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Azure Compute

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microsoft·vlatest·cloud·MIT

Manage Azure virtual machines, scale sets, and container instances to optimize compute resources and costs.

Repository

Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-compute -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

microsoft

Matched to the vendor's own GitHub organisation.

Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: prices.azure.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    prices.azure.comundeclared

    What it found (3 of 16)

    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/references/retail-prices-api.md:27contacts prices.azure.com
      curl -s "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?\$filter=serviceName%20eq%20'Virtual%20Machines'%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20'eastus'%20and%20armSkuName%2…
    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/references/retail-prices-api.md:32contacts prices.azure.com
      $response = Invoke-RestMethod "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?`$filter=$filter"
    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/references/retail-prices-api.md:43contacts prices.azure.com
      curl -s "https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?\$filter=serviceName%20eq%20'Virtual%20Machines'%20and%20armRegionName%20eq%20'eastus'%20and%20contains(arm…

  • No credential access: failed

    Touches credential material in 16 places.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

    What it found (3 of 16)

    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/workflows/vm-creator/examples/bicep/README.md:16SSH private keys or config
      --parameters vmName={vmName} adminUsername={adminUsername} adminPublicKey="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)"
    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/workflows/vm-creator/examples/bicep/README.md:21SSH private keys or config
      --parameters vmName={vmName} adminUsername={adminUsername} adminPublicKey="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)"
    • .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-compute/workflows/vm-creator/examples/terraform/README.md:16SSH private keys or config
      terraform plan  -var "vm_name=dev-vm" -var "admin_public_key=$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" -var "subscription_id=$AZ_SUB" -var "resource_group_name=dev-vm-rg" -var…

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned microsoft/azure-skills at 9bb168c343.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
9bb168c343
Manifest
skills/azure-compute/SKILL.md
Scanned
60 files, 3,898 lines
Copies in repo
2 — all of them scanned
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About this skill

What it does

The Microsoft Azure Compute skill enables AI agents to manage and interact with compute resources on Microsoft Azure, such as virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions. It provides capabilities like provisioning, scaling, and monitoring of cloud-based workloads.

When to use it

  • Deploy new virtual machines or scale existing ones based on demand.
  • Automate container orchestration using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
  • Monitor compute resource usage and optimize costs in real time.
  • Set up serverless functions for event-driven computing tasks.

Key capabilities

  • Provision and manage Azure Virtual Machines
  • Deploy and manage containers with Azure Container Instances or AKS
  • Configure and monitor Azure Functions for serverless computing
  • Scale compute resources automatically based on workload

Example prompts

  • "Provision a new Ubuntu virtual machine in the East US region."
  • "Deploy a containerized application to Azure Kubernetes Service."
  • "Monitor CPU usage of all running Azure functions and alert if it exceeds 80%."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you have appropriate Azure credentials and permissions before using this skill. Resource costs can add up quickly, so always monitor usage and set budget alerts.