Claude skills for Azure

The 50 strongest of 449 Azure skills on GitHub. Skills built for Azure come first; no repository gets more than 3 spots. Each links to its folder; copy it into ~/.claude/skills/ to use it.

  1. agent framework azure ai py

    Build persistent agents on Azure AI Foundry using the Microsoft Agent Framework Python SDK.

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills★ 49kMITFolder: agent-framework-azure-ai-py

  2. arduino azure iot edge integration

    Design and implement Arduino integration with Azure IoT Hub and IoT Edge, including secure provisioning, resilient telemetry, command handling, and production guardrails.

    github/awesome-copilot★ 41kMITFolder: arduino-azure-iot-edge-integration

  3. azure architecture autopilot

    Design Azure infrastructure using natural language, or analyze existing Azure resources to auto-generate architecture diagrams, refine them through conversation, and deploy with Bicep.

    github/awesome-copilot★ 41kMITFolder: azure-architecture-autopilot

  4. azure container registry cli

    Manage Azure Container Registry via the az acr CLI including registries, images, cloud builds, ACR Tasks, authentication, tokens, geo-replication, and networking. Use when working with ACR, az acr commands, pushing/importing/purging container images in…

    github/awesome-copilot★ 41kMITFolder: azure-container-registry-cli

  5. azure search nav

    Builds an Azure portal deep link to a specific blade/menu item for supported Microsoft.ContainerService, Microsoft.Kubernetes, and Microsoft.Compute resources using the aks-search-direct-mid semantic search API. WHEN: 'find where in the Azure portal to do…

    microsoft/skills★ 3.2kMITFolder: azure-search-nav

  6. azure advisor actionability

    Remediate Azure Advisor recommendations. WHEN: \"fix Advisor recommendation\".

    microsoft/skills★ 3.2kMITFolder: azure-advisor-actionability

  7. azure advisor

    Use Azure Advisor recommendations. WHEN: \"show Advisor recommendations\", \"service retirements\", \"update recommendation status\". DO NOT USE FOR: fixes or remediation (use azure-advisor-actionability).

    microsoft/skills★ 3.2kMITFolder: azure-advisor

  8. azure app onboard

    End-to-end orchestrator: from a business idea, app idea, or existing app to running Azure deployment with cost estimates and pre-deploy approval. Analyzes your app, auto-detects the right Azure services, scaffolds infrastructure code, and deploys —…

    microsoft/azure-skills★ 1.6kMITFolder: azure-app-onboard

  9. azure cloud migrate

    Assess and migrate cross-cloud workloads to Azure with reports and code conversion. Supports Lambda→Functions, Beanstalk/Heroku/App Engine→App Service, Fargate/Kubernetes/Cloud Run/Spring Boot→Container Apps. WHEN: migrate Lambda to Functions, AWS to…

    microsoft/azure-skills★ 1.6kMITFolder: azure-cloud-migrate

  10. azure compliance

    Run Azure compliance and security audits with azqr plus Key Vault expiration checks. Covers best-practice assessment, resource review, policy/compliance validation, and security posture checks. WHEN: compliance scan, security audit, BEFORE running azqr…

    microsoft/azure-skills★ 1.6kMITFolder: azure-compliance

  11. azure usage

    This skill should be used when user asks to "query Azure resources", "list storage accounts", "manage Key Vault secrets", "work with Cosmos DB", "check AKS clusters", "use Azure MCP", or interact with any Azure service.

    fcakyon/claude-codex-settings★ 1.2kApache-2.0Folder: azure-usage

  12. azure monitor audit

    Configure Azure Monitor and Activity Log for auditing. Set up diagnostic settings and log analytics. Use when auditing Azure activity.

    BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills★ 1.2kMITFolder: azure-monitor-audit

  13. azure devops

    Set up Azure Pipelines for CI/CD, configure build and release pipelines, manage Azure DevOps projects, and integrate with Azure services. Use when working with Azure DevOps Services or Server for enterprise DevOps workflows.

    BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills★ 1.2kMITFolder: azure-devops

  14. azure aks

    Deploy and manage Azure Kubernetes Service clusters. Configure node pools, networking, and integrations. Use when running Kubernetes workloads on Azure.

    BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills★ 1.2kMITFolder: azure-aks

  15. add azuredevops

    Adds Azure DevOps connector to a Power Apps code app. Use when querying work items, creating bugs, managing pipelines, or making ADO API calls.

    microsoft/power-platform-skills★ 1.1kMITFolder: add-azuredevops

  16. azure cloud architect

    Design, review, and validate Azure cloud architectures. Use when choosing Azure compute, storage, networking, or identity services, or applying the Azure Well-Architected Framework to a workload.

    borghei/Claude-Skills★ 1kLicence: see repoFolder: azure-cloud-architect

  17. azure aks edge essentials

    Expert knowledge for Azure Kubernetes Service Edge Essentials development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.…

    MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills★ 797CC-BY-4.0Folder: azure-aks-edge-essentials

  18. azure anyscale on azure

    Expert knowledge for Azure Anyscale On Azure development including limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when registering AKS as Anyscale clouds, wiring ACR images, enabling Private Link/RBAC,…

    MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills★ 797CC-BY-4.0Folder: azure-anyscale-on-azure

  19. azure analysis services

    Expert knowledge for Azure Analysis Services development including troubleshooting. Use when resolving server connectivity, firewall/VNet, DNS, client connection, or network error issues, and other Azure Analysis Services related development tasks. Not for…

    MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills★ 797CC-BY-4.0Folder: azure-analysis-services

  20. azure prices

    Look up and compare Azure service pricing using the Azure Retail Prices API. Use this skill whenever the user asks about Azure costs, pricing, rates, or wants to compare prices across regions or services — even if they don't say "pricing" explicitly.…

    Code-and-Sorts/awesome-copilot-agents★ 589CC0-1.0Folder: azure-prices

  21. azure patterns

    Azure Functions, Cosmos DB modeling, Service Bus patterns, Bicep templates

    vibeeval/vibecosystem★ 541MITFolder: azure-patterns

  22. deploying on azure

    Design and implement Azure cloud architectures using best practices for compute, storage, databases, AI services, networking, and governance. Use when building applications on Microsoft Azure or migrating workloads to Azure cloud platform.

    ancoleman/ai-design-components★ 525MITFolder: deploying-on-azure

  23. 045 planning azure devops

    Use when you need Azure DevOps CLI guidance to verify installation, configure organization and project context, discover work item IDs by optional WIQL filters, and execute safe work-item create/update operations. Uses an interactive install gate - if `az`…

    jabrena/plinth★ 456Apache-2.0Folder: 045-planning-azure-devops

  24. azure

    Azure cloud development guidelines for ARM templates, Azure Pipelines, Kubernetes, and cloud-native services.

    Mindrally/skills★ 288Apache-2.0Folder: azure

  25. dt obs azure

    Azure cloud resources including VMs, VMSS, SQL Database, Storage, AKS, App Service, Functions, VNet networking, load balancers, Event Hubs, Container Apps, and Key Vault. Monitor Azure infrastructure, analyze resource usage, audit security posture, and…

    Dynatrace/dynatrace-for-ai★ 171Apache-2.0Folder: dt-obs-azure

  26. analyzing azure activity logs for threats

    'Queries Azure Monitor activity logs and sign-in logs via azure-monitor-query

    adriannoes/awesome-agentic-ai★ 89MITFolder: analyzing-azure-activity-logs-for-threats

  27. azure mcp connection

    Onboarding the azure-mcp connector in the WYRE MCP Gateway: Azure service-principal registration, the tenantId/clientId/clientSecret triple, least-privilege Reader-tier RBAC assignments, the gateway's read-only namespace allowlist, and connection…

    WYRE-AI/msp-claude-plugins★ 52Apache-2.0Folder: connection

  28. azure mcp cost and capacity

    The read-only cost and capacity half of the azure-mcp connector — the pricing, quota, subscription, and group namespaces: retail meter-rate lookups, quota and usage headroom, subscription and resource-group inventory, and the retail-versus- actual-billing…

    WYRE-AI/msp-claude-plugins★ 52Apache-2.0Folder: cost-and-capacity

  29. azure mcp observability

    The read-only observability half of the azure-mcp connector — the monitor, resourcehealth, applens, and advisor namespaces: Azure Monitor metrics, Log Analytics KQL, alert-rule state, platform health states, AppLens detectors, and Advisor recommendation…

