azure-deploy

Takes an app whose deployment has already been planned and checked, actually pushes it up to Azure, and tells you the web addresses it is now live at.

WHEN TO USE

SCOPE

USE FOR

Run the Azure Developer CLI's up or deploy commands on a project that already has a deployment plan.
Push an update to an application that's already live on Azure.
Deploy an app whose API Management or AI Gateway infrastructure was already provisioned.
Confirm that role-based access permissions have propagated before a Container Apps deployment goes live.
Recover automatically from a failed deployment step using built-in error handling.

NOT FOR

Creating a brand-new application or generating its infrastructure; use azure-prepare.
Creating or changing APIM resources; see the APIM deployment guide instead.

This is a saved copy of the skill's SKILL.md instructions. It may differ from the upstream file or the version you install.

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Azure Deploy

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE

PREREQUISITE: The azure-validate skill MUST be invoked and completed with status Validated BEFORE executing this skill.

⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED Before proceeding, verify BOTH prerequisites are met:

azure-prepare was invoked and completed → .azure/deployment-plan.md exists

azure-validate was invoked and passed → plan status = Validated

If EITHER is missing, STOP IMMEDIATELY:

No plan? → Invoke azure-prepare skill first

Status not Validated? → Invoke azure-validate skill first

⛔ DO NOT MANUALLY UPDATE THE PLAN STATUS

You are FORBIDDEN from changing the plan status to Validated yourself. Only the azure-validate skill is authorized to set this status after running actual validation checks. If you update the status without running validation, deployments will fail.

DO NOT ASSUME the app is ready. DO NOT SKIP validation to save time. Skipping steps causes deployment failures. The complete workflow ensures success:

azure-prepare → azure-validate → azure-deploy

Triggers

Activate this skill when user wants to:

Execute deployment of an already-prepared application (azure.yaml and infra/ exist)
Push updates to an existing Azure deployment
Run azd up, azd deploy, or az deployment on a prepared project
Ship already-built code to production
Deploy an application that already includes API Management (APIM) gateway infrastructure

Scope: This skill executes deployments. It does not create applications, generate infrastructure code, or scaffold projects. For those tasks, use azure-prepare.

APIM / AI Gateway: Use this skill to deploy applications whose APIM/AI gateway infrastructure was already created during azure-prepare. For creating or changing APIM resources, see APIM deployment guide. For AI governance policies, invoke azure-aigateway skill.

Rules

Run after azure-prepare and azure-validate
.azure/deployment-plan.md must exist with status Validated
Pre-deploy checklist required — Pre-Deploy Checklist
⛔ Destructive actions require ask_user — global-rules
Scope: deployment execution only — This skill owns execution of azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands. These commands are run through this skill's error recovery and verification pipeline.

Steps

#	Action	Reference
1	Check Plan — Read `.azure/deployment-plan.md`, verify status = `Validated` AND Validation Proof section is populated	`.azure/deployment-plan.md`
2	Pre-Deploy Checklist — MUST complete ALL steps	Pre-Deploy Checklist
3	Load Recipe — Based on `recipe.type` in `.azure/deployment-plan.md`	recipes/README.md
4	RBAC Health Check — For Container Apps + ACR with managed identity: run `azd provision --no-prompt`, then verify `AcrPull` role has propagated before proceeding (see checklist)	Pre-Deploy Checklist — Container Apps RBAC
5	Execute Deploy — Follow recipe steps	Recipe README
6	Post-Deploy — Configure SQL managed identity and apply EF migrations if applicable	Post-Deployment
7	Handle Errors — See recipe's `errors.md`	—
8	Verify Success — Confirm deployment completed and endpoints are accessible	Verification
9	Live Role Verification — Query Azure to confirm provisioned RBAC roles are correct and sufficient	live-role-verification.md
10	Report Results — Present deployed endpoint URLs to the user as fully-qualified `https://` links	Verification

⛔ URL FORMAT RULE

When presenting endpoint URLs to the user, you MUST always use fully-qualified URLs with the https:// scheme (e.g. https://myapp.azurewebsites.net, not myapp.azurewebsites.net). Many Azure CLI commands return bare hostnames without a scheme — always prepend https:// before presenting them.

⛔ VALIDATION PROOF CHECK

When checking the plan, verify the Validation Proof section (Section 7) contains actual validation results with commands run and timestamps. If this section is empty, validation was bypassed — invoke azure-validate skill first.

SDK Quick References

Azure Developer CLI: azd
Azure Identity: Python | .NET | TypeScript | Java

MCP Tools

Tool	Purpose
`mcp_azure_mcp_subscription_list`	List available subscriptions
`mcp_azure_mcp_group_list`	List resource groups in subscription
`mcp_azure_mcp_azd`	Execute AZD commands
`azure__role`	List role assignments for live RBAC verification (step 9)

References

Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
Post-Deployment Steps - SQL + EF Core setup

This skill ships inside the Azure Skills Plugin. Listed package contents include hooks and an MCP server. Installed components and skill versions may vary by AI tool.

Install the whole plugin

This route installs the azure plugin package selected for your AI tool.

GitHub Copilot CLI

Add Microsoft's marketplace, then install azure

Type both lines in an interactive GitHub Copilot CLI session, not at your shell prompt. They install Microsoft's azure plugin: Azure skills, this one included, plus the Azure MCP server.

Install checklist

An Azure account.
Node.js 22 or later: the plugin starts the Azure MCP server with npx.
An Azure sign-in, for example the Azure CLI with az login.
For deployment workflows, the Azure Developer CLI, signed in with azd auth login.

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills

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```
/plugin install azure@azure-skills
```

Installation and loading

To update later, Microsoft gives /plugin update azure@azure-skills.

Good to know

Microsoft advises installing it only on trusted devices, because npx fetches the MCP server using your .npmrc settings.
Its hooks report skill and MCP tool usage to Microsoft at session start and after tool calls. To opt out, set AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false where the agent runs.
In Copilot CLI, a project or personal skill with the same name takes precedence, and the plugin's copy is ignored.

Install without the plugin (incomplete)

What's missing

Installing just this skill adds only its own folder. Its instructions also call for other plugin components, such as shared scripts, reference files or other skills, which aren't included. Installing the whole plugin avoids this gap.

Run this outside your AI tool, using Node.js 22.20.0 or newer. Skills CLI 1.7.2 skips skill selection; prompts cancel installation without an interactive terminal. If choosing Project when asked about installation scope, open your project's folder before running this.

Install checklist

Check selected tools if a picker appears; Claude Code may be unchecked under Additional agents. ↑/↓ moves, Space toggles selections, Enter confirms.
Without a tool picker, check Installing to: for your intended tool. Stop if it names a different tool.
If asked, choose Symlink (Recommended) for shared files or Copy to all agents for separate copies; review the summary before confirming installation.
Install the find-skills skill? defaults to Yes, adding another skill for all projects. Choose No if you don't want that extra installation.

Skills CLI 1.7.2 sends install data to skills.sh by default, including the source, skill names, target tools and file details; GitHub sources are reported only when GitHub confirms the repository is public, while other remote sources can also be reported. Confirmed-public GitHub sources also trigger a security-audit request. Before installing, set the environment variable DO_NOT_TRACK=1 or DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1 to disable both.

npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill "azure-deploy" --full-depth

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What's inside

Files included with this skill.

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