Apex Microsoft Docs

What it does

When your agent uses it

• : Azure pricing
• Route pricing through the cost-estimate subagent

Example prompts

• “Microsoft Learn”
• “Azure docs”
• “quickstart guide”
• “/apex-microsoft-docs”

Requirements

• Node.js
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Works through the Azure MCP `documentation` namespace (`mcp_azure-mcp_documentation`), which proxies the Microsoft Learn MCP backend at `https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp`. Can also use the `mslearn` CLI as a fallback.

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Frame the question — service, version, intent (quickstart / config / limits / best practice)
2. 2microsoft_docs_search with a specific query
3. 3Read the excerpts — if they cover the question, stop
4. 4microsoft_docs_fetch on the most relevant URL only when the excerpt is cut off
5. 5microsoft_code_sample_search when the user wants runnable examples
6. 6Cite sources — include the learn.microsoft.com URL

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 15a629a. 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

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • npx

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, 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

  Works through the Azure MCP `documentation` namespace (`mcp_azure-mcp_documentation`), which proxies the Microsoft Learn MCP backend at `https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp`. Can also use the `mslearn` CLI as a fallback.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Apex Microsoft Docs loads about 966 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 269 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~89

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

~966

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jonathan-vella/apex at commit 15a629a, republished under its MIT licence (© jonathan-vella). 269 words, ~966 tokens.

name

apex-microsoft-docs

description

**ANALYSIS SKILL** — Query official Microsoft documentation to understand concepts, find tutorials, and learn how services work. WHEN: "Microsoft Learn", "Azure docs", "quickstart guide", "limits and quotas", "WAF reference", "architecture pattern docs". DO NOT USE FOR: Azure pricing; route pricing through the cost-estimate subagent.

compatibility

Works through the Azure MCP `documentation` namespace (`mcp_azure-mcp_documentation`), which proxies the Microsoft Learn MCP backend at `https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp`. Can also use the `mslearn` CLI as a fallback.

user-invocable

true

disable-model-invocation

false

argument-hint

query or documentation URL

license

MIT

metadata.author

microsoftdocs

metadata.version

2.0

metadata.category

documentation

// Tool: mcp_azure-mcp_documentation
{
  "intent": "find AKS private cluster guidance",
  "command": "microsoft_docs_search",
  "parameters": { "query": "AKS private cluster best practices" }
}

npx @microsoft/learn-cli search "azure functions timeout"

© 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

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/apex-microsoft-docs of jonathan-vella/apex.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 15a629a