Azure expertise for AI coding agents

Install once. Give agents an Azure-native path from idea to cloud.

Azure Skills packages Azure workflows, MCP-backed execution, and Foundry guidance so compatible agents can plan, validate, deploy, diagnose, and optimize with cloud-specific guardrails.

Start here

Install Azure guidance where your agent runs

Each host gets the same Azure skill layer plus MCP-backed tools for live Azure and Foundry workflows.

APM

Install once across compatible agent hosts from the repository apm.yml.

Multi-host
Install with APM
apm install microsoft/azure-skills
  • Best path when you use multiple harnesses.
  • Uses the repository package definition.
  • Keeps skills and MCP configuration aligned.

What gets installed

One package, three layers of Azure capability.

The plugin combines skill guidance, MCP execution, and Foundry-specific workflows so agents can answer with Azure context and act through supported tools.

Skills

Azure expertise

Curated workflows teach agents how Azure work should be planned, validated, deployed, diagnosed, secured, and optimized.

MCP

Live Azure tools

Azure MCP gives agents structured access to Azure services for inventory, pricing, diagnostics, monitoring, and resource operations.

Foundry

AI specialist

Foundry MCP adds model, agent, deployment, and evaluation workflows for teams building AI systems on Microsoft Foundry.

Skill catalog

Azure workflows for the moments agents usually guess.

Browse skill source
AI and data 7 Architecture 6 Build and deploy 4 Governance 5 Operate 5

Plans Azure hosting, infrastructure, identity, and app configuration before deployment.

Prepare Azure apps for deployment (infra Bicep/Terraform, azure.yaml, Dockerfiles). Use for create/modernize or create+deploy; not cross-cloud migration (use azure-cloud-migrate).

Plan firstGenerate IaCChoose hosting
Prepare this app for Azure. v1.2.13

Checks Azure infrastructure and app configuration before changes are deployed.

Pre-deployment validation for Azure readiness. Run deep checks on configuration, infrastructure (Bicep or Terraform), RBAC role assignments, managed identity permissions, and prerequisite...

Review IaCCheck configCatch drift
Validate my Azure deployment files. v1.1.2

Deploys applications and infrastructure with recovery steps for common Azure failures.

Execute Azure deployments for ALREADY-PREPARED applications that have existing .azure/deployment-plan.md and infrastructure files. DO NOT use this skill when the user asks to CREATE a new...

Run azdRecover failuresVerify release
Deploy this project to Azure. v1.1.2

Guides Azure app upgrades while preserving deployment and operations guardrails.

Assess and upgrade Azure workloads between plans, tiers, or SKUs, or modernize Azure SDK dependencies in source code.

Modernize safelyPreserve IaCUpdate runtime
Upgrade this Azure app. v1.1.4

Enterprise plan

Landing-zone design

Creates enterprise-ready infrastructure plans across networking, identity, governance, and operations.

Architect and provision enterprise Azure infrastructure from workload descriptions. For cloud architects and platform engineers planning networking, identity, security, compliance, and mu...

Network topologyGovernancePlatform standards
Plan enterprise Azure infrastructure for this app. v1.2.1

Chooses the right Azure compute service for application shape, scale, and operations needs.

Azure VM and VMSS router for recommendations, pricing, autoscale, orchestration, connectivity troubleshooting, capacity reservations, and Essential Machine Management.

ACAApp ServiceFunctions
What Azure compute should host this workload? v2.4.2

Kubernetes

AKS guidance

Guides AKS architecture, deployment, operations, and troubleshooting workflows.

Plan, create, and configure production-ready Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters. Covers Day-0 checklist, SKU selection (Automatic vs Standard), networking options (private API server...

AKSHelmCluster checks
Help me run this workload on AKS. v1.1.4

Sets up AI Runway patterns on AKS for platform teams and application developers.

Set up AI Runway on AKS — from bare cluster to running model. Covers cluster verification, controller install, GPU assessment, provider setup, and first deployment.

Platform setupAKSAI workloads
Set up AI Runway on AKS. v1.0.1

Reviews architecture and operations choices against Azure reliability practices.

Assess and improve the reliability posture of PaaS Applications (Azure Functions and Azure App Service). Scans deployed resources for zone redundancy, ZRS storage, health probes, and mult...

ResilienceAvailabilityRecovery
Review this Azure architecture for reliability. v1.0.2

Plans and executes application migration paths into Azure with service-fit guidance.

Assess and migrate cross-cloud workloads to Azure with reports and code conversion. Supports Lambda→Functions, Beanstalk/Heroku/App Engine→App Service, Fargate/Kubernetes/Cloud Run/Spring...

AssessMap servicesModernize
Migrate this application to Azure. v1.2.1

Finds cost drivers and recommends Azure sizing, pricing, and cleanup improvements.

Unified Azure cost management: query historical costs, forecast future spending, and optimize to reduce waste.

PricingRightsizeClean up
Find cost savings across my Azure subscription. v1.2.1

Helps align Azure resources and deployments with compliance and security expectations.

Run Azure compliance and security audits with azqr plus Key Vault expiration checks. Covers best-practice assessment, resource review, policy/compliance validation, and security posture c...

