Azure Validate
microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure
Pre-deployment validation for Azure readiness. An agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
Expert knowledge for Azure Cache for Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment.
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-cache-redis -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-cache-redis --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-cache-redis .claude/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .claude/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redisType 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-cache-redis -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-cache-redis --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-cache-redis .agents/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .agents/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redis -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-cache-redis --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-cache-redis .cursor/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .cursor/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redis--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-cache-redis -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-cache-redis --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-cache-redis .gemini/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .gemini/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redisInstalls 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-cache-redis -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-cache-redis .github/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .github/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redis -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-cache-redis --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-cache-redis .opencode/skills/azure-cache-redis && 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-cache-redis" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-cache-redis into .opencode/skills/azure-cache-redis/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-cache-redis", 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-cache-redisExpert knowledge for Azure Cache for Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment.
Azure Cache Redis is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Cache for Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment. Use when configuring geo-replication, persistence, VNet/private endpoints, Entra/RBAC auth, or ARM/Bicep deployments, and other Azure Cache for Redis related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Redis (use azure-managed-redis), Azure Cosmos DB (use azure-cosmos-db), Azure Table Storage (use azure-table-storage).
Its SKILL.md is about 2.9k 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 Databases, covering Deployment, Design patterns and Authorization and RBAC. It works with Microsoft Azure, Redis, Azure Cosmos DB and Bicep. 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 Cache Redis loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 131 tokens; SKILL.md has 794 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). 794 words, ~2,910 tokens.
.claude/skills/azure-cache-redis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cache for Redis. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L35-L43 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Cache for Redis issues: client/server errors, connectivity, data loss, latency, and timeouts, plus targeted troubleshooting steps. |
| Best Practices | L44-L58 | Best practices for client usage, reliability, scaling, memory, performance testing, monitoring, failover behavior, and Kubernetes/Enterprise tier usage in Azure Cache for Redis |
| Decision Making | L59-L68 | Guidance on sizing and tier selection, cost reservations, network isolation options, and planning/migrating Redis caches, including retirement and Private Link migrations. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L69-L73 | Strategies for architecting highly available Redis caches on Azure, including redundancy, failover, disaster recovery, and SLA-focused design patterns. |
| Security | L74-L86 | Securing Azure Cache for Redis: Entra auth/RBAC, TLS config, disk encryption, private endpoints/VNet, managed identities, and Azure Policy compliance settings. |
| Configuration | L87-L106 | Configuring and operating Azure Cache for Redis: server settings, geo-replication, persistence, zone redundancy, monitoring/logging, CLI/PowerShell management, and data import/export. |
| Deployment | L107-L114 | Scaling, upgrading, and region-moving Redis caches, plus deploying them via ARM/Bicep templates and managing tier/version/region changes. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Access client-specific troubleshooting for Azure Cache | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-troubleshoot-client |
| Troubleshoot connectivity issues with Azure Cache for Redis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-troubleshoot-connectivity |
| Diagnose and fix data loss in Azure Cache for Redis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-troubleshoot-data-loss |
| Access server-side troubleshooting for Azure Cache | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-troubleshoot-server |
| Resolve latency and timeout problems in Azure Cache | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-troubleshoot-timeouts |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan and execute migrations to Azure Cache for Redis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-migration-guide |
| Choose Azure Redis network isolation options | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-network-isolation |
| Plan Azure Cache for Redis capacity and tiers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-planning-faq |
| Choose and manage Azure Redis reservations for cost | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-reserved-pricing |
| Migrate Azure Redis VNet caches to Private Link | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-vnet-migration |
| Plan migration for Azure Cache for Redis retirement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/retirement-faq |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design high availability strategies for Azure Cache for Redis | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-high-availability |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Scale Azure Cache for Redis instances across tiers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-scale |
| Upgrade Azure Cache for Redis server versions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-how-to-upgrade |
| Move Azure Cache for Redis across Azure regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/cache-moving-resources |
| Deploy Azure Cache for Redis with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/redis-cache-arm-provision |
| Deploy Azure Cache for Redis using Bicep templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-cache-for-redis/redis-cache-bicep-provision |
© MicrosoftDocs, CC-BY-4.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-cache-redis of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f
Azure Cache Redis 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 Cache Redis this skillMicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills | 777 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Azure Validatemicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure | 255 | 1 repos | ~880 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure Architecture Autopilotgithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure Bicep Skilltimothywarner-org/claude-code | 224 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azsdk Common Live And Recorded TestsAzure/azure-sdk-tools | 134 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Azure Deployment Preflightgithub/awesome-copilot | 40k | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure
Pre-deployment validation for Azure readiness. An agent skill from microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure.
github/awesome-copilot
Designs Azure infrastructure from a natural-language description, or diagrams an existing resource group, then refines the design through conversation and deploys it with Bicep.
timothywarner-org/claude-code
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Azure/azure-sdk-tools
Deploy test resources and run Azure SDK tests in live, record, or playback mode.
github/awesome-copilot
Performs comprehensive preflight validation of Bicep deployments to Azure, including template syntax validation, what-if analysis, and permission checks.
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Expert knowledge for Azure Cache for Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment. Azure Cache Redis is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Cache for Redis development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and deployment.
Azure Cache Redis fits situations like: configuring geo-replication; VNet/private endpoints; entra/RBAC auth; ARM/Bicep deployments.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-cache-redis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-cache-redis in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-cache-redis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-cache-redis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-cache-redis in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-cache-redis 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-cache-redis -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-cache-redis, .gemini/skills/azure-cache-redis, .github/skills/azure-cache-redis and .opencode/skills/azure-cache-redis in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Cache Redis 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 Cache Redis 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 2.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 Cache Redis: Azure Validate (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), Azure Architecture Autopilot (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Azure Bicep Skill (timothywarner-org/claude-code, 224 stars) and Azsdk Common Live And Recorded Tests (Azure/azure-sdk-tools, 134 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.