azure-prepare
azure-prepare 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 2026-10-27.
Generates azure.yaml, infrastructure (Bicep/Terraform), and Dockerfiles for Azure projects using the Azure Developer CLI (azd) workflow. Requires explicit use for azd-based deployments or when an azure.yaml file already exists.
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
Prepare azd-based Azure projects for deployment: generates azure.yaml, infrastructure (Bicep/Terraform), and Dockerfiles for the Azure Developer CLI (azd) workflow. USE ONLY when the user explicitly wants to use azd as the deployment tool, or the project already has an azure.yaml file. DO NOT USE FOR: non-azd deployments, Python App Service code-only deploys (use python-appservice-deploy), or cross-cloud migration (use azure-cloud-migrate). WHEN: prepare app for azd, create azure.yaml, set up azd infrastructure, modernize app for Azure with azd, deploy with azd, function app, timer trigger, service bus trigger, event-driven function, managed identity, generate Bicep, generate Terraform, create and deploy to Azure.
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Common questions about azure-prepare
- What does azure-prepare do?
- Generates azure.yaml, infrastructure (Bicep/Terraform), and Dockerfiles for Azure projects using the Azure Developer CLI (azd) workflow. Requires explicit use for azd-based deployments or when an azure.yaml file already exists.
- How do I install azure-prepare?
- 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-prepare?
- microsoft.
- Is azure-prepare 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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