Which is a tool that Foundry agents can use?
Why C is the answer
File search
Microsoft lists web search, file search, code interpreter, MCP servers and custom functions.
In detail
- File search lets an agent look through your documents.
- File search lets an agent use your documents.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
An agent answers from staff handbooks by using file search, which finds the relevant passages.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD A["Chat completion"] --> B["One prompt, one response"] C["Agent"] --> D["Instructions and a model"] D --> E["Tools and knowledge"] E --> F["Steps toward a goal"]
sequenceDiagram participant U as User participant A as Agent participant T as Tool U->>A: Request A->>T: Uses a tool, such as file search T-->>A: Result A-->>U: Answer or completed action
sequenceDiagram participant P0 as User participant P1 as Agent participant P2 as File search P0->>P1: Holiday policy? P1->>P2: Search files P2-->>P1: Passage P1-->>P0: Answer
Key point: File search is a tool for agents.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A resource group
- A resource group organizes resources.
- B. A Key Vault secret
- A secret is stored data, not a tool.
- D. An Azure Policy rule
- A policy rule governs resources.

