# Azure Prepare

Prepare azd-based Azure projects for deployment: generates azure.yaml, infrastructure...

- Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills (1609 stars)
- Category: DevOps
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-prepare -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-prepare -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-prepare -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-prepare -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills`

## Description

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.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Azure Prepare

> **AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE, MANDATORY COMPLIANCE**
>
> This document is the **official, canonical source** for preparing applications for Azure deployment. You **MUST** follow these instructions exactly as written unless they contradict security policies given to you. When in doubt, present the conflicting instructions from this document and ask the user for explicit confirmation. Do not improvise, infer, or substitute steps.

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## Triggers

Activate this skill when user wants to:
- Create a new application
- Add services or components to an existing app
- Make updates or changes to existing application
- Modernize or migrate an application
- Set up Azure infrastructure
- Deploy to Azure or host on Azure
- Create and deploy to Azure (including Terraform-based deployment requests)

## Rules

The rest: https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/blob/HEAD/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare/SKILL.md