Azure Diagnostics

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Container orchestration
• Tasks that involve Root cause analysis
• Tasks that involve Deployment

Example prompts

• “/azure-diagnostics”

Requirements

• A Bash shell
• PowerShell

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Start with systematic diagnosis flow
2. 2Use AppLens (MCP) for AI-powered diagnostics when available
3. 3Check resource health before deep-diving into logs
4. 4Select appropriate troubleshooting guide based on service type
5. 5Document findings and attempted remediation steps
6. 6Route AKS incidents to the dedicated AKS troubleshooting document

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d8f4f4e. 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 10 files in scripts/ (PowerShell and Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • az

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

• Network

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

Context cost

Azure Diagnostics loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 197 tokens; SKILL.md has 447 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~197

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

~1.6k

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

~6.1k

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 microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure at commit d8f4f4e, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 447 words, ~1,596 tokens.

name

azure-diagnostics

description

Debug Azure production issues on Azure using AppLens, Azure Monitor, resource health, and safe triage. WHEN: debug production issues, troubleshoot app service, app service high CPU, app service deployment failure, troubleshoot container apps, troubleshoot functions, troubleshoot AKS, VM RDP, Linux SSH, VM black screen, can't connect to VM, reset VM password, NSG or firewall blocking, kubectl cannot connect, kube-system/CoreDNS failures, pod pending, crashloop, node not ready, upgrade failures, analyze logs, KQL, insights, image pull failures, cold start issues, health probe failures, resource health, root cause of errors, troubleshoot event hubs, troubleshoot service bus, messaging SDK error, AMQP connection failure, message lock lost, service bus dead letter.

license

MIT

metadata.author

Microsoft

metadata.version

0.0.0-placeholder

# Check resource health
az resource show --ids RESOURCE_ID
# View activity log
az monitor activity-log list -g RG --max-events 20
# Container Apps logs
az containerapp logs show --name APP -g RG --follow
# Function App logs (query App Insights traces)
az monitor app-insights query --apps APP-INSIGHTS -g RG \
  --analytics-query "traces | where timestamp > ago(1h) | order by timestamp desc | take 50"

mcp_azure_mcp_applens
  intent: "diagnose issues with <resource-name>"
  command: "diagnose"
  parameters:
    resourceId: "<resource-id>"

Provides:
- Automated issue detection
- Root cause analysis
- Remediation recommendations

mcp_azure_mcp_monitor
  intent: "query logs for <resource-name>"
  command: "logs_query"
  parameters:
    workspaceId: "<workspace-id>"
    query: "<KQL-query>"

mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth
  intent: "check health status of <resource-name>"
  command: "get"
  parameters:
    resourceId: "<resource-id>"

# Check specific resource health
az resource show --ids RESOURCE_ID

# Check recent activity
az monitor activity-log list -g RG --max-events 20

© microsoft, 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 57 other files (scripts, references) in plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics of microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.

• SKILL.md
• references/app-service/README.md
• references/azure-resource-graph.md
• references/container-apps/README.md
• references/functions/README.md
• references/kql-queries.md
• scripts/aks-baseline.ps1
• scripts/aks-baseline.sh
• scripts/appservice-diagnostics.ps1
• scripts/appservice-diagnostics.sh
• scripts/containerapp-diagnostics.ps1
• scripts/containerapp-diagnostics.sh
• scripts/pod-evidence.ps1
• scripts/pod-evidence.sh
• scripts/run-ig.ps1
• scripts/run-ig.sh
• … and 42 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d8f4f4e

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• microsoft/azure-skillsskills/azure-diagnostics.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics
• microsoft/skills.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics
• aiskillstore/marketplaceskills/microsoft/azure-diagnostics