Official agent skill

Azure Front Door

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Azure Front Door

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door --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/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .claude/skills/azure-front-door && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .claude/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .agents/skills/azure-front-door && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .agents/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .cursor/skills/azure-front-door && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .cursor/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git --path skills/azure-front-door

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .gemini/skills/azure-front-door && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .gemini/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .github/skills/azure-front-door && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .github/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-front-door --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/azure-front-door .opencode/skills/azure-front-door && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "azure-front-door" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-front-door into .opencode/skills/azure-front-door/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-front-door", 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: azure-front-door
GitHub stars: 775
Token cost: ~3.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 994 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 149
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Configuring apex domains
SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
Private Link origins

What it does

Azure Front Door is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Front Door development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring apex domains, rules engine, Private Link origins, TLS/WAF security, or tier migrations, and other Azure Front Door related development tasks. Not for Azure Application Gateway (use azure-application-gateway), Azure Traffic Manager (use azure-traffic-manager), Azure…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.3k 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Design patterns, Cloud networking 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.

When your agent uses it

Configuring apex domains
Private Link origins
TLS/WAF security
Tier migrations

Example prompts

“/azure-front-door”

Requirements

Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ba74e8f. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- learn.microsoft.com
- github.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.
Compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Azure Front Door loads about 3.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 161 tokens; SKILL.md has 994 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~161
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~3.3k

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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills at commit ba74e8f, republished under its CC-BY-4.0 licence (© MicrosoftDocs). 994 words, ~3,344 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-front-door/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: azure-front-door
description: Expert knowledge for Azure Front Door development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring apex domains, rules engine, Private Link origins, TLS/WAF security, or tier migrations, and other Azure Front Door related development tasks. Not for Azure Application Gateway (use azure-application-gateway), Azure Traffic Manager (use azure-traffic-manager), Azure Load Balancer (use azure-load-balancer), Azure Web Application Firewall (use azure-web-application-firewall).
compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at: 2026-09-20
metadata.generator: docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure Front Door Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Front Door. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L37-L41	Troubleshooting Azure Front Door tier migration issues, including common errors, configuration mismatches, and steps to resolve migration failures or unexpected behavior.
Best Practices	L42-L49	Best practices for configuring Front Door, tuning caching, using rules engine patterns, and optimizing video-on-demand/live streaming performance and reliability.
Decision Making	L50-L60	Guidance on Front Door pricing and billing, comparing Standard/Premium/Classic and CDN tiers, choosing tiers, understanding classic retirement, and planning/doing tier upgrades/migrations.
Architecture & Design Patterns	L61-L68	Architectural patterns for Azure Front Door: apex domain setup, blue/green deployments, manual failover with Traffic Manager, static blob hosting, reliable uploads, and well-architected design guidance.
Limits & Quotas	L69-L78	POP locations and codes, supported TLS versions/ciphers, and Front Door limits like routing composites, feature behaviors, and bandwidth throttling per subscription.
Security	L79-L94	Securing Azure Front Door: TLS/cipher suites, HTTPS certs, security headers, mTLS, origin auth, Private Link, log scrubbing, and protecting origins from direct access.
Configuration	L95-L119	Configuring Front Door behavior: CORS, HTTPS, HTTP/2, headers, rules (rewrite, caching, compression), edge actions, metrics/logs, origins, and Private Link integrations (Storage, App Gateway, ILB, APIM).
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L120-L126	Using Azure CLI/PowerShell to create and manage Front Door profiles, configure delivery rules, and migrate between Front Door tiers programmatically.
Deployment	L127-L135	Deploying and upgrading Azure Front Door using Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, and DevOps pipelines, including classic→Standard/Premium migrations and Standard→Premium upgrades.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Resolve common issues in Azure Front Door tier migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/migration-faq

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply Azure Front Door configuration best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/best-practices
Configure and optimize Azure Front Door caching behavior	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-caching
Implement Azure Front Door rules engine scenarios and patterns	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/rules-engine-scenarios
Optimize VOD and Live Streaming with Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/video-on-demand-live-streaming

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Understand Azure Front Door billing components and tiers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/billing
Understand Azure Front Door classic retirement impacts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/classic-retirement-faq
Compare pricing of Azure CDN Standard and Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/compare-cdn-front-door-price
Choose between Azure Front Door and Azure CDN tiers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-cdn-comparison
Plan and understand Azure Front Door tier migration impacts	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/tier-migration
Upgrade Front Door Standard to Premium tier	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/tier-upgrade
Compare Azure Front Door Standard, Premium, and Classic pricing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/understanding-pricing

