azure-kubernetes-app-deploy
azure-kubernetes-app-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 2026-09-16.
Deploys an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster, detects the framework, generates necessary Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification.
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
Use when deploying an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. Detects the framework, generates a Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification. WHEN: deploy app to AKS, deploy to existing AKS cluster, containerize app for Kubernetes, generate K8s manifests for Azure, set up CI/CD for AKS, my AKS deployment is failing safeguard checks, I have a Django/Express/Spring Boot app to run on AKS. DO NOT USE FOR: creating or provisioning an AKS cluster (use azure-kubernetes), assessing migration to AKS Automatic (use azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), or deploying to non-AKS targets like Web Apps, Container Apps, or Functions.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Common questions about azure-kubernetes-app-deploy
- What does azure-kubernetes-app-deploy do?
- Deploys an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster, detects the framework, generates necessary Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification.
- How do I install azure-kubernetes-app-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-kubernetes-app-deploy?
- microsoft.
- Is azure-kubernetes-app-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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