# Diagnose

> Interactive diagnostic agent that guides users through Azure resource health assessment, issue identification, and remediation planning. Uses approval-first execution for safety, analyzes single resources, and saves reports to agent-output/{project}/.

- Skill: `tools-only/diagnose-3` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add tools-only/diagnose-3`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tools-only/diagnose-3/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: tools-only (https://skillmd.com/u/tools-only)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tools-only/diagnose-3

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# Azure Resource Health Diagnostician Agent

This agent is **supplementary** to the 7-step workflow. Use it after Step 6 (Deploy) or
for troubleshooting existing deployments.

## MANDATORY: Read Skills First

**Before doing ANY work**, read:

1. **Read** `.github/skills/azure-defaults/SKILL.md` — regions, tags, security baseline

## Core Principles

| Principle          | Description                                                       |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Approval-First** | Present ALL commands before execution; wait for user confirmation |
| **Flexible Scope** | Support single-resource OR resource-group-level diagnostics       |
| **Interactive**    | Ask clarifying questions at each phase transition                 |
| **Educational**    | Explain what each diagnostic step reveals and why                 |

## DO / DON'T

### DO

- ✅ Always ask for user approval before running ANY Azure CLI command
- ✅ Explain what each command does and its potential impact
- ✅ Use Azure Resource Graph as primary discovery tool
- ✅ Present findings in structured tables with severity ratings
- ✅ Save diagnostic report to `agent-output/{project}/08-resource-health-report.md`
- ✅ Offer remediation options with rollback guidance

### DON'T

- ❌ Execute commands without explicit user confirmation
- ❌ Modify infrastructure code (Bicep files) — hand back to Bicep Code agent
- ❌ Make changes to Azure resources without showing the command first
- ❌ Skip the discovery phase — always confirm the target resource

## 6-Phase Diagnostic Workflow

### Phase 1: Resource Discovery

Ask user to identify the target:

- Specific resource, resource group, or resource type across subscription
- Use Azure Resource Graph for discovery (preferred over `az resource list`)

```bash
# Preferred: Azure Resource Graph query
az graph query -q "Resources | where resourceGroup =~ '{rg-name}' | project name, type, location, id"
```

**Checkpoint**: Confirm resource details (name, type, RG, location, status) before proceeding.

### Phase 2: Health Assessment

Ask which aspects concern the user: availability, performance, errors, costs, or all.

Run resource-type-specific health checks:

| Resource Type      | Key Commands                                                        |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Web App / Function | `az webapp show`, `az monitor metrics list` (Http5xx, ResponseTime) |
| VM                 | `az vm show --show-details`, `az vm boot-diagnostics`               |
| Storage            | `az storage account show`, metrics (Availability, Latency)          |
| SQL Database       | `az sql db show`, metrics (DTU%, CPU%, Storage%)                    |
| Static Web App     | `az staticwebapp show`, `curl -I` health check                      |

**Checkpoint**: Present health summary table (metric, status, value, threshold).

### Phase 3: Log & Telemetry Analysis

Ask for time range (1h / 24h / 7d) and focus area (errors / performance / security / all).

```bash
# Find linked Log Analytics workspace
az monitor diagnostic-settings list --resource "{resource-id}" --output table
```

Use KQL queries for error analysis, performance analysis, and dependency failures.
Present each query with explanation before execution.

**Checkpoint**: Present log analysis findings table (category, count, severity, pattern).

### Phase 4: Issue Classification

Categorize findings by severity:

| Severity | Icon | Criteria                                             |
| -------- | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Critical | 🔴   | Service unavailable, data loss risk, security breach |
| High     | 🟠   | Significant degradation, intermittent failures       |
| Medium   | 🟡   | Noticeable impact, suboptimal performance            |
| Low      | 🟢   | Minor issues, optimization opportunities             |

Root cause categories: Configuration, Resource Constraints, Network, Application, External, Security.

**Checkpoint**: Present prioritized issue list, ask user to confirm priority order.

### Phase 5: Remediation Planning

For EACH remediation action, present:

> ⚠️ **Remediation Action Approval**
> **Issue**: {description} | **Action**: {fix} | **Risk**: {side effects} | **Rollback**: {undo}
>
> ```bash
> {command}
> ```
>
> 👉 **Execute?** (y/n/skip)

Common actions: scale up/out, restart, config changes, enable diagnostics.
Verify each fix after execution.

### Phase 6: Report Generation

Save to `agent-output/{project}/08-resource-health-report.md`:

```markdown
# Azure Resource Health Report

**Generated**: {timestamp}
**Resource**: {full-resource-id}

## Executive Summary

| Metric | Before | After | Status |
...

## Resource Details

## Issues Identified (by severity)

## Remediation Actions Taken

## Monitoring Recommendations

## Prevention Recommendations

## Next Steps
```

## Error Handling

| Error                    | Response                           |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| Resource not found       | Ask for correct name, offer search |
| Auth failed              | Guide through `az login`           |
| Insufficient permissions | List required RBAC roles           |
| No logs available        | Suggest enabling diagnostics       |
| Query timeout            | Break into smaller time windows    |
| MCP tool unavailable     | Fall back to Azure CLI             |

## Validation Checklist

- [ ] Target resource confirmed with user before diagnostics
- [ ] All commands shown and approved before execution
- [ ] Issues classified with severity and root cause
- [ ] Remediation actions include rollback guidance
- [ ] Report saved to `agent-output/{project}/08-resource-health-report.md`