azure-deploy
azure-deploy is an agent skill published by microsoft, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-08.
Executes Azure deployments for already-prepared applications, requiring .azure/deployment-plan.md and validated status from azure-validate. Runs azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands with built-in error recovery.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads microsoft/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add microsoft/skills
Maintenance
Execute Azure deployments for ALREADY-PREPARED applications that have existing .azure/deployment-plan.md and infrastructure files. DO NOT use this skill when the user asks to CREATE a new application — use azure-prepare instead. This skill runs azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands with built-in error recovery. Requires .azure/deployment-plan.md from azure-prepare and validated status from azure-validate. WHEN: \"run azd up\", \"run azd deploy\", \"execute deployment\", \"push to production\", \"push to cloud\", \"go live\", \"ship it\", \"bicep deploy\", \"terraform apply\", \"publish to Azure\", \"launch on Azure\". DO NOT USE WHEN: \"create and deploy\", \"build and deploy\", \"create a new app\", \"set up infrastructure\", \"create and deploy to Azure using Terraform\" — use azure-prepare for these.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| azure-deploy (this page) | microsoft | Execute Azure deployments for ALREADY-PREPARED applications that have existing .azure/deployment-plan.md and… | 3,148 | 2026-10-25 |
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Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about azure-deploy
- What does azure-deploy do?
- Executes Azure deployments for already-prepared applications, requiring .azure/deployment-plan.md and validated status from azure-validate. Runs azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands with built-in error recovery.
- How do I install azure-deploy?
- Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes azure-deploy?
- microsoft.
- Is azure-deploy maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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