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Azure Usage by tools-only — Agent Skill

Name: Azure Usage
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: tools-only

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.

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File contents

Azure MCP Best Practices

Tool Selection

Task	Tool	Example
List resources	`mcp__azure__*_list`	Storage accounts, Key Vault secrets
Get resource details	`mcp__azure__*_get`	Container details, database info
Create resources	`mcp__azure__*_create`	New secrets, storage containers
Query data	`mcp__azure__*_query`	Log Analytics, Cosmos DB

Common Operations

Storage

storage_accounts_list - List storage accounts
storage_blobs_list - List blobs in container
storage_blobs_upload - Upload file to blob

Key Vault

keyvault_secrets_list - List secrets
keyvault_secrets_get - Get secret value
keyvault_secrets_set - Create/update secret

Cosmos DB

cosmosdb_databases_list - List databases
cosmosdb_containers_list - List containers
cosmosdb_query - Query documents

AKS

aks_clusters_list - List AKS clusters
aks_nodepools_list - List node pools

Monitor

monitor_logs_query - Query Log Analytics

Authentication

Azure MCP uses Azure Identity SDK. Authenticate via:

az login (Azure CLI - recommended)
VS Code Azure extension
Environment variables (service principal)

Reference

Frequently asked questions