholder, committed Aug 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 28, 2026
- Size
- 5,509 bytes
- Repository stars
- 261
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Fine-tune models on Microsoft Foundry using SFT (supervised), DPO (preference), or RFT (reinforcement with graders). Covers dataset preparation, training job submission, deployment, and evaluation. USE FOR: fine-tune, SFT, DPO, RFT, training data, grader, distillation, fine-tuned model, training job, large file upload, calibrate grader, deploy fine-tuned model, evaluate fine-tuned model. DO NOT USE FOR: general model deployment without fine-tuning (use deploy-model), agent creation…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Fine-Tuning on Microsoft Foundry Fine-tune models using SFT (supervised), DPO (preference), or RFT (reinforcement with graders). Covers dataset prep, training, deployment, and evaluation. ## When to Use Use this sub-skill when the user asks about: - Fine-tuning a model (SFT, DPO, or RFT) - Preparing, validating, or formatting training data - Submitting, monitoring, or diagnosing training jobs - Calibrating graders or pass thresholds for RFT - Deploying or evaluating a fine-tuned model - Choosing between training types (SFT vs DPO vs RFT) - Distillation, synthetic data generation, or dataset quality scoring - Large file uploads for training data - Cleaning up fine-tuning resources (files, deployments) **Do NOT use for:** General model deployment without fine-tuning (use deploy-model), agent creation (use agents), prompt optimization without training (use prompt-optimizer). ## Workflows | Stage | Guide | |-------|-------| | **Quick start** | [workflows/quickstart.md](workflows/quickstart.md) | | **Full pipeline** | [workflows/full-pipeline.md](workflows/full-pipeline.md) | | **Create data** | [workflows/dataset-creation.md](workflows/dataset-creation.md) | …
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How to install
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/finetuning@sha256:7a17789cb61e026aThe line at the top of this page pins the label v0.0.0-placeholder, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 28, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026, about one every 9 days.
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| v0.0.0-placeholder latest | 2026-08-07 | 54c2a28 | 5,509 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.0.0-placeholder | 2026-07-28 | d3959f3 | 5,507 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5509 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · 261 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bkvvwbjjkwxlrryz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/finetuning GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7a17789cb61e026a52071564b00624f2880e7b35c89fec9aa06c0dfcc8fe1e31
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