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microsoft/azure-skills

Official agent plugin providing skills and MCP server configurations for Azure scenarios. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/microsoft/azure-skills · Shell · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

82/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 99
  • Longevity 13
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 1.0
  • age_days: 188
  • days_rel: 7
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 51

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1414 stars · 238 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An official Microsoft agent plugin that packages curated Azure skills with MCP server configurations (Azure MCP Server and Foundry MCP) for coding agents. It combines decision guidance, workflows, and guardrails with 200+ structured execution tools across 40+ Azure services.

Use cases

  • deploy an app to azure from my coding agent
  • diagnose why my azure app is failing
  • estimate azure costs for my architecture
  • set up aks cluster with best practices
  • register an entra app for authentication
  • query azure logs and application insights
  • migrate my workload to azure
  • manage azure rbac permissions

When to choose

  • you use a compatible coding agent (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) and work with Azure regularly
  • you want guided Azure workflows with guardrails rather than generic cloud advice
  • you need live Azure resource operations like deployment, diagnostics, and cost analysis from your agent

When to avoid

  • you don't use Azure or a compatible MCP-capable coding agent
  • you need fully automated CI/CD pipelines rather than interactive agent-assisted workflows
  • you require a non-Microsoft cloud provider

Facets

plugin · maturity active

mcp agent-framework developer-tools deployment monitoring configuration-management cloud-computing developer-tools cross-platform cli editor-plugin azure mcp-server agent-skills copilot claude-code cloud-automation microsoft-foundry ai-agents devops automation

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Member repositories

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microsoft/azure-skillsmain82

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markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="microsoft/azure-skills")

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