Official agent skill

Azure Route Server

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration.

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Install Azure Route Server

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-route-server --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-route-server .claude/skills/azure-route-server && 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-route-server
GitHub stars
775
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
478 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
149
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration.

  • Designing Route Server topologies
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • BGP peering/policies

What it does

Azure Route Server is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing Route Server topologies, BGP peering/policies, route maps/filtering, RBAC, or capacity limits, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 Authorization and RBAC. 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

  • Designing Route Server topologies
  • BGP peering/policies
  • Route maps/filtering
  • Capacity limits

Example prompts

  • “/azure-route-server”

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 Route Server loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 143 tokens; SKILL.md has 478 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~143
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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). 478 words, ~1,546 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-route-server/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-route-server
description
Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Use when designing Route Server topologies, BGP peering/policies, route maps/filtering, RBAC, or capacity limits, and other Azure Route Server related development tasks. Not for Azure Virtual Network (use azure-virtual-network), Azure Virtual Network Manager (use azure-virtual-network-manager), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan), Azure VPN Gateway (use azure-vpn-gateway).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-08-31
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure Route Server Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Route Server. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. 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
TroubleshootingL34-L38Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Route Server problems, including BGP session issues, route propagation/advertisement errors, and connectivity or configuration troubleshooting steps.
Best PracticesL39-L43Configuring Azure Route Server routing preferences, BGP path selection, and custom routing policies to control traffic flow and route advertisement to your NVA or on-premises routers.
Architecture & Design PatternsL44-L58Designing Azure Route Server network topologies: dual-homed, multi-region, anycast, hub-spoke; NVA next-hop, path selection, route injection, route maps, filtering, AS-path prepending, communities.
Limits & QuotasL59-L63Guidance on Route Server capacity planning, scale units, connection limits, and how many peers/routes each deployment can support.
SecurityL64-L69RBAC roles, permissions, and security hardening guidance for Azure Route Server, including access control, best practices, and securing deployments against threats.
ConfigurationL70-L75Configuring Route Server BGP (peering, policies), setting up and using route maps, and monitoring Route Server health and performance with Azure Monitor metrics.
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Troubleshooting
TopicURL
Troubleshoot common Azure Route Server issueshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/troubleshoot-route-server
Best Practices
TopicURL
Configure routing preference in Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/hub-routing-preference
Architecture & Design Patterns
TopicURL
Design dual-homed networks with Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/about-dual-homed-network
Implement anycast routing with Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/anycast
Integrate Route Server with ExpressRoute and VPNhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/expressroute-vpn-support
Design multi-region networks with Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/multiregion
Design NVA next-hop IP patterns with Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/next-hop-ip
Configure path selection using Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/path-selection
Use route injection in Azure hub-and-spoke networkshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-injection-in-spokes
Control Azure Route Server routing with route mapshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-about
Filter and drop inbound BGP routes in Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-drop-inbound-routes
Use route maps to prepend BGP AS paths in Azurehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-prepend-routes
Tag BGP routes with communities using Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-scenario-tag-bgp-communities
Limits & Quotas
TopicURL
Plan Azure Route Server capacity and scale unitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-server-capacity
Security
TopicURL
Configure RBAC roles for managing Azure Route Serverhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/roles-permissions
Secure and harden Azure Route Server deploymentshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/secure-route-server
Configuration
TopicURL
Configure and manage Azure Route Server BGP settingshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/configure-route-server
Monitor Azure Route Server with Azure Monitor metricshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/monitor-route-server
Configure Azure Route Server route mapshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/route-server/route-maps-how-to

© 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-route-server of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Route Server

What does Azure Route Server do?

Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration. Azure Route Server is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Route Server development including troubleshooting, best practices, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, and configuration.

When should I use Azure Route Server?

Azure Route Server fits situations like: designing Route Server topologies; BGP peering/policies; route maps/filtering; capacity limits.

How do I install Azure Route Server in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Route Server in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Route Server 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-route-server -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-route-server, .gemini/skills/azure-route-server, .github/skills/azure-route-server and .opencode/skills/azure-route-server in your project.

What does Azure Route Server need to run?

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

Azure Route Server 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 Route Server use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k 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 Route Server?

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Who maintains Azure Route Server?

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.