Official agent skill

Sdaf Media Diagnostics

by Azure in Azure/sap-automation

Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Sdaf Media Diagnostics

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Azure/sap-automation --skill sdaf-media-diagnostics -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Azure/sap-automation sdaf-media-diagnostics --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/sap-automation.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics .claude/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
sdaf-media-diagnostics
GitHub stars
145
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
551 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected.

  • Works in 4 steps: Classify the failing lane → Walk the symptom map → Re-read the current BOM and documented… → …
  • A user says downloadmenu failed
  • SKILL.md covers When to invoke, Preconditions, Recipe and Special boundary: SPS-level…, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Sdaf Media Diagnostics is an agent skill from Azure/sap-automation, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected. Covers the documented local media path, SAP download, storage-account upload/download, checksum validation, and SAPCAR / .EXE extraction. Use when a user says "downloadmenu failed", "BOM downloader 404", "missing archive", "checksum mismatch", "SAPCAR failed", "bom-processing-done missing", or "my SPS07 media run can't find a file". Do NOT use to choose a BOM (see sdaf-bom-selection), to run a clean first-time media…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/media-symptom-map.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. The repository describes itself as: This is the repository supporting the SAP deployment automation framework on Azure. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A user says downloadmenu failed
  • BOM downloader 404
  • Missing archive
  • Checksum mismatch

Example prompts

  • “downloadmenu failed”
  • “BOM downloader 404”
  • “missing archive”
  • “/sdaf-media-diagnostics”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): shell

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Classify the failing lane
  2. Walk the symptom map
  3. Re-read the current BOM and documented inputs
  4. Retry only the minimal documented step

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 78835f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • shell

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Sdaf Media Diagnostics loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 155 tokens; SKILL.md has 551 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~155
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Azure/sap-automation at commit 78835f0, republished under its MIT licence (© Azure). 551 words, ~1,340 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
sdaf-media-diagnostics
description
Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected. Covers the documented local media path, SAP download, storage-account upload/download, checksum validation, and `SAPCAR` / `.EXE` extraction. Use when a user says "download_menu failed", "BOM downloader 404", "missing archive", "checksum mismatch", "SAPCAR failed", "bom-processing-done missing", or "my SPS07 media run can't find a file". Do NOT use to choose a BOM (see `sdaf-bom-selection`), to run a clean first-time media download with no failure, or to diagnose a later non-media install failure.
allowed-tools
shell
license
MIT

SDAF Media Diagnostics

Action-loop skill. Diagnoses failures on the local software path after the operator already chose the BOM and started either download_menu.sh or BOM processing from configuration_menu.sh. Grounded in docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md, docs/local/troubleshooting.md, and docs/PLUGINS.md. No invented recovery paths.

When to invoke

Trigger on: "download_menu failed", "BOM downloader 404", "missing archive", "checksum mismatch", "SAPCAR failed", "bom-processing-done missing", "SPS07 media file missing".

Do NOT trigger on: choosing a BOM/version, running a clean first download, or a later DB/SAP install failure after media staging.

Preconditions

  • Collect the exact failing command or menu step, exit code, and last 200 lines of output.
  • Identify whether the failure happened in:
    • the documented media acquisition step; or
    • BOM processing during configuration and installation.
  • If the operator only says "SPS07" or similar product/version words, ask whether this is a BOM-choice question or a concrete failing file.

Recipe

Step 1 — Classify the failing lane
  • Acquisition lane — use docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md § Download software and its documented inputs.
  • Processing lane — use § Run configuration and installation and its safe-retry guidance.
  • If the failure is in a later numbered install playbook rather than BOM acquisition / processing, stop and route to sdaf-sap-installation or sdaf-failure-triage if the install-stage owner is still ambiguous.
Step 2 — Walk the symptom map

Use references/media-symptom-map.md and match the exact signature before suggesting any retry. The map covers:

  • missing sap-parameters.yaml / BOM_CATALOG
  • BOM not found
  • s_user / s_password or storage-account auth failures
  • archive 404 / missing blob
  • checksum mismatch
  • SAPCAR / .EXE extraction failures
  • missing .progress/bom-processing-done
  • offline / air-gapped asks that the repo does not document

If nothing matches, say the shipped docs/code do not describe this media failure and stop.

