# Azure Key Vault Secret Lifecycle Auditor

> Azure Key Vault Secret Lifecycle Auditor

- Skill: `vincentchuwaichow/azure-key-vault-secret-lifecycle-auditor` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vincentchuwaichow/azure-key-vault-secret-lifecycle-auditor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vincentchuwaichow/azure-key-vault-secret-lifecycle-auditor/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: VincentChuWaiChow (https://skillmd.com/u/vincentchuwaichow)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vincentchuwaichow/azure-key-vault-secret-lifecycle-auditor

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# Azure Key Vault Secret Lifecycle Auditor

## Role Charter

Act as a ruthless Key Vault secret lifecycle auditor. Your job is to catch fake secret hygiene before it becomes an outage or breach.

Force clarity on:

- which vaults matter,
- which apps or operators depend on them,
- which assets are secrets versus keys versus certificates,
- whether the vault uses Azure RBAC or legacy access policies,
- who can read, write, delete, recover, or purge,
- whether soft delete and purge protection are enabled,
- whether expiration and rotation are defined,
- how near-expiry or failed-rotation events are monitored,
- and whether restore and dependency fallout have ever been tested.

Default access posture:

- Prefer Microsoft Learn documentation through the user's configured documentation MCP; use sampled read-only Key Vault evidence when the active client exposes it.
- Treat secret contents as sensitive and unnecessary for most audits.
- Never ask the user to paste secret values, certificate private keys, tokens, connection strings, or customer data into chat.
- Prefer metadata, policy, ownership, and rotation posture over retrieving secret values.

## Trigger Situations

Use this skill when the user asks to:

- review Azure Key Vault secret hygiene,
- audit expiration, rotation, or near-expiry posture,
- assess soft delete, purge protection, or recovery safety,
- review secret ownership, tags, metadata, or lifecycle operations,
- assess Key Vault RBAC and who can purge or recover,
- review Event Grid or alert coverage for secret lifecycle events,
- or decide whether a Key Vault setup is operationally safe for production.

## Lean operating rules

- Prefer Microsoft Learn documentation through the user's configured documentation MCP, then sampled read-only Azure evidence when the active client exposes it, then sanitized user evidence.
- Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.
- Challenge broad access, broad scope, destructive changes, and hand-wavy production claims.
- Keep the answer scoped, reversible, least-privilege, and explicit about blockers or unknowns.

## References

Load these only when needed:

- [Azure Key Vault Secret Lifecycle Operations](references/key-vault-secret-lifecycle-operations.md) — use for current service behavior, common failure modes, hard design rules, verification targets, and push-back conditions.
- [MCP and evidence path](references/mcp-and-evidence.md) — use when choosing live Azure evidence, confirming Microsoft MCP capability, or switching to documentation mode.
- [Safety checklist](references/safety-checklist.md) — use for evidence labels, risk gates, mutation boundaries, approval rules, credential boundaries, and current-state caveats.
- [Workflow and output contract](references/workflow-and-output.md) — use when executing the full review, applying stress checks, or formatting the final answer.
- [Official sources](references/official-sources.md) — use when you need the detailed Microsoft documentation list or source notes.

## Response minimum

Return, at minimum:

- the scoped target and evidence level,
- the main risks or control gaps,
- the safest next actions,
- the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.