Official agent skill

Azure Large Instances

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns.

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Azure Large Instances

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-large-instances -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-large-instances --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-large-instances .claude/skills/azure-large-instances && 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-large-instances
GitHub stars
775
Token cost
~821 tokens
SKILL.md length
249 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
149
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns.

  • Configuring Epic SKUs
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Sizing volume groups

What it does

Azure Large Instances is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Epic SKUs, sizing volume groups, tuning EHR storage, or resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues, and other Azure Large Instances related development tasks. Not for Azure Baremetal Infrastructure (use azure-baremetal-infrastructure), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets), Azure HPC…

Its SKILL.md is about 820 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 Research & Science, covering Clinical and healthcare research. 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 Epic SKUs
  • Sizing volume groups
  • Tuning EHR storage
  • Resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues

Example prompts

  • “/azure-large-instances”

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 Large Instances loads about 821 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 141 tokens; SKILL.md has 249 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~141
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~821

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). 249 words, ~821 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-large-instances/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-large-instances
description
Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Epic SKUs, sizing volume groups, tuning EHR storage, or resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues, and other Azure Large Instances related development tasks. Not for Azure Baremetal Infrastructure (use azure-baremetal-infrastructure), Azure Virtual Machines (use azure-virtual-machines), Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (use azure-vm-scalesets), Azure HPC Cache (use azure-hpc-cache).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-06-28
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure Large Instances Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Large Instances. Covers troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. 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
TroubleshootingL31-L35Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Large Instances issues with Epic integration, including connectivity, performance, configuration, and operational error troubleshooting.
Limits & QuotasL36-L40Epic SKU capacity limits and quotas for Azure Large Instances, including supported sizes, scaling constraints, and resource availability per SKU.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL41-L44Guidance for configuring, creating, and performance-tuning Epic EHR storage volume groups on Azure Large Instances, including layout, sizing, and best practices.
Troubleshooting
TopicURL
Resolve common Azure Large Instances Epic issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-large-instances/faq
Limits & Quotas
Integrations & Coding Patterns
TopicURL
Create and tune Epic volume groups on Azure Large Instanceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-large-instances/workloads/epic/create-a-volume-group

© 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

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/azure-large-instances of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Large Instances

What does Azure Large Instances do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns. Azure Large Instances is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Large Instances development including troubleshooting, limits & quotas, and integrations & coding patterns.

When should I use Azure Large Instances?

Azure Large Instances fits situations like: configuring Epic SKUs; sizing volume groups; tuning EHR storage; resolving Epic–ALI connectivity/perf issues.

How do I install Azure Large Instances in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Large Instances in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Large Instances 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-large-instances -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-large-instances, .gemini/skills/azure-large-instances, .github/skills/azure-large-instances and .opencode/skills/azure-large-instances in your project.

What does Azure Large Instances need to run?

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

Azure Large Instances 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 Large Instances use?

About 821 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 Large Instances?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Large Instances: Clinical Trials Database (google-deepmind/science-skills, 3.2k stars), CHARLS Paper Reproduction Guide (xjtulyc/MedgeClaw, 617 stars), Model Assessment (Aperivue/medsci-skills, 329 stars) and Biomedical Analysis Dispatch (xjtulyc/MedgeClaw, 617 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Azure Large Instances?

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.