Official agent skill

Azure Resiliency

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment.

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Azure Resiliency

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

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

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

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment.

  • Configuring resiliency drills
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Backup/replication policies

What it does

Azure Resiliency is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment. Use when configuring resiliency drills, backup/replication policies, Recovery Plans RBAC, or Infra Resiliency Manager coverage, and other Azure Resiliency related development tasks. Not for Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Site Recovery (use azure-site-recovery), Azure Backup (use azure-backup), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor).

Its SKILL.md is about 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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Authorization and RBAC, Deployment and Database administration. It works with Microsoft Azure and Azure Monitor. 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 resiliency drills
  • Backup/replication policies
  • Recovery Plans RBAC
  • Infra Resiliency Manager coverage

Example prompts

  • “/azure-resiliency”

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 Resiliency loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 116 tokens; SKILL.md has 303 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~116
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~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). 303 words, ~1,030 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-resiliency/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-resiliency
description
Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment. Use when configuring resiliency drills, backup/replication policies, Recovery Plans RBAC, or Infra Resiliency Manager coverage, and other Azure Resiliency related development tasks. Not for Azure Reliability (use azure-reliability), Azure Site Recovery (use azure-site-recovery), Azure Backup (use azure-backup), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor).
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 Resiliency Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Resiliency. Covers security, configuration, 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
SecurityL31-L38Guidance on securing resilient solutions: RBAC limits, identity and role setup for Recovery Plans, and using Azure Resiliency security levels to configure and review protection.
ConfigurationL39-L46Configuring resiliency drills, backup/replication protection policies, and managing the lifecycle of Azure Backup and Site Recovery vaults.
DeploymentL47-L51Matrices showing which Azure services/workloads are covered by Infrastructure Resiliency Manager, including zone-down drills and resiliency support across regions and scenarios.
Security
Configuration
TopicURL
Configure Zone Down Drills in Infrastructure Resiliency Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/availability-zone-down-drill-define
Create backup and replication protection policies in Resiliencyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/backup-protection-policy
Manage backup and replication protection policies in Resiliencyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/manage-protection-policy
Manage lifecycle of Azure Backup and Site Recovery vaultshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/manage-vault
Deployment
TopicURL
Use zone-down drill support matrix for Infrastructure Resiliency Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/availability-zone-down-drills-support-matrix
Use Resiliency support matrix for workload coveragehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/resiliency/resiliency-support-matrix

© 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-resiliency of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Resiliency

What does Azure Resiliency do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment. Azure Resiliency is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Resiliency development including security, configuration, and deployment.

When should I use Azure Resiliency?

Azure Resiliency fits situations like: configuring resiliency drills; backup/replication policies; recovery Plans RBAC; infra Resiliency Manager coverage.

How do I install Azure Resiliency in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Resiliency in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Resiliency 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-resiliency -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-resiliency, .gemini/skills/azure-resiliency, .github/skills/azure-resiliency and .opencode/skills/azure-resiliency in your project.

What does Azure Resiliency need to run?

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

Azure Resiliency 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 Resiliency use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Resiliency?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Azure Resiliency: Azure Bastion Jit (vinayaklatthe/microsoft-security-skills, 175 stars), Azure Validate (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars), Azure Diagnostics (microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure, 255 stars) and Avm Tf Telemetry (Azure/terraform-azurerm-avm-ptn-alz, 135 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Azure Resiliency?

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.