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Discover Azure Skills

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  • Tool integration
  • Cloud and DevOps
  • MIT
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Searches the Azure skills catalog and recommends installable agent skills by matching an Azure task to skill metadata and plugin installation guidance. WHEN: before starting any task that involves an Azure or Microsoft-cloud service, product, or data source, when no currently loaded skill or tool already covers it.
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The discover-azure-skills skill provides a structured process for finding and installing specialized agent capabilities for Azure and Microsoft cloud services. By scanning the official Azure skills repository, it matches user task requirements against available plugin metadata, ensuring users can quickly locate and deploy the correct tools for their specific cloud infrastructure needs.

What it does

  • Scans the official Azure skills repository for available plugins and capabilities.
  • Analyzes skill descriptions to match them against specific user-defined Azure tasks.
  • Retrieves accurate plugin names to ensure correct installation command generation.
  • Provides tailored installation instructions for various agent clients including Copilot CLI and Claude Code.

When to use it

  • Before starting a new task involving Azure or Microsoft cloud services.
  • When you need to determine if an existing agent skill can automate a specific cloud operation.
  • When you are unsure which plugin contains the functionality required for an Azure-related workflow.

Advantages

  • Reduces manual searching through external repositories.
  • Ensures compatibility by providing client-specific installation commands.
  • Helps maintain a lean agent environment by identifying only the necessary plugins.

Usage examples

“I need to manage Azure SQL databases, can you find a skill for that?”
The agent will search the Azure skills catalog, identify relevant database management plugins, and provide the specific slash commands to install them in your environment.
“How do I add the Azure storage plugin to my current agent?”
The agent will locate the storage-related plugin in the catalog and guide you through the marketplace addition and installation process for your specific CLI tool.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/microsoft/discover-azure-skills/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip discover-azure-skills.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Microsoft

Follow these steps to discover the available azure skill matching the given task description.

  1. List plugins

List Azure plugin directories from the GitHub Contents API: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/azure-skills/contents/.github/plugins?ref=main

In the result, each entry whose type is dir is a plugin directory. Skills are organized by plugins.

  1. List skills

For each plugin, list their skills from the GitHub Contents API: https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/azure-skills/contents/.github/plugins/{plugin-dirname}/skills?ref=main

In the result, each entry whose type is dir is a skill directory. Each skill has a SKILL.md file that explains what this skill should be used for.

  1. Discover relevant skills

Eliminate the skills that obviously aren't relevant by their names. Then for each remaining skill, read their description from the API: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/azure-skills/main/.github/plugins/{plugin-dirname}/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md

Use the descriptions to further eliminate skills that aren't relevant.

  1. Discover the plugin name of the relevant skills

For each relevant skill, discover their plugin name by reading the plugin.json from the GitHub Contents API: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/azure-skills/main/.github/plugins/{plugin-dirname}/.plugin/plugin.json

This is important because a plugin's name may be different from its directory name. The installation commands depend on the plugin's name.

  1. Report the matched skills

Report the matched skills and offer instructions to install them. Skills can be installed by installing their plugin. Read the installation instructions matching the agent client to offer the installation instructions.

Files

references/install/other.md

Steps

  1. Install each skill using skills package

npx [email protected] add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/{plugin-dirname}/skills/{skill-name}

The skills package installs the skill into the .agents/skills directory, which is a universal location recognized by many agent clients.

Requirements and compatibility

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.

Security

No issues found by our static scan· No issues found

A static scan is not a guarantee. Skills are third-party content: review a skill before you let an agent use it.

Attribution and licence

Created by
Microsoft
Publisher
Microsoft (Official)
Source
microsoft/skills · .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/discover-azure-skills · commit 0696600
Licence
MIT License (redistribution allowed)
  • LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from .github/plugins/azure-skills/LICENSE)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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Download ZIP

The ZIP holds the skill’s files, its licence files and an ATTRIBUTION.md. Download discover-azure-skills.zip