Apex Azure Governance Discovery

What it does

When your agent uses it

• : artifact writing
• Architecture mapping

Example prompts

• “Azure policy discovery”
• “effective policy assignments”
• “governance constraints”
• “/apex-azure-governance-discovery”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires Python 3.14, Azure CLI on PATH, read access to the target subscription.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d0d3f18. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 7 files in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • az
  • python
  • pytest
  • npm

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use az and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  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.

• Compatibility

  Requires Python 3.14, Azure CLI on PATH, read access to the target subscription.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Apex Azure Governance Discovery loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~17k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 702 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~100

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~17k

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

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jonathan-vella/apex at commit d0d3f18, republished under its MIT licence (© jonathan-vella). 702 words, ~2,094 tokens.

name

apex-azure-governance-discovery

description

**ANALYSIS SKILL** — Azure Policy discovery: effective assignments (incl. MG-inherited), definitions/exemptions, effect classification, emits governance-constraints JSON. WHEN: 'Azure policy discovery', 'effective policy assignments', 'governance constraints', '04g-Governance Phase 1', 'refresh governance JSON'. DO NOT USE FOR: artifact writing, architecture mapping.

compatibility

Requires Python 3.14, Azure CLI on PATH, read access to the target subscription.

user-invocable

true

disable-model-invocation

false

argument-hint

project, subscription scope and discovery or refresh

python .github/skills/apex-azure-governance-discovery/scripts/discover.py \
    --project my-project \
    --out agent-output/my-project/04-governance-constraints.json

{
  "status": "COMPLETE",
  "cache_hit": false,
  "assignment_total": 247,
  "blockers": 18,
  "auto_remediate": 12,
  "exempted": 3,
  "out_path": "agent-output/my-project/04-governance-constraints.json"
}

pytest .github/skills/apex-azure-governance-discovery/scripts/test_discover.py
# or
npm run test:governance-discovery

© jonathan-vella, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 19 other files (scripts, references) in .github/skills/apex-azure-governance-discovery of jonathan-vella/apex.

• SKILL.md
• references/baseline-check.md
• references/discover-output.md
• references/effect-classification.md
• references/inline-resolution-gate.md
• references/l0-envelope.md
• references/policy-override-pattern.md
• references/reconciliation-disposition.md
• references/resume-checks.md
• references/schema.md
• references/terminal-commands.md
• scripts/discover.py
• scripts/fixtures/README.md
• scripts/governance_baseline.py
• scripts/render_cached_governance.py
• scripts/render_governance.py
• scripts/test_discover.py
• scripts/test_governance_baseline.py
• … and 2 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d0d3f18