    WYRE-AI/msp-claude-plugins★ 52Apache-2.0Folder: observability

  30. azure architect

    Design Azure architectures — AKS, Functions, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, and Azure AD integration patterns.

    inbharatai/claude-skills★ 41MITFolder: azure-architect

  31. azure integrations

    Azure deployment for web apps — Static Web Apps, App Service, Blob Storage, Bicep/ARM, GitHub Actions CI/CD. Use when deploying Next.js/Vite to Azure or configuring Azure resources for full-stack apps.

    bg-szy/TOP-SKILLS★ 6No licence statedFolder: azure-integrations

  32. azure active directory

    Microsoft Entra integration via Apideck's HRIS unified API — same methods work across every connector in HRIS, switch by changing `serviceId`. Use when the user wants to read or sync employees, departments, payrolls, and time-off records in Microsoft…

    apideck-libraries/api-skills★ 5Apache-2.0Folder: azure-active-directory

  33. markitdown

    Converts heterogeneous documents and selected URIs to Markdown with Microsoft MarkItDown for text analysis, search, and LLM/RAG ingestion. Covers safe local conversion, streams, Office/PDF/data formats, batch workflows, plugins, vision OCR, Azure…

    K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills★ 55kMITFolder: markitdown

  34. agents v2 py

    Build container-based Foundry Agents with Azure AI Projects SDK (HostedAgentDefinition). Use when creating hosted agents with custom container images in Azure AI Foundry.

    sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills★ 49kMITFolder: agents-v2-py

  35. cost optimization

    Optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI through resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, reserved instances, and spending analysis. Use when reducing cloud expenses, analyzing infrastructure costs, or implementing cost governance policies.

    wshobson/agents★ 42kMITFolder: cost-optimization

  36. multi cloud architecture

    Design multi-cloud architectures using a decision framework to select and integrate services across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. Use when building multi-cloud systems, avoiding vendor lock-in, or leveraging best-of-breed services from multiple providers.

    wshobson/agents★ 42kMITFolder: multi-cloud-architecture

  37. terraform module library

    Build reusable Terraform modules for AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI infrastructure following infrastructure-as-code best practices. Use when creating infrastructure modules, standardizing cloud provisioning, or implementing reusable IaC components.

    wshobson/agents★ 42kMITFolder: terraform-module-library

  38. cognee integrations

    Use when the user wants to connect cognee to external services — switching LLM or embedding providers (OpenAI, Azure, Gemini, Anthropic, Ollama, OpenRouter), changing databases (Postgres, PGVector, Neo4j, Neptune, Turso), S3 storage, or the MCP server for…

    topoteretes/cognee★ 33kApache-2.0Folder: cognee-integrations

  39. baoyu image gen

    AI image generation with OpenAI GPT Image 2.5, Azure OpenAI, Google, OpenRouter, DashScope, Z.AI GLM-Image, MiniMax, Jimeng, Seedream, Replicate and Agnes APIs. Supports text-to-image, reference images, aspect ratios, and batch generation from saved prompt…

    JimLiu/baoyu-skills★ 27kMITFolder: baoyu-image-gen

  40. cloud architect

    Designs cloud architectures, creates migration plans, generates cost optimization recommendations, and produces disaster recovery strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Use when designing cloud architectures, planning migrations, or optimizing multi-cloud…

    Jeffallan/claude-skills★ 12kMITFolder: cloud-architect

  41. terraform engineer

    Use when implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform across AWS, Azure, or GCP. Invoke for module development (create reusable modules, manage module versioning), state management (migrate backends, import existing resources, resolve state…

    Jeffallan/claude-skills★ 12kMITFolder: terraform-engineer

  42. offensive cicd secrets

    Comprehensive secrets extraction methodology targeting CI/CD environments across all major platforms. Covers environment variable extraction from build contexts, exploitation of vault and secrets-manager misconfigurations (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets…

    SnailSploit/Claude-Red★ 9.8kMITFolder: offensive-cicd-secrets

  43. offensive cloud

    Cloud security attack methodology covering AWS, Azure, and GCP. Includes credential harvesting (IMDS, ~/.aws, env vars, leaked CI secrets, instance roles), enumeration with cloud-specific tools (pacu, ScoutSuite, Prowler, ROADtools, gcp_enum), privilege…

