Onboarding Validation
open-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites
Validate the get-started experience of Open Edge Platform (OEP) software components from the perspective of a first-time user.
Validate a container image change via backdoor deployment. An agent skill from microsoft/Docker-Provider.
Install Backdoor Deployment
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deployment --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .claude/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .claude/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deploymentType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deployment --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .agents/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .agents/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deployment --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .cursor/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .cursor/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git --path .github/skills/backdoor-deployment--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deployment --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .gemini/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .gemini/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deploymentInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .github/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .github/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/Docker-Provider backdoor-deployment --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment .opencode/skills/backdoor-deployment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "backdoor-deployment" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Docker-Provider/tree/ci_prod/.github/skills/backdoor-deployment into .opencode/skills/backdoor-deployment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "backdoor-deployment", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
backdoor-deployment- GitHub stars
- 173
- Token cost
- ~7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,676 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 4
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Validate a container image change via backdoor deployment. An agent skill from microsoft/Docker-Provider.
- Works in 3 steps: Obtain Build + Deploy Production Image… → Deploy Test Image (after build completes) → Compare Results
- : deploying test image to a cluster
- SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Derived Values, Build Pipeline and General Rules, plus 2 more sections
- Calls az, kubectl and helm; reaches dev.azure.com
What it does
Backdoor Deployment is an agent skill from microsoft/Docker-Provider, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Validate a container image change via backdoor deployment. Use when: deploying test image to a cluster, comparing data volume between deployments, comparing resource consumption, backdoor deploy, validate container image, image regression testing, build and deploy branch.
Its SKILL.md is about 7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Deployment, Containers and QA and bug reports. It works with Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes. The repository describes itself as: Azure Monitor for Containers.
When your agent uses it
- : deploying test image to a cluster
- Comparing data volume between deployments
- Comparing resource consumption
- Backdoor deploy
Example prompts
- “/backdoor-deployment”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Obtain Build + Deploy Production Image (parallel)
- Deploy Test Image (after build completes)
- Compare Results
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 586b305. 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:
azkubectlhelmjqgit
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
dev.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
Backdoor Deployment loads about 7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,676 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,676 words (~6,958 tokens).
“Validates a container image change by deploying the current production image, collecting baseline data, then deploying the test image (from a CI build) and comparing data volume and resource consumption. No regressions = pass.”
- name
- backdoor-deployment
- argument-hint
- Provide branch name and cluster resource ID (production image, chart path, and workspace are auto-detected)
Files
Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/backdoor-deployment of microsoft/Docker-Provider.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 586b305
Compare with similar skills
Backdoor Deployment next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backdoor Deployment this skillmicrosoft/Docker-Provider | 173 | — | ~7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Onboarding Validationopen-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites | 140 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Aspire DeploymentCommunityToolkit/Aspire | 629 | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Deploy DiagnosticsEmeaAppGbb/spec2cloud | 100 | — | ~511 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Senior DevOps Toolkitmaslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit | 259 | 6 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| LangBot Deployment Guidelangbot-app/LangBot | 18k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 |
Similar skills
Aspire Deployment
CommunityToolkit/Aspire
WORKFLOW SKILL — Deploy Aspire apps from AppHost models to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, or preview Radius.
Deploy Diagnostics
EmeaAppGbb/spec2cloud
Diagnose and resolve Azure deployment failures by analyzing error output, checking Azure resource state, and suggesting fixes.
Senior DevOps Toolkit
maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit
Comprehensive DevOps skill for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, containerization, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). Includes pipeline setup…
LangBot Deployment Guide
langbot-app/LangBot
Deploys and configures a LangBot instance with Docker Compose or Kubernetes, covering config.yaml, the Box sandbox runtime, the plugin runtime and the global API key.
- Official
Debug Openshell Cluster
NVIDIA/OpenShell
Debug why an OpenShell gateway deployment is unhealthy, unreachable, or unable to create sandboxes.
More from microsoft/Docker-Provider
- Official
Ama Logs Update Charts Release Notes
microsoft/Docker-Provider
Prepare an ama-logs release PR: bump the image tag (X.Y.Z) across Helm charts, manifests, and Dockerfiles, and add a formatted ReleaseNotes.md entry.
- Official
Multiline Validation
microsoft/Docker-Provider
Validate multi-line log stitching behavior for an ama-logs image change.
- Official
Upgrade Telegraf
microsoft/Docker-Provider
Upgrade Telegraf to a new version in the dalec-build-defs repo.
Related
Works with
Categories
Questions about Backdoor Deployment
What does Backdoor Deployment do?
Validate a container image change via backdoor deployment. An agent skill from microsoft/Docker-Provider. Backdoor Deployment is an agent skill from microsoft/Docker-Provider, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Validate a container image change via backdoor deployment.
When should I use Backdoor Deployment?
Backdoor Deployment fits situations like: : deploying test image to a cluster; comparing data volume between deployments; comparing resource consumption; backdoor deploy.
How do I install Backdoor Deployment in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/backdoor-deployment in microsoft/Docker-Provider) into .claude/skills/backdoor-deployment in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Backdoor Deployment in Codex?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/backdoor-deployment in microsoft/Docker-Provider) into .agents/skills/backdoor-deployment in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Backdoor Deployment 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/Docker-Provider --skill backdoor-deployment -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/backdoor-deployment, .gemini/skills/backdoor-deployment, .github/skills/backdoor-deployment and .opencode/skills/backdoor-deployment in your project.
What does Backdoor Deployment need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Backdoor Deployment needs the command-line tools its instructions call (az, kubectl, helm, jq and git).
Does Backdoor Deployment access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: dev.azure.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Backdoor Deployment 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 Backdoor Deployment use?
Backdoor Deployment has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Backdoor Deployment use?
About 7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k 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 Backdoor Deployment?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Backdoor Deployment: Onboarding Validation (open-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites, 140 stars), Aspire Deployment (CommunityToolkit/Aspire, 629 stars), Deploy Diagnostics (EmeaAppGbb/spec2cloud, 100 stars) and Senior DevOps Toolkit (maslennikov-ig/claude-code-orchestrator-kit, 259 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Backdoor Deployment?
microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/Docker-Provider, which has 173 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: microsoft/Docker-Provider on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.