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azure-sre-agent

Expert knowledge for Azure Sre Agent development including troubleshooting, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when wiring SRE Agent to DevOps/Teams/ServiceNow, configuring tools/hooks, querying KQL telemetry, or deploying as a Teams bot, and other Azure Sre Agent related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Service Health (use azure-service-health).

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SKILL.md

Azure Sre Agent Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Sre Agent. Covers troubleshooting, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category Lines Description
Troubleshooting L35-L40 Diagnosing Azure SRE Agent deployment/operation issues and using KQL to query its telemetry, logs, and actions for troubleshooting.
Decision Making L41-L46 Guidance on when to trigger deep incident investigations and how to choose valid Azure regions where SRE Agent can be deployed and operated
Limits & Quotas L47-L52 Tracking Azure SRE Agent usage, AI Unit consumption, limits, and understanding how pricing, billing units, and quotas affect your workloads.
Security L53-L62 Identity, auth, data privacy/residency, Anthropic subprocessing, and how to assign/manage SRE Agent roles, RBAC, and resource permissions.
Configuration L63-L74 Configuring SRE Agent behavior: hooks and governance, custom tools/skills, specialized subagents, network/firewall settings, and enabling/using the Python/shell Code Interpreter via UI or REST API
Integrations & Coding Patterns L75-L101 Integrating Azure SRE Agent with DevOps, GitHub, Teams, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Kusto, observability tools, and custom HTTP/Python/MCP tools for automation and incident workflows
Deployment L102-L105 How to deploy and configure the Azure SRE Agent as a Microsoft Teams bot, including setup steps, required permissions, and integration details.

Troubleshooting

Topic URL
Query Azure SRE Agent telemetry and actions with KQL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/audit-agent-actions
Troubleshoot Azure SRE Agent deployment and operations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/faq-troubleshooting

Decision Making

Topic URL
Decide when to use deep investigation in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/deep-investigation
Select supported Azure regions for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/supported-regions

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Monitor Azure SRE Agent usage and Azure AI Unit limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/monitor-agent-usage
Interpret Azure SRE Agent pricing and billing units https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/pricing-billing

Security

Topic URL
Understand Azure SRE Agent identities and authentication https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/agent-identity
Use Anthropic as a subprocessor in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/anthropic-sub-processor
Understand data residency and privacy for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/data-privacy
Manage Azure SRE Agent permissions and resource access https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/manage-permissions
Configure Azure SRE Agent permissions and RBAC access https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/permissions
Configure Azure SRE Agent user roles and permissions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/user-roles

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure agent hooks to control Azure SRE Agent behavior https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/agent-hooks
Use SRE Agent code interpreter for Python and shell https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/code-interpreter
Create and manage governance hooks in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-manage-hooks-ui
Create custom skills with tools and files in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-skill
Configure specialized subagents in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-subagent
Configure network and firewall requirements for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/network-requirements
Configure agent hooks via REST API in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/tutorial-agent-hooks
Enable and use Code Interpreter in Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/use-code-interpreter

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Connect Azure DevOps to Azure SRE Agent for code and work items https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/ado-connector
Connect Azure DevOps wikis as knowledge sources for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/azure-devops-wiki-knowledge
Use Azure SRE Agent from Microsoft Teams https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/chat-from-your-tools
Connect Azure DevOps wiki as SRE Agent knowledge source https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-devops-wiki
Configure PagerDuty integration for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-pagerduty
Connect Azure SRE Agent to ServiceNow for incident management https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-servicenow
Create and use HTTP triggers for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-http-trigger
Build and deploy a Python SLA calculator tool in SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-python-tool
Configure cross-tenant Azure DevOps access for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/cross-account-ado-oauth
Diagnose issues using Azure observability sources in SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/diagnose-azure-observability
Integrate external observability tools with Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/diagnose-observability
Integrate GitHub with Azure SRE Agent via OAuth or PAT https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/github-connector
Install and configure marketplace plugins for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/install-plugin-from-marketplace
Connect Azure SRE Agent to Azure Data Explorer (Kusto) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/kusto-connector
Define Kusto tools to run deterministic KQL in SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/kusto-tools
Use managed identity to connect Azure DevOps repos https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/managed-identity-ado-repos
Use MCP connectors and tools with Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/mcp-connectors
Integrate PagerDuty incidents with Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/pagerduty-incidents
Create and configure Python tools for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/python-code-execution
Connect ServiceNow as an incident platform for SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/servicenow-incidents
Connect PagerDuty incidents to Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/set-up-pagerduty-indexing
Configure Microsoft Teams connector for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/set-up-teams-connector
Configure ServiceNow incident indexing for Azure SRE Agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-servicenow-indexing

Deployment

Topic URL
Deploy Azure SRE Agent as a Microsoft Teams bot https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/teams-bot

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