Azure App Service Best Practices
Helps with Azure, best practices as part of deploying and managing cloud infrastructure workflows.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add azure-app-service-best-practices npx -- -y @trustedskills/azure-app-service-best-practices
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"azure-app-service-best-practices": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/azure-app-service-best-practices"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill provides guidance and recommendations for optimizing Azure App Service deployments. It helps ensure applications are secure, scalable, and cost-effective by applying industry best practices. The skill covers topics like deployment slots, auto-scaling configurations, and monitoring strategies to improve application performance and reliability.
When to use it
- You're deploying a new web application to Azure App Service and want to follow recommended security and operational procedures.
- Your existing Azure App Service is experiencing performance issues or unexpected costs.
- You need assistance configuring deployment slots for zero-downtime deployments.
- You are troubleshooting scaling behavior of your app service.
Key capabilities
- Deployment slot management
- Auto-scaling configuration
- Monitoring and diagnostics recommendations
- Security best practices
Example prompts
- "What's the recommended way to use deployment slots for a new release?"
- "How can I configure auto-scaling rules for my Azure App Service based on CPU usage?"
- "Suggest some monitoring metrics I should track for an Azure App Service application."
Tips & gotchas
This skill assumes you have a basic understanding of Azure and App Services. The recommendations provided are general guidelines; specific configurations may need to be adjusted based on your application's unique requirements.
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