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Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment.
Install Azure Reliability
$ npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-reliability -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-reliability --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-reliability .claude/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .claude/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliabilityType 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-reliability -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-reliability --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-reliability .agents/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .agents/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliability -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-reliability --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-reliability .cursor/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .cursor/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliability--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-reliability -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-reliability --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-reliability .gemini/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .gemini/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliabilityInstalls 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-reliability -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-reliability .github/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .github/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliability -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-reliability --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-reliability .opencode/skills/azure-reliability && 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-reliability" agent skill from https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/tree/main/skills/azure-reliability into .opencode/skills/azure-reliability/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "azure-reliability", 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-reliability- GitHub stars
- 775
- Token cost
- ~2.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 591 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 149
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0
At a glance
Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment.
- Choosing Azure regions
- SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Availability zones
What it does
Azure Reliability is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment. Use when choosing Azure regions, availability zones, geo-paired deployments, Queue Storage limits, or Web PubSub apps, and other Azure Reliability related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Service Health (use azure-service-health), Azure Sre Agent (use azure-sre-agent).
Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k 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 Site reliability engineering, Deployment and Design patterns. It works with Microsoft Azure, Azure Monitor and Azure Web PubSub. 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
- Choosing Azure regions
- Availability zones
- Geo-paired deployments
- Queue Storage limits
Example prompts
- “/azure-reliability”
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.comgithub.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 Reliability loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 131 tokens; SKILL.md has 591 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.
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). 591 words, ~2,168 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/azure-reliability/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- azure-reliability
- description
- Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment. Use when choosing Azure regions, availability zones, geo-paired deployments, Queue Storage limits, or Web PubSub apps, and other Azure Reliability related development tasks. Not for Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Resiliency (use azure-resiliency), Azure Service Health (use azure-service-health), Azure Sre Agent (use azure-sre-agent).
- compatibility
- Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
- metadata.generated_at
- 2026-10-04
- metadata.generator
- docs2skills/1.0.0
Azure Reliability Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Reliability. Covers best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, 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), 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:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Best Practices | L33-L66 | Patterns and guidance to design, configure, and harden highly available, zone-resilient, and disaster-ready architectures for key Azure services and workloads. |
| Decision Making | L67-L74 | Guidance on choosing Azure regions and services for reliability, including region types, geo-pairing, multiregion-capable services, and nonregional (global) services. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L75-L80 | Designing Azure apps for high availability using availability zones and multiple regions, including zonal vs zone-redundant deployments, hardening patterns, and multiregion strategies in nonpaired regions. |
| Limits & Quotas | L81-L86 | Guidance on Azure Queue Storage message size limits and designing reliable, scalable Azure Web PubSub apps under service quotas and constraints |
| Deployment | L87-L90 | Which Azure services support availability zones in each region, how to check zone support, and guidance for deploying zone-redundant, highly available workloads. |
Best Practices
Show full SKILL.md (89 more words)Show less
Decision Making
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose Azure services by region type and category | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/availability-service-by-category |
| Select Azure regions by geography and pairing | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-list |
| Select Azure services with built-in multiregion support | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-multiregion-support |
| Select and understand Azure nonregional services | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-nonregional-services |
Architecture & Design Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Design and harden zonal Azure resource deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/availability-zones-zonal-resource-resiliency |
| Design multiregion solutions in nonpaired Azure regions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/regions-multi-region-nonpaired |
Limits & Quotas
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Understand Azure Queue Storage message size limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-storage-queue |
| Plan reliability and scale for Azure Web PubSub | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/reliability-web-pubsub |
Deployment
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Check Azure service support for availability zones | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/reliability/availability-zones-service-support |
© 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-reliability of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f
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Questions about Azure Reliability
What does Azure Reliability do?
Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment. Azure Reliability is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Reliability development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, and deployment.
When should I use Azure Reliability?
Azure Reliability fits situations like: choosing Azure regions; availability zones; geo-paired deployments; queue Storage limits.
How do I install Azure Reliability in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-reliability -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-reliability in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .claude/skills/azure-reliability in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Azure Reliability in Codex?
Run `npx skills add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-reliability -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/azure-reliability in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) into .agents/skills/azure-reliability in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Azure Reliability 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-reliability -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-reliability, .gemini/skills/azure-reliability, .github/skills/azure-reliability and .opencode/skills/azure-reliability in your project.
What does Azure Reliability need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Azure Reliability 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 Reliability 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 Reliability 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 Reliability use?
Azure Reliability 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 Reliability use?
About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.7k 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 Reliability?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Reliability: Azure Diagnostics (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), Avm Tf Telemetry (Azure/terraform-azurerm-avm-ptn-alz, 135 stars), Azure Architecture Autopilot (github/awesome-copilot, 40k 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 Reliability?
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.