    SnailSploit/Claude-Red★ 9.8kMITFolder: offensive-cloud

  44. offensive data exfiltration

    Dense methodology covering DNS exfiltration (dnscat2, iodine, dns2tcp), HTTPS tunneling (domain fronting, CDN abuse, legitimate service channels), ICMP tunneling (icmpsh, ptunnel-ng), cloud storage dead drops (S3 presigned URLs, Azure Blob SAS tokens, GCS…

    SnailSploit/Claude-Red★ 9.8kMITFolder: offensive-data-exfiltration

  45. nuget trusted publishing

    Set up NuGet trusted publishing (OIDC) on a GitHub Actions repo — replaces long-lived API keys with short-lived tokens. USE FOR: trusted publishing, NuGet OIDC, keyless NuGet publish, migrate from NuGet API key, NuGet/login, secure NuGet publishing. DO NOT…

    dotnet/skills★ 5.8kMITFolder: nuget-trusted-publishing

  46. cloud iam deep

    Cloud IAM red-team attack chain across AWS, Azure, GCP — focused on EXTERNAL exploitation paths and post-credential-discovery privilege analysis. Covers IAM enumeration (aws iam, az role, gcloud iam), STS/AssumeRole chaining, Azure Managed Identity abuse…

    elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter★ 5.3kMITFolder: cloud-iam-deep

  47. hunt cloud misconfig

    Hunt cloud / infrastructure misconfigurations. AWS: public S3 buckets (s3:GetObject anonymous), permissive bucket policies (PutObjectAcl public-write), exposed CloudFront origin, public Lambda function URL, public RDS snapshot, IAM credentials in JS…

    elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter★ 5.3kMITFolder: hunt-cloud-misconfig

  48. hunt ssrf

    Hunting skill for ssrf vulnerabilities. Built from 15 public bug bounty reports including AWS metadata SSRF (HackerOne $25k Analytics PDF, Shopify Exchange $25k, Capital One 106M-record breach, Dropbox/HelloSign $4,913), GCP metadata SSRF (Snapchat $4k),…

    elementalsouls/Claude-BugHunter★ 5.3kMITFolder: hunt-ssrf

  49. playwright ci

    Production-ready CI/CD configurations for Playwright — GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Docker, parallel sharding, reporting, code coverage, and global setup/teardown.

    zebbern/claude-code-guide★ 4.7kMITFolder: ci

  50. cloud penetration testing

    This skill should be used when the user asks to "perform cloud penetration testing", "assess Azure or AWS or GCP security", "enumerate cloud resources", "exploit cloud misconfigurations", "test O365 security", "extract secrets from cloud environments", or…

    zebbern/claude-code-guide★ 4.7kMITFolder: cloud-penetration-testing

Claude skills for Azure: common questions

Which Claude skill should I use for Azure?

Yes: 449 public skills from 64 GitHub repositories mention Azure. The best-known ones named for it are agent framework azure ai py (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, ★ 49k), arduino azure iot edge integration (github/awesome-copilot, ★ 41k) and azure architecture autopilot (github/awesome-copilot, ★ 41k). Stars belong to the whole repository, not to one skill.

How do I add agent framework azure ai py to Claude?

For Azure, copy the agent-framework-azure-ai-py folder from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills (the folder that holds SKILL.md) into ~/.claude/skills/ to use it in every Claude Code project, or into .claude/skills/ for one project. For the Claude apps, upload the zipped folder as a custom skill instead.

Skill or MCP server for Azure: which do I need?

A skill teaches Claude a way of working; an MCP server gives it new tools, like access to Azure itself. We list 29 MCP servers for Azure if you need the connection.

What licences do these Azure skills use?

Of the 50 Azure skills listed here, 45 sit in repositories under an open licence such as MIT or Apache 2.0, and azure integrations states no licence at all, which legally means you may not reuse it. The licence badge on each card tells you which is which.

Does Anthropic make an official Azure skill?

No. None of the 449 Azure skills comes from Anthropic's own skills repository, so all of them are community-made across 64 repositories.

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