discover-azure-skills Skill for Claude: Find the Right Azure Skill

Makes Claude search Microsoft's Azure skills catalog and recommend which skills to install for your Azure task.

Installs: 51.7K; on skills.sh
Stars: 1.6K; on GitHub
Files: 3; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

Before an Azure or Microsoft-cloud task, the agent lists the plugins and skills in the microsoft/azure-skills repo on GitHub, drops the ones that obviously do not fit, reads the descriptions of the rest, and finds each plugin's real name. It then reports the matches and offers install instructions for your client.

It triggers when no loaded skill or tool already covers the Azure service. It does not do the Azure work itself. The install steps it offers are for Claude Code, Copilot CLI, or other clients via the skills CLI.

Good for

Anyone starting an Azure task who does not know which Azure skill exists
Developers who want Claude to find the right Azure plugin to install

Install discover-azure-skills

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the discover-azure-skills skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill discover-azure-skills

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Searches the Azure skills catalog and recommends installable agent skills by matching an Azure task to skill metadata and plugin installation guidance. WHEN: before starting any task that involves an Azure or Microsoft-cloud service, product, or data source, when no currently loaded skill or tool already covers it.

Key facts

Author: Microsoft
Repository: microsoft/azure-skills
License: MIT
Installs on skills.sh: 51,725 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 1,609 (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
What installs: 4 files including SKILL.md (3 install instruction files in references/install)
Skill version: 1.0.1
Install steps it offers for: Claude Code, Copilot CLI, and other clients (skills CLI)

What it includes

Reads the plugin folders in microsoft/azure-skills via the GitHub Contents API
Skills are organized by plugins.
Network · 1. List plugins
Reads each plugin's skills folder through the same API
Network · 2. List skills
Drops skills by name, then reads the rest of the SKILL.md descriptions
Network · 3. Discover relevant skills
Reads each matching plugin's plugin.json, because names can differ from folder names
The install commands use the plugin name, not the folder name.
Network · 4. Find the plugin name
Lists the matched skills and offers install instructions for your client
Claude Code and Copilot CLI use /plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills then /plugin install <name>@azure-skills. Other clients use npx skills add with the skill folder URL.
5. Report the matches

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

It reads a public GitHub repo to find matches, then offers install commands. You decide whether to run them.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only modeHow to turn it on

Watch out for

It suggests installing plugins from a repo
It only offers install commands. Read what a plugin adds before you run /plugin install.
It fetches pages from GitHub
The steps call the GitHub Contents API and raw.githubusercontent.com for the microsoft/azure-skills repo.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	SKILL.md ends by reporting matches and offering install instructions.
Talks to	api.github.com. raw.githubusercontent.com

Questions

What does discover-azure-skills do?

It searches the Azure skills catalog on GitHub for skills that match your task, then tells you which to install and how. It is a finder, not an Azure expert itself.

How do I install discover-azure-skills?

Use the install box above. It is a skill folder with one SKILL.md and three small install-instruction files.

Does it install the Azure skills for me?

SKILL.md's last step is to report the matched skills and offer instructions to install them. For Claude Code the offered steps are /plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills, then /plugin install <plugin-name>@azure-skills.

Does it need an API key?

SKILL.md names no key. It reads public GitHub URLs for the microsoft/azure-skills repo. The Azure skills it recommends may need their own sign-in, which is outside this page.

Is discover-azure-skills safe?

It reads a public GitHub repo and, per SKILL.md, ends by offering install instructions. The risk comes later, if you install a plugin it recommends, so check what that plugin adds first. The skill bundles no scripts.

When does it trigger?

Per its description, before any task involving an Azure or Microsoft-cloud service, product or data source, when no loaded skill or tool already covers it.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: microsoft/azure-skills
Folder: skills/discover-azure-skills

microsoft/azure-skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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discover-azure-skills SKILL.md · github.com
install/claude-code.md · github.com
install/other.md · github.com
install/copilot-cli.md · github.com
discover-azure-skills on skills.sh · skills.sh