Architecture & Design Patterns

Topic	URL
Design and configure apex domains with Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/apex-domain
Implement manual failover for Front Door with Traffic Manager	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/high-availability
Architect Azure Front Door with Storage blobs for static content	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/scenario-storage-blobs
Design reliable blob upload via Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/scenario-upload-storage-blobs

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Map Azure Front Door POP abbreviations to locations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/edge-locations-by-abbreviation
Review Azure Front Door POP locations by region	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/edge-locations-by-region
TLS versions and cipher support in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/end-to-end-tls
Azure Front Door feature limits and behaviors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-faq
Understand Azure Front Door routing composite limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-routing-limits
Understand Front Door Standard/Premium bandwidth throttling by subscription	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/subscription-offers

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Security

Topic	URL
Disable weak DHE cipher suites in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/diffie-hellman-ciphers
Add security headers with Azure Front Door Rules Engine	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-security-headers
Use managed identity for Key Vault certificates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/managed-identity
Implement mutual TLS authentication in Azure Front Door Premium	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/mutual-tls
Configure Azure Front Door origin auth with managed identities	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/origin-authentication-with-managed-identities
Secure Azure Front Door origins against direct access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/origin-security
Secure Front Door origins with Private Link	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/private-link
Secure Azure Front Door with edge and origin controls	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/secure-front-door
Configure Azure Front Door log scrubbing for sensitive data	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/sensitive-data-protection
Configure HTTPS and TLS certificates for Front Door custom domains	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-configure-https-custom-domain
Secure Azure Front Door to App Service with Private Link	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-enable-private-link-web-app
Configure TLS policies and cipher suites in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/tls-policy

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure CORS behavior for Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/cross-origin-resource-sharing
Create and manage Azure Front Door edge actions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/edge-actions
Configure HTTPS for Azure Front Door custom domains	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-custom-domain-https
Understand HTTP header protocol support in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-http-headers-protocol
HTTP/2 protocol support in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-http2
Configure Azure Front Door rule set actions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-rules-engine-actions
Configure URL rewrite rules in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-url-rewrite
Configure caching rules in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/how-to-configure-caching
Configure origins and origin groups in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/how-to-configure-origin
Configure Azure Front Door Private Link to Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/how-to-enable-private-link-application-gateway
Connect Front Door to static website via Private Link	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/how-to-enable-private-link-storage-static-website
Integrate Azure Storage with Front Door caching	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/integrate-storage-account
Use Azure Front Door monitoring metrics and logs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/monitor-front-door-reference
Configure batch rule updates for Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/rule-set-batch
Use server variables in Azure Front Door rule sets	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/rule-set-server-variables
Use Azure Front Door rule set match conditions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/rules-match-conditions
Configure file compression in Azure Front Door	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-compression
Connect Front Door Premium to API Management via Private Link	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-enable-private-link-apim
Configure Private Link to internal load balancer	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-enable-private-link-internal-load-balancer
Configure Front Door Private Link to Storage	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/how-to-enable-private-link-storage-account
Map Azure Front Door classic settings to Standard/Premium	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/tier-mapping

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Create Azure Front Door profiles using Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/create-front-door-cli
Migrate Azure Front Door tiers using PowerShell commands	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/migrate-tier-powershell
Create Azure Front Door and delivery rules with CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/standard-premium/front-door-add-rules-cli

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy Azure Front Door using Bicep templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/create-front-door-bicep
Provision Azure Front Door with Terraform configuration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/create-front-door-terraform
Execute Azure Front Door classic to Standard/Premium migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/migrate-tier
Update DevOps pipelines after Front Door migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/post-migration-dev-ops-experience
Provision Azure Front Door with Terraform configuration samples	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/terraform-samples
Upgrade Front Door Standard to Premium via PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/tier-upgrade-powershell

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-front-door of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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What does Azure Front Door do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Front Door development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations &…. Azure Front Door is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Front Door development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.

When should I use Azure Front Door?

Azure Front Door fits situations like: configuring apex domains; private Link origins; TLS/WAF security; tier migrations.

How do I install Azure Front Door in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-front-door in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-front-door in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Azure Front Door in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-front-door in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-front-door in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Azure Front Door 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 MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-front-door -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-front-door, .gemini/skills/azure-front-door, .github/skills/azure-front-door and .opencode/skills/azure-front-door in your project.

What does Azure Front Door need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Front Door 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..

Does Azure Front Door access the network?

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.

Is Azure Front Door 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 Front Door use?

Azure Front Door 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.

How many tokens does Azure Front Door use?

About 3.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Front Door?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Front Door: Aks Deployment Skill (timothywarner/chatgptclass, 143 stars), Azure Resource Manager Mysql Dotnet (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars), Azure Resource Manager Postgresql Dotnet (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars) and Aspire (microsoft/aspire.dev, 196 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Azure Front Door?

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.

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