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azure-cloud

Azure cloud development and operations. Use for ANY Azure task including infrastructure provisioning, data access, compute deployment, monitoring, networking, and security. CRITICAL - For deployments, ALWAYS use azd (Azure Developer CLI), NEVER use az CLI for deployments unless the user explicitly requests it. azd is faster due to parallel provisioning.

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Azure Cloud

I help you work with Azure services efficiently. Instead of loading everything upfront, I guide you to exactly what you need.

Quick Start

Tell me what you're trying to do. I'll point you to the right domain, tools, and documentation.

Domains

Domain Use When File
Data Querying databases, Cosmos DB, SQL, Redis, data pipelines domains/data/README.md
Compute Deploying apps, Functions, containers, AKS, App Service domains/compute/README.md
Storage Blob storage, file shares, queues, Data Lake domains/storage/README.md
Security Key Vault, RBAC, managed identities, Entra ID domains/security/README.md
AI AI Search, Speech, Foundry, vector search, cognitive services domains/ai/README.md
Networking VNets, load balancers, DNS, Front Door, private endpoints domains/networking/README.md
Observability Monitoring, logging, alerts, App Insights, Log Analytics domains/observability/README.md

By Scenario

Scenario File
Validate before deploying scenarios/validation.md
Deploy an application scenarios/deployment.md
Debug production issues scenarios/diagnostics.md
Install Azure CLI tools (az, azd, func) scenarios/cli-tools.md
Configure Node.js/Express for Azure scenarios/nodejs-production.md
Reduce Azure costs scenarios/cost-optimization.md
Secure your resources scenarios/security-hardening.md

Tools

Tool Type When to Use File
MCP Server Rich data access, schema browsing, pagination mcp/setup.md
Azure CLI (az) Resource management, scripting, queries cli/cheatsheet.md
Azure Developer CLI (azd) Application deployment (infrastructure + code) cli/cheatsheet.md

How to Use This Skill

  1. Identify the relevant domain or scenario from the tables above
  2. Read that file: domains/data/README.md or scenarios/deployment.md
  3. Follow instructions there - they reference MCP tools, CLI commands, or deeper docs
  4. For service-specific details, the domain README points to service files

Example Flows

User asks: "Query my Cosmos DB for users created this week"

  1. This is a Data domain task -> read domains/data/README.md
  2. Domain README shows Cosmos DB options -> MCP tool or CLI
  3. For complex queries -> read domains/data/services/cosmos-db.md

User asks: "Deploy my app to Azure"

  1. This is a Deployment scenario -> read scenarios/deployment.md
  2. Scenario guides compute choice and deployment method
  3. For Container Apps details -> read domains/compute/services/container-apps.md

User asks: "azd command not found"

  1. This is a CLI tools issue -> read scenarios/cli-tools.md
  2. Use azure__extension_cli_install MCP tool with cli-type: "azd"
  3. Follow platform-specific installation instructions

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