Official agent skill

Azure Messaging

by microsoft in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure

Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus.

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Install Azure Messaging

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-messaging -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure azure-messaging --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/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-messaging .claude/skills/azure-messaging && 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
azure-messaging
GitHub stars
255
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~821 tokens
SKILL.md length
255 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
56
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus.

  • Works in 6 steps: Identify the SDK and version — Check the… → Check resource health — Use… → Review the error message — Match against… → …
  • Tasks that involve Data pipelines and ETL
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, When to Use This Skill, MCP Tools and Diagnosis Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Azure Messaging is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration problems. WHEN: event hub SDK error, service bus SDK issue, messaging connection failure, AMQP error, event processor host issue, message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal, lock renewal batch, send timeout, receiver disconnected, SDK troubleshooting, azure messaging SDK, event hub consumer, service bus queue issue…

Its SKILL.md is about 820 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `version.json`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data pipelines and ETL. It works with Microsoft Azure, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus and Java. The repository describes itself as: GitHub Copilot for Azure. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Data pipelines and ETL

Example prompts

  • “/azure-messaging”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the SDK and version — Check the prompt for SDK and version clues; if not stated, proceed with diagnosis and ask later if needed
  2. Check resource health — Use mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth to verify the namespace is healthy
  3. Review the error message — Match against language-specific troubleshooting guide
  4. Look up documentation — Use mcp_azure_mcp_documentation to search Microsoft Learn for the error or topic
  5. Check configuration — Verify connection string, entity name, consumer group
  6. Recommend fix — Apply remediation, citing documentation found

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fcf2f3b. 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

    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

Azure Messaging loads about 821 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 233 tokens; SKILL.md has 255 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~233
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~821

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 microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure at commit fcf2f3b, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 255 words, ~821 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-messaging/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
azure-messaging
description
Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration problems. WHEN: event hub SDK error, service bus SDK issue, messaging connection failure, AMQP error, event processor host issue, message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal, lock renewal batch, send timeout, receiver disconnected, SDK troubleshooting, azure messaging SDK, event hub consumer, service bus queue issue, topic subscription error, enable logging event hub, service bus logging, eventhub python, servicebus java, eventhub javascript, servicebus dotnet, event hub checkpoint, event hub not receiving messages, service bus dead letter, batch processing lock, session lock expired, idle timeout, connection inactive, link detach, slow reconnect, session error, duplicate events, offset reset, receive batch.
license
MIT
metadata.author
Microsoft
metadata.version
0.0.0-placeholder

Azure Messaging SDK Troubleshooting

Quick Reference

PropertyValue
ServicesAzure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus
MCP Toolsmcp_azure_mcp_eventhubs, mcp_azure_mcp_servicebus
Best ForDiagnosing SDK connection, auth, and message processing issues

When to Use This Skill

  • SDK connection failures, auth errors, or AMQP link errors
  • Idle timeout, connection inactivity, or slow reconnection after disconnect
  • AMQP link detach or detach-forced errors
  • Message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal failures, or batch lock timeouts
  • Session lock lost, session lock expired, or session receiver errors
  • Event processor or message handler stops processing
  • Duplicate events or checkpoint offset resets
  • SDK configuration questions (retry, prefetch, batch size, receive batch behavior)

MCP Tools

ToolCommandUse
mcp_azure_mcp_eventhubsNamespace/hub opsList namespaces, hubs, consumer groups
mcp_azure_mcp_servicebusQueue/topic opsList namespaces, queues, topics, subscriptions
mcp_azure_mcp_monitorlogs_queryQuery diagnostic logs with KQL
mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealthgetCheck service health status
mcp_azure_mcp_documentationDoc searchSearch Microsoft Learn for troubleshooting docs

Diagnosis Workflow

  1. Identify the SDK and version — Check the prompt for SDK and version clues; if not stated, proceed with diagnosis and ask later if needed
  2. Check resource health — Use mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth to verify the namespace is healthy
  3. Review the error message — Match against language-specific troubleshooting guide
  4. Look up documentation — Use mcp_azure_mcp_documentation to search Microsoft Learn for the error or topic
  5. Check configuration — Verify connection string, entity name, consumer group
  6. Recommend fix — Apply remediation, citing documentation found

Troubleshooting Guides

Connectivity, SDK, and auth troubleshooting guides are located in the azure-diagnostics skill under troubleshooting/messaging/.

References

  • Use mcp_azure_mcp_documentation to search Microsoft Learn for latest guidance.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-messaging of microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.

  • SKILL.md
  • version.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fcf2f3b

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.

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Questions about Azure Messaging

What does Azure Messaging do?

Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Azure Messaging is an agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus.

When should I use Azure Messaging?

Azure Messaging fits situations like: tasks that involve Data pipelines and ETL.

How do I install Azure Messaging in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-messaging -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-messaging in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .claude/skills/azure-messaging in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Azure Messaging in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-messaging -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-messaging in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure) into .agents/skills/azure-messaging in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Azure Messaging 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 microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure --skill azure-messaging -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/azure-messaging, .gemini/skills/azure-messaging, .github/skills/azure-messaging and .opencode/skills/azure-messaging in your project.

What does Azure Messaging need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Messaging is instructions for the agent only.

Does Azure Messaging 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 Azure Messaging 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 Azure Messaging use?

Azure Messaging 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 Azure Messaging use?

About 821 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Azure Messaging?

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Who maintains Azure Messaging?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, which has 255 GitHub stars. The repository holds 56 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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