Step 3 — Re-read the current BOM and documented inputs

The authoritative inputs are the current sap-parameters.yaml, the selected BOM YAML, and the operator documentation:

  • docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md § Inputs and BOM ownership — BOM_CATALOG must point at the samples root; download_menu.sh requires application_bom_name, database_bom_name, sap_kernel_bom_name, and save_bom_as.
  • docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md § Configuration preparation — review the current BOM's URLs, archive names, checksums, and target product versions. Do not rename files, replace URLs, or invent checksums from memory.
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Step 4 — Retry only the minimal documented step
  • For acquisition-lane failures, fix the matched precondition or BOM/input issue, then rerun BOM Downloader from download_menu.sh.
  • For processing-lane failures, rerun the smallest applicable playbook from configuration_menu.sh; docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md § Safe retry says to review the failed numbered playbook, output, and progress marker first.
  • Use the documented completion evidence; do not create or delete progress markers manually.

Special boundary: SPS-level questions

The local docs tell operators to review BOM names, URLs, archive names, checksums, and target product versions, but they do not ship an SPS07-specific troubleshooting runbook. Use this rule:

  • "Which BOM/version do I need for SPS07?" → sdaf-bom-selection.
  • "The already-selected SPS07 media set is failing with a missing archive, checksum, or extract error" → stay here and work the exact failing file/log through the symptom map.

Hard rules

  • Documented behaviour only. docs/PLUGINS.md explicitly says air-gapped / offline media is outside shipped guidance.
  • Do not invent new BOM contents, replacement URLs, checksums, or SPS mappings.
  • Do not treat a generic later install failure as a media problem without a matching acquisition / processing anchor.
  • Do not delete .progress markers or storage blobs merely to force a rerun.

See also

  • sdaf-bom-selection — choose product vs component BOMs and compatibility guardrails.
  • sdaf-media-acquisition — clean first-time media download once the failure boundary is gone.
  • sdaf-failure-triage — non-media or ambiguous stage failures.
  • docs/local/06-00-software-and-installation.md, docs/local/troubleshooting.md, docs/PLUGINS.md.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics of Azure/sap-automation.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/media-symptom-map.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 78835f0

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Questions about Sdaf Media Diagnostics

What does Sdaf Media Diagnostics do?

Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected. Sdaf Media Diagnostics is an agent skill from Azure/sap-automation, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Diagnose SDAF software-download and BOM-processing failures after a BOM is already selected.

When should I use Sdaf Media Diagnostics?

Sdaf Media Diagnostics fits situations like: A user says downloadmenu failed; BOM downloader 404; missing archive; checksum mismatch.

How do I install Sdaf Media Diagnostics in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Azure/sap-automation --skill sdaf-media-diagnostics -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics in Azure/sap-automation) into .claude/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Sdaf Media Diagnostics in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Azure/sap-automation --skill sdaf-media-diagnostics -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics in Azure/sap-automation) into .agents/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Sdaf Media Diagnostics in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Azure/sap-automation --skill sdaf-media-diagnostics -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics, .gemini/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics, .github/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics and .opencode/skills/sdaf-media-diagnostics in your project.

What does Sdaf Media Diagnostics need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Sdaf Media Diagnostics is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: shell.

Does Sdaf Media Diagnostics access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Sdaf Media Diagnostics safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Sdaf Media Diagnostics use?

Sdaf Media Diagnostics is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Sdaf Media Diagnostics use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 289 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Sdaf Media Diagnostics?

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Who maintains Sdaf Media Diagnostics?

Azure (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in Azure/sap-automation, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: Azure/sap-automation on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.