azure-skillsBLOCK
Official agent plugin providing skills and MCP server configurations for Azure scenarios.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
Azure work is not just a code problem. It is a decision problem: which service fits this app, what needs to be validated before deployment, which tools should run, and what guardrails matter. The Azure Skills Plugin packages Azure expertise and MCP-backed execution together so compatible coding agents can do real Azure work instead of giving generic cloud advice.
[Explore the Azure Skills site](https://microsoft.github.io/azure-skills/) Landing page maintenance guide
Install the plugin
One install, three layers of capability
Azure skills: the brain
This plugin ships curated Azure skills that teach an agent how Azure work gets done. They provide workflows, decision trees, and guardrails for scenarios such as:
- Build, deploy, and evolve with
azure-prepare,azure-validate,azure-deploy,azure-upgrade,azure-enterprise-infra-planner,azure-hosted-copilot-sdk,azure-kubernetes, andairunway-aks-setup - Troubleshoot, monitor, and govern with
azure-diagnostics,appinsights-instrumentation,azure-compliance,azure-resource-lookup, andazure-quotas - Optimize architecture and cost with
azure-cost,azure-compute,azure-resource-visualizer, andazure-cloud-migrate - Work across data, AI, identity, and platform services with
azure-ai,azure-aigateway,azure-storage,azure-kusto,azure-messaging,azure-rbac,entra-app-registration, andmicrosoft-foundry
Azure MCP Server: the hands
The plugin wires in the Azure MCP Server, which gives your agent 200+ structured tools across 40+ Azure services. That is the execution layer for listing resources, checking prices, querying logs, diagnosing issues, and driving real Azure workflows.
Foundry MCP: the AI specialist
The plugin also includes Foundry MCP for Microsoft Foundry scenarios such as model discovery, model deployment, and agent workflows.
c62955f21fc2OBSERVED · 2026-10-08Install
Commands as the repository documents them. They are shown, not run.
npm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry
pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry
pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter
pip install azure-monitor-opentelemetry
npm install @azure/monitor-opentelemetry
pip install azure-ai-contentsafety
Host compatibility
What the documentation claims. We have not run a compatibility test.
| Host | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| claude-code | mentioned | |
| codex | mentioned | |
| copilot | mentioned | |
| cursor | mentioned | |
| gemini-cli | mentioned |
What it tells the agent
The instruction file, verbatim from the audited commit — this is the text the model reads, and the surface the audit's instruction layer examines. Quoted here so you can judge it without cloning anything.
--- name: airunway-aks-setup description: "Set up AI Runway on AKS — from bare cluster to running model. Covers cluster verification, controller install, GPU assessment, provider setup, and first deployment. WHEN: \"setup AI Runway\", \"onboard AKS cluster\", \"install AI Runway\", \"airunway setup\", \"deploy model to AKS\", \"GPU inference on AKS\", \"KAITO setup on AKS\", \"run LLM on AKS\", \"vLLM on AKS\", \"set up model serving on AKS\", \"AI Runway controller\"." license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft version: "1.1.1" argument-hint: "[skip-to-step N]" --- # AI Runway AKS Setup This skill walks users from a bare Kubernetes cluster to a running AI model deployment. Follow each step in sequence unless the user provides `skip-to-step N` to resume from a specific phase. > **Cost awareness:** GPU node pools incur significant compute charges (A100-80GB can cost $3–5+/hr). Confirm the user understands cost implications before provisioning GPU resources. ## Prerequisites This skill assumes an AKS cluster already exists. If the user does not have a cluster, hand off to the `azure-kubernetes` skill first to provision one (with a GPU node pool unless CPU-only inference is acceptable), then return here. ## Quick Reference | Property | Value | |----------|-------| | Best for | End-to-end AI Runway onboarding on AKS | | CLI tools | `kubectl`, `make`, `curl` | | MCP tools | None | | Related skills | `azure-kubernetes` (cluster setup), `azure-diagnostics` (troubleshooting) | ## When to Use This Skill Use this skill when the user wants to: - Set up AI Runway on an existing AKS cluster from scratch - Install the AI Runway controller and CRDs - Assess GPU hardware compatibility for model deployment - Choose and install an inference provider (KAITO, Dynamo, KubeRay) - Deploy their first AI model to AKS via AI Runway - Resume a partially-complete AI Runway setup from a specific step ## MCP Tools This skill uses no MCP tools. All cluster operations are performed directly via `kubectl` and `make`. ## Rules 1. Execute steps in sequence — load the reference for each step as you reach it 2. Report cluster state at each step: ✓ healthy, ✗ missing/failed 3. Ask for user confirmation before any install or deployment action 4. If a step is already complete, report status and skip to the next step 5. If the user provides `skip-to-step N`, start at step N; assume prior steps are complete ## Steps | # | Step | Reference | |---|------|-----------| | 1 | **Cluster Verification** — context check, node inventory, GPU detection | [step-1-verify.md](references/steps/step-1-verify.md) | | 2 | **Controller Installation** — CRD + controller deployment | [step-2-controller.md](references/steps/step-2-controller.md) | | 3 | **GPU Assessment** — detect GPU models, flag dtype/attention constraints | [step-3-gpu.md](references/steps/step-3-gpu.md) | | 4 | **Provider Setup** — recommend and install inference provider | [step-4-provider.md](references/steps/step-4-provider.md) | | 5 | **First Deployment** — pick a model, deploy, verify Ready | [step-5-deploy.md](references/steps/step-5-deploy.md) | | 6 | **Summary** — recap, smoke test, next steps | [step-6-summary.md](references/steps/step-6-summary.md) | ## Error Handling | Error / Symptom | Likely Cause | Remediation | |-----------------|--------------|-------------| | No kubeconfig context | Not connected to a cluster | Run `az aks get-credentials` or equivalent | | Controller in CrashLoopBackOff | Config or RBAC issue | `kubectl logs -n airunway-system -l control-plane=controller-manager --previous` | | Provider not ready | Image pull or RBAC issue | `kubectl logs <pod-name> -n <namespace>` for the provider pod | | ModelDeployment stuck in Pending | GPU scheduling failure or provider not ready | `kubectl describe modeldeployment <name> -n <namespace>` events | | `bfloat16` errors at inference | T4 or V100 lacks bfloat16 support | Add `--dtype float16` to serving args | For full error handling and rollback procedures, see [troubleshooting.md](references/troubleshooting.md).
Trust audit
BLOCKgrade D · trust 69/100 Do not install this without reading the findings. The audit found something that could harm you or your machine.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | FAIL |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | FAIL |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- declared (1 observation(s))
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (25)
exec(compile(source, grader_path, "exec"), namespace)
<!-- Jailbreak detection is automatic when content safety is enabled -->
<!-- Jailbreak detection is automatic when content safety is enabled -->
After patching, **the skill runs the deploy itself** (do not stop and tell the user to run it). Detect the deployment tool and confirm once before executing:
3. On **yes**, **the skill runs the deploy itself** (`azd up` / `az deployment group create` / `terraform apply`) and streams output. Do not stop and tell the user to run it.
After patching, **the skill executes the deploys itself** — do not stop and tell the user to run commands. Confirm once with the user before each deploy, then run it.
After patching, **the skill executes the deploys itself** — do not stop and tell the user to run commands. Confirm once with the user before each deploy, then run it.
After patching, **the skill runs the deploy itself** (do not stop and tell the user to run it). Detect the deployment tool and confirm once before executing:
| Date outside 92 days | Narrow the period; fallback does not bypass this guardrail. |
### Jailbreak Detection
Block prompt injection attacks that attempt to bypass AI safety guardrails.
Dependency compatibility checks for Azure. Part of the [deployability check](deployability-check.md).
Dependency compatibility checks for Azure. Part of the [deployability check](deployability-check.md).
exec(compile(source, grader_path, "exec"), namespace)
or lowered[-1] in {"id_rsa", "id_dsa", "id_ecdsa", "id_ed25519"}Gunicorn logs the port on startup: `Listening at: http://0.0.0.0:8000`
Uvicorn logs the port on startup: `Uvicorn running on http://0.0.0.0:8000`
Gunicorn logs the port on startup: `Listening at: http://0.0.0.0:8000`
value: "http://127.0.0.1:5000"
1. **Bind to localhost** — `Kestrel__Endpoints__Http__Url=http://127.0.0.1:5000`
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description: "Configure Azure API Management as an AI Gateway for AI models, MCP tools, and agents. WHEN: semantic caching, token limit, content safety, load balancing, AI model governance, MCP rate l
| **Agent Governance** | "content safety", "jailbreak detection", "filter harmful content" |
- feat: report session start telemetry ([#3216](https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/pull/3216))
- feat: report session start telemetry ([#3216](https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/pull/3216))
Gates applied: instruction_override, no_behavioural_pass.
c62955f21fc2full audit observations/trust-audit/skill/microsoft__azure-skills.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this skill has had.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | c62955f21fc2 | BLOCK | D | 69 | first audit |
Questions
What does the azure-skills skill do?
Official agent plugin providing skills and MCP server configurations for Azure scenarios.
Is azure-skills safe to install?
No — not without reading the findings first. The audit graded it D (69/100) and found 13 critical or high issues in the source. Each one is listed on this page with the file and line it is on.
What can azure-skills access on my machine?
The audit observed that it runs shell commands and reads or writes files. Each of those is consistent with what it says it does. Secrets in the source: none found.
Which assistants does azure-skills work with?
Its documentation mentions claude-code, codex, copilot, cursor and gemini-cli. That is what the text claims, not a compatibility test we ran.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (c62955f21fc2), read on 2026-10-08. The repository is watched, and a new audit runs when it changes — this is the first audit.