Official agent skill

Azure Traffic Manager

by MicrosoftDocs in MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding…

OfficialCC-BY-4.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Azure Traffic Manager

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills azure-traffic-manager --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-traffic-manager .claude/skills/azure-traffic-manager && 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-traffic-manager
GitHub stars
775
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
579 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
149
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-4.0

At a glance

Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding…

  • Configuring Traffic Manager profiles
  • SKILL.md covers How to Use This Skill and Category Index
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Routing methods

What it does

Azure Traffic Manager is an agent skill from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Traffic Manager profiles, routing methods, IaC (ARM/Bicep/Terraform), Traffic View, or nested designs, and other Azure Traffic Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Front Door (use azure-front-door), Azure Load Balancer (use azure-load-balancer), Azure Application Gateway (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 DevOps & Cloud, covering Infrastructure as code, Design patterns and Cloud networking. It works with Microsoft Azure, Bicep and Terraform. 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 Traffic Manager profiles
  • Routing methods
  • IaC (ARM/Bicep/Terraform)
  • Other Azure Traffic Manager related development tasks

Example prompts

  • “/azure-traffic-manager”

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 Traffic Manager loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 153 tokens; SKILL.md has 579 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~153
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). 579 words, ~2,117 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/azure-traffic-manager/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
azure-traffic-manager
description
Expert knowledge for Azure Traffic Manager development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Traffic Manager profiles, routing methods, IaC (ARM/Bicep/Terraform), Traffic View, or nested designs, and other Azure Traffic Manager related development tasks. Not for Azure Front Door (use azure-front-door), Azure Load Balancer (use azure-load-balancer), Azure Application Gateway (use azure-application-gateway), Azure Virtual WAN (use azure-virtual-wan).
compatibility
Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
metadata.generated_at
2026-08-16
metadata.generator
docs2skills/1.0.0

Azure Traffic Manager Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Traffic Manager. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, security, configuration, 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
TroubleshootingL35-L40Testing Traffic Manager routing behavior, verifying endpoint configuration, and diagnosing/fixing degraded or unhealthy Traffic Manager profiles and endpoints.
Best PracticesL41-L45Guidance on optimizing Traffic Manager profiles, endpoint configuration, monitoring, and routing settings for high performance, reliability, and low-latency global traffic distribution
Decision MakingL46-L51Guidance on choosing the right Traffic Manager routing method and using Traffic View analytics to optimize routing decisions and traffic distribution
Architecture & Design PatternsL52-L59Architectural patterns for combining Traffic Manager with other Azure load balancers, nested profiles, App Service integration, and Traffic Manager + Application Gateway designs.
SecurityL60-L64Securing Traffic Manager endpoints and routing, including access control, TLS/HTTPS, DNS security, and best practices for protecting traffic and configurations.
ConfigurationL65-L84Configuring Traffic Manager profiles, routing methods (weighted, geographic, subnet, MultiValue, nested), endpoints, monitoring/logs, and IaC setup via ARM, Bicep, Terraform, and PowerShell.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL85-L89Using App Center Real User Measurements with Traffic Manager, adding RUM scripts to web pages, and collecting client-side latency/endpoint data for routing and performance analysis.
Troubleshooting
Best Practices
TopicURL
Apply performance best practices for Azure Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-performance-considerations
Show full SKILL.md (228 more words)Show less
Decision Making
TopicURL
Choose appropriate Azure Traffic Manager routing methodshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-routing-methods
Use Traffic View insights for Traffic Manager optimizationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-traffic-view-overview
Architecture & Design Patterns
Security
TopicURL
Secure Azure Traffic Manager routing and accesshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/secure-traffic-manager
Configuration
TopicURL
Configure nested Traffic Manager endpoints via ARMhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/configure-multivalue-routing-method-template
Add external endpoints to Traffic Manager via ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/how-to-add-endpoint-existing-profile-template
Define Traffic Manager profiles using Bicephttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-bicep
Configure Traffic Manager profiles with ARM templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-template
Provision Traffic Manager profiles using Terraformhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/quickstart-create-traffic-manager-profile-terraform
Configure MultiValue routing profiles in Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-configure-multivalue-routing-method
Configure subnet-based routing in Azure Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-configure-subnet-routing-method
Enable and use Traffic Manager diagnostic resource logshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-diagnostic-logs
Configure geographic routing regions for Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-geographic-regions
Manage Traffic Manager endpoints across regionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-manage-endpoints
Create and manage Azure Traffic Manager profileshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-manage-profiles
Use Traffic Manager metrics and alerts for monitoringhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-metrics-alerts
Configure endpoint monitoring and health checks in Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-monitoring
Configure strictly typed profiles in Azure Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-strictly-typed-profiles
Configure Traffic Manager subnet override via PowerShellhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/traffic-manager-subnet-override-powershell
Configure weighted endpoint routing in Traffic Managerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/traffic-manager/tutorial-traffic-manager-weighted-endpoint-routing
Integrations & Coding Patterns

© 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-traffic-manager of MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ba74e8f

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Questions about Azure Traffic Manager

What does Azure Traffic Manager do?

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

When should I use Azure Traffic Manager?

Azure Traffic Manager fits situations like: configuring Traffic Manager profiles; routing methods; iaC (ARM/Bicep/Terraform); other Azure Traffic Manager related development tasks.

How do I install Azure Traffic Manager in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Azure Traffic Manager in Codex?

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

Can I use Azure Traffic Manager 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-traffic-manager -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-traffic-manager, .gemini/skills/azure-traffic-manager, .github/skills/azure-traffic-manager and .opencode/skills/azure-traffic-manager in your project.

What does Azure Traffic Manager need to run?

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

Azure Traffic Manager 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 Traffic Manager use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.5k 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 Traffic Manager?

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Who maintains Azure Traffic Manager?

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.