Official agent skill

Azure Hpc Cache

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations &…

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Install Azure Hpc Cache

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-hpc-cache -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-hpc-cache --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-hpc-cache .claude/skills/azure-hpc-cache && 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/

Facts

Skill name
azure-hpc-cache
GitHub stars
775
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
697 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
149
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations &…

  • Configuring HPC Cache namespaces
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • NFS/Blob targets

What it does

Azure Hpc Cache is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring HPC Cache namespaces, NFS/Blob targets, client access, data ingest scripts, or cache failover, and other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Batch (use…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k 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 and Backup and disaster recovery. 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 HPC Cache namespaces
  • NFS/Blob targets
  • Data ingest scripts
  • Other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks

Example prompts

  • “/azure-hpc-cache”

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 Hpc Cache loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 697 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~150
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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). 697 words, ~2,139 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-hpc-cache/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-hpc-cache
description
Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring HPC Cache namespaces, NFS/Blob targets, client access, data ingest scripts, or cache failover, and other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks. Not for Azure Managed Lustre (use azure-managed-lustre), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files), Azure Batch (use azure-batch), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-02-28
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure HPC Cache Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure HPC Cache. 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

CategoryLinesDescription
TroubleshootingL37-L42Diagnosing and resolving Azure HPC Cache issues with Blob storage firewalls and NFS storage targets, including connectivity, access, and configuration problems.
Best PracticesL43-L51Guidance on optimizing Azure HPC Cache: client load balancing, efficient data movement and manual copy to Blob targets, NFS-on-Blob considerations, and priming caches for better hit rates.
Decision MakingL52-L57Guidance on when Azure HPC Cache is appropriate, comparing usage models, workload patterns, performance needs, and deciding if/when to adopt it for your architecture.
Architecture & Design PatternsL58-L63Designing Azure HPC Cache namespaces across multiple back-end storage systems, and planning regional redundancy, high availability, and failover strategies for cached workloads.
Limits & QuotasL64-L68How to request and manage Azure HPC Cache quota increases, including limits on cache instances, capacities, and the support process for raising quotas.
SecurityL69-L76Configuring HPC Cache security: client access policies, directory/AD integration and extended groups, customer-managed encryption keys, and overall cache security settings.
ConfigurationL77-L90Configuring and operating Azure HPC Cache: CLI setup, networking/DNS/NTP, storage targets and namespaces, mounting NFS clients, lifecycle management, metrics, and environment prerequisites.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL91-L98Scripts and patterns for ingesting data (msrsync, parallelcp), controlling write-back with flush_file.py, and integrating Azure HPC Cache with Azure NetApp Files.
DeploymentL99-L103Creating Azure HPC Cache instances via portal/CLI, and recreating or moving existing caches to a different region while preserving configuration and data paths
Troubleshooting
TopicURL
Work around Blob firewall issues for HPC Cache targetshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-blob-firewall-fix
Troubleshoot NFS storage target issues in Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/troubleshoot-nas
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Best Practices
TopicURL
Load balance client connections across Azure HPC Cache IPshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/client-load-balancing
Optimize data movement to Azure HPC Cache Blob targetshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest
Manually copy data into Azure HPC Cache Blob targetshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-manual
Apply NFS Blob storage considerations with Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/nfs-blob-considerations
Prime Azure HPC Cache to improve cache hit rateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/prime-cache
Decision Making
TopicURL
Choose Azure HPC Cache usage modelshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/cache-usage-models
Decide when Azure HPC Cache fits your workloadhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/usage-scenarios
Architecture & Design Patterns
TopicURL
Design Azure HPC Cache aggregated namespaceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-namespace
Design regional redundancy and failover for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-region-recovery
Limits & Quotas
TopicURL
Request Azure HPC Cache quota increaseshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/increase-quota
Security
TopicURL
Define client access policies for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/access-policies
Configure customer-managed encryption keys for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/customer-keys
Configure directory services and extended groups for HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/directory-services
Understand security configuration for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-security-info
Configuration
TopicURL
Set up Azure HPC Cache namespace pathshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/add-namespace-paths
Prepare Azure CLI environment for managing HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/az-cli-prerequisites
Configure networking, NTP, DNS, and snapshots for HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/configuration
Configure storage targets for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-add-storage
Modify Azure HPC Cache storage target settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-edit-storage
Operate and update Azure HPC Cache instanceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-manage
Mount Azure HPC Cache on NFS clientshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-mount
Verify environment prerequisites for Azure HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-prerequisites
Manage Azure HPC Cache storage target lifecyclehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/manage-storage-targets
Monitor Azure HPC Cache metrics and reportshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/metrics
Integrations & Coding Patterns
TopicURL
Use flush_file.py to control HPC Cache write-backhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/custom-flush-script
Ingest data to HPC Cache using msrsynchttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-msrsync
Use parallelcp script to ingest data for HPC Cachehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-parallelcp
Integrate Azure HPC Cache with Azure NetApp Fileshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-netapp
Deployment
TopicURL
Create Azure HPC Cache instances via portal or CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-create
Recreate or move Azure HPC Cache to another regionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/move-resource

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-hpc-cache of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Hpc Cache

What does Azure Hpc Cache do?

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

When should I use Azure Hpc Cache?

Azure Hpc Cache fits situations like: configuring HPC Cache namespaces; NFS/Blob targets; data ingest scripts; other Azure HPC Cache related development tasks.

How do I install Azure Hpc Cache in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Hpc Cache in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Hpc Cache 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-hpc-cache -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-hpc-cache, .gemini/skills/azure-hpc-cache, .github/skills/azure-hpc-cache and .opencode/skills/azure-hpc-cache in your project.

What does Azure Hpc Cache need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Hpc Cache 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 Hpc Cache 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 Hpc Cache 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 Hpc Cache use?

Azure Hpc Cache 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 Hpc Cache use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.6k 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 Hpc Cache?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Hpc Cache: Cloud Architect (Jeffallan/claude-skills, 12k stars), Azure Resource Manager SQL Dotnet (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars), Azure Resource Manager Mysql Dotnet (microsoft/skills, 3.1k stars) and Azure Resource Manager Postgresql 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.

Who maintains Azure Hpc Cache?

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.