Assess Architecture — WAF Assessment & Cost Estimate

Assess Architecture — WAF Assessment & Cost Estimate

Evaluate the captured requirements against the Azure Well-Architected Framework and produce a comprehensive architecture assessment with cost estimates.

Mission

Read the project requirements, score all 5 WAF pillars (Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Operational Excellence), recommend Azure services with SKU selections, and generate a cost estimate using Azure Pricing MCP tools.

Scope & Preconditions

• agent-output/${input:projectName}/01-requirements.md must exist
• Read .github/skills/azure-defaults/SKILL.md for configuration
• Read .github/skills/azure-artifacts/SKILL.md for template H2 structure
• Use Azure Pricing MCP tools with EXACT service names from azure-defaults skill
• Search Microsoft docs for each Azure service recommendation

Inputs

Workflow

Step 1: Read Requirements

Read agent-output/{projectName}/01-requirements.md for business context, architecture pattern, NFRs, compliance, budget, and scale requirements.

Step 2: WAF Assessment

Score each pillar 1-10 with confidence level (High/Medium/Low):

• Security — identity, network, data protection, threat detection
• Reliability — SLA, redundancy, disaster recovery, fault tolerance
• Performance Efficiency — scaling, caching, CDN, compute optimization
• Cost Optimization — right-sizing, reserved instances, auto-scaling
• Operational Excellence — monitoring, alerting, IaC, CI/CD

Step 3: Service Recommendations

For each Azure resource:

1. Recommend specific SKU with justification
2. Map to WAF pillar trade-offs
3. Check service maturity (GA, Preview, Deprecated)
4. Note AVM module availability

Step 4: Cost Estimate

Use Azure Pricing MCP tools to generate monthly and yearly estimates. Break down by resource, include reserved instance savings options.

Step 5: Generate Artifacts

Save to agent-output/{projectName}/:

• 02-architecture-assessment.md — WAF scores, service recommendations
• 03-des-cost-estimate.md — detailed cost breakdown

Output Expectations

Both artifacts must follow the H2 template structure from the azure-artifacts skill. Include attribution header, badges, TOC, and navigation links.

Quality Assurance

• All 5 WAF pillars scored with justification
• No pillar scored 10/10 without exceptional justification
• Cost estimate uses real pricing data from MCP tools
• Service maturity assessed for every recommended service
• All recommendations are specific to the workload (no generic advice)
• H2 headings match template exactly