Azure Storage Loader
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Load token usage data from Azure Table Storage for faster iteration and analysis in chat conversations
Expert knowledge for Azure Bastion development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastion --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/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .claude/skills/azure-bastion && 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 "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .claude/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastionType 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastion --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .agents/skills/azure-bastion && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .agents/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastion --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .cursor/skills/azure-bastion && 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 "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .cursor/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git --path skills/azure-bastion--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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastion --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .gemini/skills/azure-bastion && 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 "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .gemini/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastionInstalls 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .github/skills/azure-bastion && 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 "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .github/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-bastion --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-bastion .opencode/skills/azure-bastion && 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 "azure-bastion" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-bastion into .opencode/skills/azure-bastion/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-bastion", 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.
azure-bastionExpert knowledge for Azure Bastion development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.
Azure Bastion is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Bastion development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Bastion for AKS private clusters, VM scale sets, Entra ID auth, hub/spoke VNets, or IP-based cross-VNet access, and other Azure Bastion related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Requires network access. Uses mcpmicrosoftdocs:microsoftdocsfetch or fetchwebpage to retrieve documentation.
It sits in Development, covering Design patterns. It works with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Entra ID. The repository describes itself as: Curated Agent Skills for Microsoft & Azure – giving AI coding assistants structured, real-time expertise from Microsoft Learn docs. The licence is CC-BY-4.0.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ba74e8f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
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.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
learn.microsoft.comgithub.comFrom URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Azure Bastion loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 151 tokens; SKILL.md has 534 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.
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.
The full file from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills at commit ba74e8f, republished under its CC-BY-4.0 licence (© MicrosoftDocs). 534 words, ~1,751 tokens.
.claude/skills/azure-bastion/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Bastion. Covers best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Best Practices | L35-L39 | Guidance on reducing Azure Bastion costs through sizing, scaling, and usage patterns while maintaining secure remote access and compliance best practices. |
| Decision Making | L40-L46 | Guidance on choosing and upgrading Bastion SKU tiers and using IP-based Bastion connections across VNets, subscriptions, and environments. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L47-L53 | Architectural options and patterns for Azure Bastion: hub/spoke and peered VNets, private-only deployments, network/topology design, and deployment guidance for secure remote access. |
| Limits & Quotas | L54-L58 | Configuring Azure Bastion host scaling limits, including max concurrent RDP/SSH sessions, connection thresholds, and how to adjust or plan capacity for different SKUs. |
| Security | L59-L65 | Configuring secure Azure Bastion access: Entra ID auth setup, NSG rule hardening, and applying security benchmark best practices for Bastion deployments. |
| Configuration | L66-L77 | Configuring Bastion settings, Kerberos, monitoring/diagnostics, metrics/logs, native client access, session monitoring/recording, and shareable links for secure remote access. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L78-L85 | Using Bastion with AKS private clusters, VM scale sets, and native Windows/Linux clients, including RDP/SSH setup and file transfer workflows through Bastion. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Optimize Azure Bastion costs without reducing security | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/cost-optimization |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Select the appropriate Azure Bastion SKU tier | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/bastion-sku-comparison |
| Use Azure Bastion IP-based connections across environments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/connect-ip-address |
| View and upgrade Azure Bastion SKU tiers safely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/upgrade-sku |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand Azure Bastion deployment architectures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/design-architecture |
| Design and deploy private-only Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/private-only-deployment |
| Use Azure Bastion with VNet peering architectures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/vnet-peering |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure Azure Bastion host scaling limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/configure-host-scaling |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure Entra ID authentication for Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/bastion-entra-id-authentication |
| Configure Azure Bastion NSG rules for secure access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/bastion-nsg |
| Secure Azure Bastion deployments using benchmark guidance | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/secure-bastion |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand and manage Azure Bastion configuration settings | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/configuration-settings |
| Configure Kerberos authentication for Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/kerberos-authentication-portal |
| Configure monitoring and diagnostics for Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/monitor-bastion |
| Reference Azure Bastion monitoring metrics and logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/monitor-bastion-reference |
| Configure Azure Bastion for native client access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/native-client |
| Monitor and manage active Azure Bastion sessions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/session-monitoring |
| Configure and use Azure Bastion session recording | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/session-recording |
| Create and manage Azure Bastion shareable links | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/shareable-link |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Connect to AKS private clusters via Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/bastion-connect-to-aks-private-cluster |
| Connect to VM scale sets using Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/bastion-connect-vm-scale-set |
| Connect from Linux native clients through Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/connect-vm-native-client-linux |
| Connect from Windows native clients through Azure Bastion | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/connect-vm-native-client-windows |
| Transfer files via Azure Bastion native clients | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bastion/vm-upload-download-native |
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Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-bastion of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f
Azure Bastion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Bastion this skillMicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills | 777 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Azure Storage Loaderrajbos/ai-engineering-fluency | 116 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Entra Agent Idmicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure | 255 | 3 repos | ~4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure App Service Securityvinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills | 175 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure Identity Dotnetmicrosoft/skills | 3.1k | 6 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure Postgres TSmicrosoft/skills | 3.1k | 5 repos | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Expert knowledge for Azure Bastion development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Azure Bastion is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Bastion development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns.
Azure Bastion fits situations like: configuring Bastion for AKS private clusters; hub/spoke VNets; IP-based cross-VNet access; other Azure Bastion related development tasks.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-bastion in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-bastion in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-bastion in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-bastion in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-bastion -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-bastion, .gemini/skills/azure-bastion, .github/skills/azure-bastion and .opencode/skills/azure-bastion in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Bastion is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation..
SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: learn.microsoft.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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.
Azure Bastion is published under the CC-BY-4.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Bastion: Azure Storage Loader (rajbos/ai-engineering-fluency, 116 stars), Entra Agent Id (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), Azure App Service Security (vinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills, 175 stars) and Azure Identity Dotnet (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
MicrosoftDocs (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, which has 777 GitHub stars. The repository holds 149 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.