Azure skills: a Claude Code skill by Microsoft
Official
For teams on Microsoft Azure who want Claude to plan, check and run deployments or build Foundry agents. Skip it if you do not use Azure.
Before you install: microsoft-foundry tells Claude to run a bundled setup script first that installs missing dependencies, and we could not see that script's contents.
The skill's text changed on Nov 10, 2026, after we last read it. Our description may be behind.
- Score
- 88of 100
- Rank
- #14of 239
- Installs
- 687Kon skills.sh
- Security
- Mixed 4 scanners
- Updated
- 2026
- Context
- ~242tokens always
Install
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills
Run it in your terminal. View the source
Using the Claude app rather than Claude Code? You can add a skill there too. How to add it in the app
What does Azure skills do?
Azure skills is a set of Claude skills that Microsoft publishes for building, shipping and fixing work on Azure. azure-prepare writes a plan to .azure/deployment-plan.md, asks for your approval, then generates azure.yaml, Bicep or Terraform files and Dockerfiles. azure-validate runs preflight checks through a step script, and only then does azure-deploy run azd up, azd deploy or terraform apply. azure-diagnostics troubleshoots App Service, Container Apps, Functions, AKS and virtual machines with AppLens, Azure Monitor and KQL queries. microsoft-foundry covers Foundry agents from scaffold to deploy, evaluation, fine-tuning, quota and RBAC. azure-ai handles AI Search, Speech and OCR.
It comes as a set of skills that work together:
- microsoft-foundry (586K installs)
- azure-diagnostics (577K installs)
- azure-prepare (576K installs)
- azure-ai (575K installs)
- azure-deploy (575K installs)
- azure-validate (574K installs)
- azure-storage (574K installs)
- azure-compliance (573K installs)
- appinsights-instrumentation (573K installs)
- azure-resource-lookup (573K installs)
- azure-resource-visualizer (573K installs)
- entra-app-registration (573K installs)
When should you use Azure skills?
Use it when
- Preparing an app for its first deployment with azd
- Finding why an App Service or AKS workload fails
- Building and evaluating an agent in Microsoft Foundry
Skip it when
- You deploy to a cloud other than Azure
- You want a quick deploy without plan and validation steps
What it needs and what it can touch
You need
- An Azure subscription
- The Azure CLI and Azure Developer CLI (azd)
- The Azure MCP server for some tasks
What it can do
- Runs shell commands and bundled setup scripts
- Writes plan, infrastructure and Docker files in your project
- Creates and changes resources in your Azure account
From reading its instructions, not from running it.
Why it scores 88
Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (75).
Is Azure skills safe to install?
At least one scanner raised a medium warning. Read the results below. Scanners often miss what other scanners catch, and a skill can change after a scan. Read its source before you install it.
| Scanner | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Passed | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Socket | Medium risk | Nov 10, 2026 |
| Snyk | Medium risk | Nov 10, 2026 |
| ZeroLeaks | Medium risk | Apr 15, 2026 |
Details
- Installs
- 686,720
- Repository stars
- 1,635
- Last repository change
- Tokens always loaded
- about 242
- Tokens when used
- about 7,467
- License
- MIT
- Data confidence
- High
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