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Troubleshooting Authentication

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microsoft-foundry·vlatest·security·MIT

This skill helps diagnose and resolve authentication issues by analyzing logs and identifying root causes for access failures, improving security and user experience.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add microsoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp --skill troubleshooting-authentication -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-foundry

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Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • 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 undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    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.

  • 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 credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

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    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-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp at f6cb362901.

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Commit
f6cb362901
Manifest
.github/skills/troubleshooting-authentication/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 84 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill assists in diagnosing and resolving authentication issues. It can analyze error messages, identify common causes of login failures (like incorrect credentials or expired tokens), and suggest remediation steps. The skill provides targeted advice for troubleshooting problems related to user accounts and access permissions.

When to use it

  • A user reports being unable to log into an application.
  • An automated system is failing due to authentication errors.
  • You need help understanding a complex error message related to login or authorization.
  • Investigating why a previously working integration suddenly stopped authenticating.

Key capabilities

  • Error message analysis
  • Identification of common authentication failure causes
  • Remediation suggestions
  • Account and permission troubleshooting

Example prompts

  • "I'm getting an 'invalid username or password' error. What could be the problem?"
  • "Why is my application failing to authenticate against Azure Active Directory?"
  • "Can you help me understand this authentication failure message: '[paste error message here]'?"

Tips & gotchas

The skill’s effectiveness depends on providing clear and complete error messages for analysis. It may require some context about the specific system or application experiencing the authentication issue.