Apex Entra App Registration
jonathan-vella/apex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Guides Microsoft Entra ID app registration, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and MSAL integration.
Expert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-dev-box -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-dev-box --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-dev-box .claude/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .claude/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-boxType 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-dev-box -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-dev-box --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-dev-box .agents/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .agents/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-box -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-dev-box --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-dev-box .cursor/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .cursor/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-box--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-dev-box -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-dev-box --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-dev-box .gemini/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .gemini/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-boxInstalls 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-dev-box -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-dev-box .github/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .github/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-box -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-dev-box --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-dev-box .opencode/skills/azure-dev-box && 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-dev-box" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-dev-box into .opencode/skills/azure-dev-box/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-dev-box", 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-dev-boxExpert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.
Azure Dev Box is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when designing Dev Box images, configuring pools/catalogs, securing access (RBAC/SSO), managing quotas, or fixing connectivity, and other Azure Dev Box related development tasks. Not for Azure DevTest Labs (use azure-devtest-labs), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Desktop (use…
Its SKILL.md is about 2.6k 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 Backend & APIs, covering Authentication, Authorization and RBAC and Deployment. It works with Microsoft Azure. 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 Dev Box loads about 2.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 138 tokens; SKILL.md has 742 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). 742 words, ~2,551 tokens.
.claude/skills/azure-dev-box/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Dev Box. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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 | L36-L45 | Diagnosing and fixing Dev Box connectivity issues, image validation errors, stale/inaccessible boxes, using Troubleshoot & Repair, and monitoring via Azure Monitor logs. |
| Best Practices | L46-L51 | Guidance on building efficient Dev Box images, including structuring image definitions and pre-warming Visual Studio caches to speed up developer environments. |
| Decision Making | L52-L57 | Planning Dev Box deployments (architecture, sizing, governance) and strategies for decommissioning/retiring Dev Box environments safely and efficiently. |
| Limits & Quotas | L58-L63 | Managing Dev Box capacity: requesting quota/core limit increases and configuring per-user Dev Box limits to control usage and costs. |
| Security | L64-L75 | Securing Dev Box access and sessions: RBAC roles, guest access, SSO, API auth, Key Vault/service principals, Intune Conditional Access and Endpoint Privilege Management. |
| Configuration | L76-L101 | Configuring Dev Box infrastructure: networking, images, catalogs, policies, schedules (stop/hibernate/autodelete), pools/projects/dev centers, and monitoring/log schemas. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L102-L106 | Using VS Code dev tunnels to securely connect to Azure Dev Box, including setup, authentication, and remote development workflow configuration. |
| Deployment | L107-L110 | Planning and rolling out Dev Box environments, including architecture and configuration, plus guidance for moving Dev Box pools and individual boxes between Azure regions. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Diagnose and fix Microsoft Dev Box connectivity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-resolve-dev-box-connectivity-issues |
| Troubleshoot Dev Box custom image validation failures | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-custom-image-validation |
| Fix stale or inaccessible Dev Boxes in Task view | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-dev-box-task-view |
| Troubleshoot known Dev Box connectivity problems | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-remote-desktop-connectivity |
| Use Dev Box Troubleshoot & Repair for connectivity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-troubleshoot-repair-dev-box |
| Monitor Dev Box with Azure Monitor diagnostic logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/monitor-dev-box |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Best practices for authoring Dev Box image definitions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-authoring-troubleshooting-guide-team-customizations |
| Pre-generate Visual Studio caches in Dev Box images | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-generate-visual-studio-caches |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan and design a Microsoft Dev Box deployment | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/concept-dev-box-deployment-guide |
| Plan and execute Microsoft Dev Box retirement | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/dev-box-retirement-guide |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Request Dev Box quota and core limit increases | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-request-quota-increase |
| Set per-user Dev Box limits to control costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/tutorial-dev-box-limits |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Connect to Dev Box from VS Code using dev tunnels | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-set-up-dev-tunnels |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Move Dev Box pools and boxes between regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dev-box/how-to-move-dev-box-pool-region |
© 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-dev-box of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f
Azure Dev Box 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 Dev Box this skillMicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills | 775 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Apex Entra App Registrationjonathan-vella/apex | 217 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Microsoft Foundrymicrosoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure | 255 | 1 repos | ~6.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| API Security Designvinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills | 175 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Azure Bastion Jitvinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills | 175 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Securing Container Registry With Harbormukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Expert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Azure Dev Box is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Dev Box development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.
Azure Dev Box fits situations like: designing Dev Box images; configuring pools/catalogs; securing access (RBAC/SSO); managing quotas.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-dev-box -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-dev-box in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-dev-box in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-dev-box -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-dev-box in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-dev-box 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-dev-box -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-dev-box, .gemini/skills/azure-dev-box, .github/skills/azure-dev-box and .opencode/skills/azure-dev-box in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Dev Box 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 Dev Box 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 2.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Dev Box: Apex Entra App Registration (jonathan-vella/apex, 217 stars), Microsoft Foundry (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), API Security Design (vinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills, 175 stars) and Azure Bastion Jit (vinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills, 175 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 775 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.