Skills
Azure expertise
Curated workflows teach agents how Azure work should be planned, validated, deployed, diagnosed, secured, and optimized.
Azure expertise for AI coding agents
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
Each host gets the same Azure skill layer plus MCP-backed tools for live Azure and Foundry workflows.
Install once across compatible agent hosts from the repository apm.yml.
apm install microsoft/azure-skillsAdd the Azure Skills marketplace, then install the Azure plugin in Copilot CLI.
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills/plugin install azure@azure-skillsInstall the Azure MCP extension, which brings Azure MCP and Azure skills into GitHub Copilot.
code --install-extension ms-azuretools.vscode-azure-mcp-serverInstall the Azure plugin from the official Claude Code plugin marketplace.
/plugin install azure@claude-plugins-officialInstall the Azure Skills extension directly from the repository.
gemini extensions install https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skillsInstall the Azure plugin from Cursor Marketplace or Cursor settings.
Open Cursor Settings > Plugins, search for Azure, then install the Azure plugin.Add the marketplace, browse plugins, and install the Azure plugin.
codex plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills# Then run /plugins and install azureEnable skills in the GitHub Copilot plugin, then install Azure Skills through the Azure Toolkit or skills CLI.
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills -a github-copilot -g -yWhat gets installed
The plugin combines skill guidance, MCP execution, and Foundry-specific workflows so agents can answer with Azure context and act through supported tools.
Skills
Curated workflows teach agents how Azure work should be planned, validated, deployed, diagnosed, secured, and optimized.
MCP
Azure MCP gives agents structured access to Azure services for inventory, pricing, diagnostics, monitoring, and resource operations.
Foundry
Foundry MCP adds model, agent, deployment, and evaluation workflows for teams building AI systems on Microsoft Foundry.
Skill catalog
Prepare
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).
Prepare this app for Azure. v1.2.13 Validate
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...
Validate my Azure deployment files. v1.1.2 Deploy
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...
Deploy this project to Azure. v1.1.2 Evolve
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.
Upgrade this Azure app. v1.1.4 Enterprise plan
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...
Plan enterprise Azure infrastructure for this app. v1.2.1 Compute
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.
What Azure compute should host this workload? v2.4.2 Kubernetes
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...
Help me run this workload on AKS. v1.1.4 AI Runway
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.
Set up AI Runway on AKS. v1.0.1 Reliability
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...
Review this Azure architecture for reliability. v1.0.2 Migration
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...
Migrate this application to Azure. v1.2.1 Cost
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.
Find cost savings across my Azure subscription. v1.2.1 Compliance
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...
Check this Azure deployment for compliance risks. v1.1.1 RBAC
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...
What role should this managed identity use? v1.1.1 App identity
Creates and configures Entra app registrations for secure Azure integrations.
Guides Microsoft Entra ID app registration, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and MSAL integration.
Create an Entra app registration for this service. v1.1.1 Agent identity
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...
Set up an Entra identity for this agent. v1.0.1 Diagnostics
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.
Troubleshoot why my Azure app is failing. v1.1.6 Observability
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.
Add Application Insights to this app. v1.1.2 Inventory
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...
List my Azure resource groups. v1.1.3 Visualize
Creates diagrams and summaries from Azure resource relationships.
Analyze Azure resource groups and generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams showing the relationships between individual resources.
Visualize my Azure resources. v1.1.2 Capacity
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.
Check quota for this Azure deployment. v1.1.2 Azure AI
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.
Add Azure AI Search to this app. v1.1.1 Foundry
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...
Deploy and evaluate this agent in Foundry. v1.1.23 AI gateway
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.
Add an AI gateway for this application. v3.1.1 Storage
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...
Add Azure Storage to this app. v1.1.2 Kusto
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.
Query this telemetry with Kusto. v1.1.1 Messaging
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...
Choose Azure messaging for this workflow. v1.1.2 Copilot SDK
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...
Prepare this Copilot SDK app for Azure. v1.1.3 Prompts to try
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?