PolicySecurityEvidence
Check this Azure deployment for compliance risks. v1.1.1

Selects least-privilege Azure roles for identities, apps, services, and operators.

Helps users find the right Azure RBAC role for an identity with least privilege access, then generate CLI commands and Bicep code to assign it. Also provides guidance on permissions requi...

Least privilegeRole assignmentIdentity
What role should this managed identity use? v1.1.1

Creates and configures Entra app registrations for secure Azure integrations.

Guides Microsoft Entra ID app registration, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and MSAL integration.

App registrationSecretsPermissions
Create an Entra app registration for this service. v1.1.1

Agent identity

Identity setup

Configures Entra identity patterns for agents and service integrations.

Provision Microsoft Entra Agent Identity Blueprints, BlueprintPrincipals, and per-instance Agent Identities via Microsoft Graph, and configure OAuth 2.0 token exchange (fmi_path, OBO, cro...

Managed identityAgent accessPermissions
Set up an Entra identity for this agent. v1.0.1

Diagnostics

Troubleshooting

Uses Azure signals and tools to diagnose failing applications and infrastructure.

Debug Azure production issues on Azure using AppLens, Azure Monitor, resource health, and safe triage.

LogsMetricsRoot cause
Troubleshoot why my Azure app is failing. v1.1.6

Adds Application Insights instrumentation and telemetry patterns to applications.

Guidance for instrumenting webapps with Azure Application Insights. Provides telemetry patterns, SDK setup, and configuration references.

TelemetryTracingApp Insights
Add Application Insights to this app. v1.1.2

Finds and explains Azure resources, groups, subscriptions, and relationships.

List, find, and show Azure resources across subscriptions or resource groups. Handles prompts like "list the websites in my subscription", "list my web apps", "show my app services", "lis...

InventorySubscriptionsResource graph
List my Azure resource groups. v1.1.3

Creates diagrams and summaries from Azure resource relationships.

Analyze Azure resource groups and generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams showing the relationships between individual resources.

DiagramsDependenciesTopology
Visualize my Azure resources. v1.1.2

Checks quota and capacity constraints before provisioning or scaling Azure resources.

Check/manage Azure quotas and usage across providers. For deployment planning, capacity validation, region selection.

QuotaCapacityRegions
Check quota for this Azure deployment. v1.1.2

Azure AI

AI services

Guides Azure AI Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence, and related SDK choices.

Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR.

SearchSpeechOpenAI
Add Azure AI Search to this app. v1.1.1

Deploys, evaluates, monitors, and optimizes Foundry models and agents.

Deploy, evaluate, fine-tune, and manage Foundry agents end-to-end: Docker build, ACR push, hosted/prompt agent create, container start, batch eval, continuous eval, prompt optimizer, Agen...

AgentsEvalsModels
Deploy and evaluate this agent in Foundry. v1.1.23

Designs AI gateway patterns for model access, routing, safety, and observability.

Configure Azure API Management as an AI Gateway for AI models, MCP tools, and agents.

RoutingSafetyObservability
Add an AI gateway for this application. v3.1.1

Guides Azure Storage account, blob, queue, and data access patterns.

Azure Storage Services including Blob Storage, File Shares, Queue Storage, Table Storage, and Data Lake. Answers questions about storage access tiers (hot, cool, cold, archive), when to u...

BlobQueuesManaged identity
Add Azure Storage to this app. v1.1.2

Works with Azure Data Explorer and Kusto queries for operational and analytical scenarios.

Query and analyze data in Azure Data Explorer (Kusto/ADX) using KQL for log analytics, telemetry, and time series analysis.

KQLADXAnalytics
Query this telemetry with Kusto. v1.1.1

Messaging

Eventing

Chooses and configures Azure messaging services for events, queues, and integration flows.

Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configurati...

Service BusEvent GridQueues
Choose Azure messaging for this workflow. v1.1.2

Copilot SDK

Hosted copilots

Prepares and deploys hosted Copilot SDK applications with Azure services.

Build, deploy, and modify GitHub Copilot SDK apps on Azure. MANDATORY when codebase contains @github/copilot-sdk or CopilotClient in package.json. PREFER OVER azure-prepare when copilot-s...

Copilot SDKHostingIdentity
Prepare this Copilot SDK app for Azure. v1.1.3

Prompts to try

Ask for outcomes, not generic cloud advice.

These prompts activate guided Azure workflows and, when configured, MCP tools that can inspect real resources.

Prepare

Prepare this app for Azure.

Plan hosting, infrastructure, identity, and deployment files before generation starts.

Validate

Validate my Azure deployment files before I run azd up.

Catch Azure configuration and infrastructure issues before they become deployment failures.

Deploy

Deploy this project to Azure Container Apps.

Run deployment flows with recovery guidance and post-deployment verification.

Diagnose

Troubleshoot why my container app is failing health probes.

Route from symptoms to Azure logs, metrics, settings, identities, and service-specific checks.

Optimize

Find cost savings across my Azure subscription.

Use pricing, sizing, and resource inventory signals to find practical savings.

Secure

What role should I assign to let this managed identity read blobs?

Choose least-privilege roles and identity patterns for Azure resources and applications.

Ready for Azure-aware agents?

Install the plugin, authenticate Azure, and try a real resource-backed prompt.

Choose install path