Microsoft Skills

vscode/.github/skills/azure-pipelines

Use when validating Azure DevOps pipeline changes for the VS Code build. Covers queueing builds, checking build status, viewing logs, and iterating on pipeline…

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/azure-postgres-ts

Connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server from Node.js/TypeScript using the pg (node-postgres) package. Use for PostgreSQL queries, connection pooling, transactions, and Microsoft Entra ID (passwordless) authentication. Triggers: "PostgreSQL", "postgres", "pg client", "node-postgres", "Azure PostgreSQL connection", "PostgreSQL TypeScript", "pg Pool", "passwordless postgres".

azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare

Prepare Azure applications for deployment with infrastructure-as-code, configuration, and containerization. Generates Bicep or Terraform infrastructure code, azure.yaml configuration, and Dockerfiles based on application type and deployment target Requires mandatory plan-first workflow: analyze workspace, gather requirements, select recipe (AZD, AZCLI, Bicep, or Terraform), design architecture, then execute only after user approval Covers new app creation, modernization, and updates; routes...

skills/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare

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). WHEN: "create app", "build web app", "create API", "create serverless HTTP API", "create frontend", "create back end", "build a service", "modernize application", "update application", "add authentication", "add caching", "host on Azure", "create and deploy", "deploy to Azure", "deploy to Azure using Terraform", "deploy to Azure App Service", "deploy to Azure App Service using Terraform", "deploy to Azure Container Apps", "deploy to Azure Container Apps using Terraform", "generate Terraform", "generate Bicep", "function app", "timer trigger", "service bus trigger", "event-driven function", "containerized Node.js app", "social media app", "static portfolio website", "todo list with frontend and API", "prepare my Azure application to use Key Vault", "managed identity".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-quotas

Check/manage Azure quotas and usage across providers. For deployment planning, capacity validation, region selection. WHEN: "check quotas", "service limits", "current usage", "request quota increase", "quota exceeded", "validate capacity", "regional availability", "provisioning limits", "vCPU limit", "how many vCPUs available in my subscription".

azure-skills/skills/azure-quotas

Check and manage Azure quotas and usage across regions for deployment planning and capacity validation. Azure CLI ( az quota ) is the only reliable method for checking quotas; REST API and Portal are unreliable and may show misleading "No Limit" values that do not indicate unlimited capacity Supports four core workflows: checking specific resource quotas, comparing capacity across regions, requesting quota increases, and listing all quotas for a provider Quota resource names do not map 1:1...

azure-skills/skills/azure-reliability

Assess and improve the reliability posture of Azure Functions: zone redundancy, ZRS storage, health probes, multi-region failover. Scans deployed resources, presents a feature-pivoted checklist, then drives staged remediation (CLI or IaC patches) end-to-end with user confirmation. WHEN: "assess reliability", "check reliability", "zone redundant", "multi-region failover", "high availability", "disaster recovery", "single points of failure", "reliability posture".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-reliability

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

azure-skills/skills/azure-resource-lookup

Fast discovery and inventory of Azure resources across subscriptions using Resource Graph queries. Queries any Azure resource type (VMs, storage accounts, web apps, container apps, Key Vaults, etc.) across subscriptions and resource groups in a single command Supports cross-cutting searches for orphaned resources, missing tags, unhealthy states, and resource inventory counts Routes single-resource-type queries to dedicated MCP tools when available; falls back to Azure Resource Graph for...

skills/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-resource-lookup

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", "list virtual machines", "list my VMs", "show storage accounts", "find container apps", and "what resources do I have". USE FOR: list websites, list web apps, list app services, show websites in subscription, resource inventory, find resources by tag, tag analysis, orphaned resource discovery (not for cost analysis), unattached disks, count resources by type, cross-subscription lookup, and Azure Resource Graph queries. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying/changing resources (use azure-deploy), cost optimization (use azure-cost), or non-Azure clouds.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-cosmosdb-dotnet

Azure Resource Manager SDK for Cosmos DB in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing Cosmos DB accounts, databases, containers, throughput settings, and RBAC via Azure Resource Manager. NOT for data plane operations (CRUD on documents) - use Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos for that. Triggers: "Cosmos DB account", "create Cosmos account", "manage Cosmos resources", "ARM Cosmos", "CosmosDBAccountResource", "provision Cosmos DB".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-durabletask-dotnet

Azure Resource Manager SDK for Durable Task Scheduler in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing Durable Task Schedulers, Task Hubs, and retention policies via Azure Resource Manager. Triggers: "Durable Task Scheduler", "create scheduler", "task hub", "DurableTaskSchedulerResource", "provision Durable Task", "orchestration scheduler".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-mysql-dotnet

Azure MySQL Flexible Server SDK for .NET. Database management for MySQL Flexible Server deployments. Use for creating servers, databases, firewall rules, configurations, backups, and high availability. Triggers: "MySQL", "MySqlFlexibleServer", "MySQL Flexible Server", "Azure Database for MySQL", "MySQL database management", "MySQL firewall", "MySQL backup".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-playwright-dotnet

Azure Resource Manager SDK for Microsoft Playwright Testing in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing Playwright Testing workspaces, checking name availability, and managing workspace quotas via Azure Resource Manager. NOT for running Playwright tests - use Azure.Developer.MicrosoftPlaywrightTesting.NUnit for that. Triggers: "Playwright workspace", "create Playwright Testing workspace", "manage Playwright resources", "ARM Playwright", "PlaywrightWorkspaceResource", "provision Playwright Testing".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-postgresql-dotnet

Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server SDK for .NET. Database management for PostgreSQL Flexible Server deployments. Use for creating servers, databases, firewall rules, configurations, backups, and high availability. Triggers: "PostgreSQL", "PostgreSqlFlexibleServer", "PostgreSQL Flexible Server", "Azure Database for PostgreSQL", "PostgreSQL database management", "PostgreSQL firewall", "PostgreSQL backup", "Postgres".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-redis-dotnet

Azure Resource Manager SDK for Redis in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing Azure Cache for Redis instances, firewall rules, access keys, patch schedules, linked servers (geo-replication), and private endpoints via Azure Resource Manager. NOT for data plane operations (get/set keys, pub/sub) - use StackExchange.Redis for that. Triggers: "Redis cache", "create Redis", "manage Redis", "ARM Redis", "RedisResource", "provision Redis", "Azure Cache for Redis".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-sql-dotnet

Azure Resource Manager SDK for Azure SQL in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing SQL servers, databases, elastic pools, firewall rules, and failover groups via Azure Resource Manager. NOT for data plane operations (executing queries) - use Microsoft.Data.SqlClient for that. Triggers: "SQL server", "create SQL database", "manage SQL resources", "ARM SQL", "SqlServerResource", "provision Azure SQL", "elastic pool", "firewall rule".

azure-skills/skills/azure-resource-visualizer

Transform Azure resource groups into detailed architecture diagrams showing resource relationships and configurations. Discovers all resources within a resource group and analyzes their configurations, dependencies, and interconnections Generates Mermaid diagrams organized by logical layers (Network, Compute, Data, Security, Monitoring) with SKU details and connection labels Maps relationships including network connections, data flows, identity bindings, and configuration dependencies across...

skills/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-resource-visualizer

Analyze Azure resource groups and generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams showing the relationships between individual resources. WHEN: create architecture diagram, visualize Azure resources, show resource relationships, generate Mermaid diagram, analyze resource group, diagram my resources, architecture visualization, resource topology, map Azure infrastructure.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-search-documents-dotnet

Azure AI Search SDK for .NET (Azure.Search.Documents). Use for building search applications with full-text, vector, semantic, and hybrid search. Covers SearchClient (queries, document CRUD), SearchIndexClient (index management), and SearchIndexerClient (indexers, skillsets). Triggers: "Azure Search .NET", "SearchClient", "SearchIndexClient", "vector search C#", "semantic search .NET", "hybrid search", "Azure.Search.Documents".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-search-documents-py

Azure AI Search SDK for Python. Use for vector search, hybrid search, semantic ranking, indexing, and skillsets. Triggers: "azure-search-documents", "SearchClient", "SearchIndexClient", "vector search", "hybrid search", "semantic search".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/azure-search-documents-ts

Build search applications using Azure AI Search SDK for JavaScript (@azure/search-documents). Use when creating/managing indexes, implementing vector/hybrid search, semantic ranking, or building agentic retrieval with knowledge bases.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-security-keyvault-keys-dotnet

Azure Key Vault Keys SDK for .NET. Client library for managing cryptographic keys in Azure Key Vault and Managed HSM. Use for key creation, rotation, encryption, decryption, signing, and verification. Triggers: "Key Vault keys", "KeyClient", "CryptographyClient", "RSA key", "EC key", "encrypt decrypt .NET", "key rotation", "HSM".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-java/skills/azure-security-keyvault-keys-java

Azure Key Vault Keys Java SDK for cryptographic key management. Use when creating, managing, or using RSA/EC keys, performing encrypt/decrypt/sign/verify operations, or working with HSM-backed keys.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-java/skills/azure-security-keyvault-secrets-java

Azure Key Vault Secrets Java SDK for secret management. Use when storing, retrieving, or managing passwords, API keys, connection strings, or other sensitive configuration data.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-servicebus-dotnet

Azure Service Bus SDK for .NET. Enterprise messaging with queues, topics, subscriptions, and sessions. Use for reliable message delivery, pub/sub patterns, dead letter handling, and background processing. Triggers: "Service Bus", "ServiceBusClient", "ServiceBusSender", "ServiceBusReceiver", "ServiceBusProcessor", "message queue", "pub/sub .NET", "dead letter queue".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-servicebus-py

Azure Service Bus SDK for Python messaging. Use for queues, topics, subscriptions, and enterprise messaging patterns. Triggers: "service bus", "ServiceBusClient", "queue", "topic", "subscription", "message broker".

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-typescript/skills/azure-servicebus-ts

Build messaging applications using Azure Service Bus SDK for JavaScript (@azure/service-bus). Use when implementing queues, topics/subscriptions, message sessions, dead-letter handling, or enterprise messaging patterns.

skills/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-speech-to-text-rest-py

Azure Speech to Text REST API for short audio (Python). Use for simple speech recognition of audio files up to 60 seconds without the Speech SDK. Triggers: "speech to text REST", "short audio transcription", "speech recognition REST API", "STT REST", "recognize speech REST". DO NOT USE FOR: Long audio (>60 seconds), real-time streaming, batch transcription, custom speech models, speech translation. Use Speech SDK or Batch Transcription API instead.

azure-skills/skills/azure-storage

Unified access to Azure blob storage, file shares, queues, tables, and data lake services. Supports five storage service types: Blob Storage for objects and backups, File Shares for SMB access, Queue Storage for async messaging, Table Storage for NoSQL key-value data, and Data Lake for big data analytics MCP server tools enable listing storage accounts, containers, and blobs, plus downloading and uploading blob content directly Configurable access tiers (hot, cool, cold, archive) and...