Deploying To Azure

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Running azd commands
• Deploying containers
• Debugging deployment failures
• Updating infrastructure in this repository

Example prompts

• “Use the deploying-to-azure skill to provide deployment commands and troubleshooting for Azure Container Apps”
• “/deploying-to-azure”

Requirements

• Docker

Workflow steps

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

1. 1preprovision → AI Foundry auto-discovery + tenant detection. For CI: azd env set ENTRA_SERVICE_MANAGEMENT_REFERENCE ""
2. 2provision → Deploy Azure resources via Bicep (infrastructure + Entra app via Microsoft Graph Bicep extension + placeholder container image)
3. 3postprovision → Sets identifierUri on Entra app + updates redirect URIs + assigns RBAC to AI Foundry + generates local dev config
4. 4predeploy → Builds container (local Docker or ACR cloud build)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f6cb362. 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:

  • az

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • learn.microsoft.com
  • ai.azure.com

  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

Deploying To Azure loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 650 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~56

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

~2.2k

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

• WarningMentions a credentials file (SSH keys, cloud or package-manager tokens)SKILL.md:80

  - Custom npm registries: Add `.npmrc` to `frontend/` directory

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:102

  _ID not set` | Run `azd up` to generate `.env` files |

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:147

  4. Generates local dev config files (`.env.local` for frontend, `.env` for backend)

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:174

  # Remove local .env files to prevent localhost config

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:175

  RUN rm -f .env.local .env.development .env

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 microsoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp at commit f6cb362, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft-foundry). 650 words, ~2,207 tokens.

name

deploying-to-azure

description

Provides deployment commands and troubleshooting for Azure Container Apps. Use when running azd commands, deploying containers, debugging deployment failures, or updating infrastructure in this repository.

runSubagent(
  prompt: "ANALYSIS task - analyze deployment issue.
    
    **Problem**: [describe the deployment failure]
    
    **Run these commands**:
    1. az containerapp logs show --name <app> --resource-group <rg> --tail 200
    2. az containerapp show --name <app> --resource-group <rg> --query 'properties.provisioningState'
    
    **Find**:
    - Error messages or stack traces
    - Resource provisioning failures
    - Configuration mismatches
    
    **Return** (max 15 lines):
    - Root cause (1-2 sentences)
    - Key error lines only (max 5)
    - Suggested fix command
    
    Do NOT include full log output.",
  description: "Debug: [deployment issue]"
)

azd env set AI_FOUNDRY_RESOURCE_GROUP <rg>
azd provision

# Check current container image
az containerapp show --name $app --resource-group $rg `
    --query "properties.template.containers[0].image"

# View container logs
az containerapp logs show --name $app --resource-group $rg --tail 100

# Check RBAC assignments
$principalId = az containerapp show --name $app --resource-group $rg `
    --query "identity.principalId" -o tsv
az role assignment list --assignee $principalId

# Stage 1: Build React Frontend
FROM node:22-alpine AS frontend-builder
ARG ENTRA_SPA_CLIENT_ID
ARG ENTRA_TENANT_ID
WORKDIR /app/frontend
COPY frontend/ ./
RUN npm ci
# Remove local .env files to prevent localhost config
RUN rm -f .env.local .env.development .env
ENV NODE_ENV=production
ENV VITE_ENTRA_SPA_CLIENT_ID=$ENTRA_SPA_CLIENT_ID
ENV VITE_ENTRA_TENANT_ID=$ENTRA_TENANT_ID
RUN npm run build

# Stage 2: Build .NET Backend
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS backend-builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY backend/WebApp.sln ./
COPY backend/WebApp.Api/WebApp.Api.csproj ./backend/WebApp.Api/
COPY backend/WebApp.ServiceDefaults/WebApp.ServiceDefaults.csproj ./backend/WebApp.ServiceDefaults/
RUN dotnet restore backend/WebApp.Api/WebApp.Api.csproj
COPY backend/ ./backend/
RUN dotnet publish backend/WebApp.Api/WebApp.Api.csproj -c Release -o /app/publish

# Stage 3: Runtime - Single container serving API + static files
FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:10.0-alpine
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=backend-builder /app/publish ./
COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/frontend/dist ./wwwroot
EXPOSE 8080
ENV ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080
ENV ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "WebApp.Api.dll"]

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/deploying-to-azure of microsoft-foundry/foundry-agent-webapp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f6cb362