deploy-model
deploy-model 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 Azure OpenAI models with customizable settings and capacity discovery, connecting to Azure regions and projects. Requires Azure credentials.
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
What it connects to
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Maintenance
Unified Azure OpenAI model deployment skill with intelligent intent-based routing. Handles quick preset deployments, fully customized deployments (version/SKU/capacity/RAI policy), and capacity discovery across regions and projects. USE FOR: deploy model, deploy gpt, create deployment, model deployment, deploy openai model, set up model, provision model, find capacity, check model availability, where can I deploy, best region for model, capacity analysis. DO NOT USE FOR: listing existing deployments (use foundry_models_deployments_list MCP tool), deleting deployments, agent creation (use agent/create), project creation (use project/create).
deploy-model compared with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 deploy-model
- What does deploy-model do?
- Deploys Azure OpenAI models with customizable settings and capacity discovery, connecting to Azure regions and projects. Requires Azure credentials.
- How do I install deploy-model?
- 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 deploy-model?
- microsoft.
- Is deploy-model 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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