Skills azure-deploy

Execute Azure deployments for ALREADY-PREPARED applications that have existing .azure/deployment-plan.md and infrastructure files. DO NOT use this skill when the user asks to CREATE a new application — use azure-prepare instead. This skill runs azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands with built-in error recovery. Requires .azure/deployment-plan.md from azure-prepare and validated status from azure-validate. WHEN: \"run azd up\", \"run azd deploy\", \"execute deployment\", \"push to production\", \"push to cloud\", \"go live\", \"ship it\", \"bicep deploy\", \"terraform apply\", \"publish to Azure\", \"launch on Azure\". DO NOT USE WHEN: \"create and deploy\", \"build and deploy\", \"create a new app\", \"set up infrastructure\", \"create and deploy to Azure using Terraform\" — use azure-prepare for these.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/microsoft/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-deploy" ~/.claude/skills/microsoft-skills-azure-deploy && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-deploy/SKILL.md

source content

Azure Deploy

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE

PREREQUISITE: The azure-validate skill MUST be invoked and completed with status
Validated
BEFORE executing this skill.

⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED Before proceeding, verify BOTH prerequisites are met:
azure-prepare was invoked and completed →
.azure/deployment-plan.md
exists
azure-validate was invoked and passed → plan status =
Validated
If EITHER is missing, STOP IMMEDIATELY:
No plan? → Invoke azure-prepare skill first
Status not
Validated
? → Invoke azure-validate skill first
⛔ DO NOT MANUALLY UPDATE THE PLAN STATUS

You are FORBIDDEN from changing the plan status to
Validated
yourself. Only the azure-validate skill is authorized to set this status after running actual validation checks. If you update the status without running validation, deployments will fail.

DO NOT ASSUME the app is ready. DO NOT SKIP validation to save time. Skipping steps causes deployment failures. The complete workflow ensures success:
azure-prepare
→
azure-validate
→
azure-deploy

Triggers

Activate this skill when user wants to:

Execute deployment of an already-prepared application (azure.yaml and infra/ exist)
Push updates to an existing Azure deployment
Run
```
azd up
```
,
```
azd deploy
```
, or
```
az deployment
```
on a prepared project
Ship already-built code to production
Deploy an application that already includes API Management (APIM) gateway infrastructure

Scope: This skill executes deployments. It does not create applications, generate infrastructure code, or scaffold projects. For those tasks, use azure-prepare.

APIM / AI Gateway: Use this skill to deploy applications whose APIM/AI gateway infrastructure was already created during azure-prepare. For creating or changing APIM resources, see APIM deployment guide. For AI governance policies, invoke azure-aigateway skill.

Rules

Run after azure-prepare and azure-validate
```
.azure/deployment-plan.md
```
must exist with status
```
Validated
```
Pre-deploy checklist required — Pre-Deploy Checklist
⛔ Destructive actions require
ask_user
— global-rules
Scope: deployment execution only — This skill owns execution of
```
azd up
```
,
```
azd deploy
```
,
```
terraform apply
```
, and
```
az deployment
```
commands. These commands are run through this skill's error recovery and verification pipeline.

Steps

#	Action	Reference
1	Check Plan — Read `.azure/deployment-plan.md` , verify status = `Validated` AND Validation Proof section is populated	`.azure/deployment-plan.md`
2	Pre-Deploy Checklist — MUST complete ALL steps	Pre-Deploy Checklist
3	Load Recipe — Based on `recipe.type` in `.azure/deployment-plan.md`	recipes/README.md
4	RBAC Health Check — For Container Apps + ACR with managed identity: run `azd provision --no-prompt` , then verify `AcrPull` role has propagated before proceeding (see checklist)	Pre-Deploy Checklist — Container Apps RBAC
5	Execute Deploy — Follow recipe steps	Recipe README
6	Post-Deploy — Configure SQL managed identity and apply EF migrations if applicable	Post-Deployment
7	Handle Errors — See recipe's `errors.md`	—
8	Verify Success — Confirm deployment completed and endpoints are accessible	Verification
9	Live Role Verification — Query Azure to confirm provisioned RBAC roles are correct and sufficient	live-role-verification.md
10	Report Results — Present deployed endpoint URLs to the user as fully-qualified `https://` links	Verification

⛔ URL FORMAT RULE

When presenting endpoint URLs to the user, you MUST always use fully-qualified URLs with the
https://
scheme (e.g.
https://myapp.azurewebsites.net
, not
myapp.azurewebsites.net
). Many Azure CLI commands return bare hostnames without a scheme — always prepend
https://
before presenting them.

⛔ VALIDATION PROOF CHECK

When checking the plan, verify the Validation Proof section (Section 7) contains actual validation results with commands run and timestamps. If this section is empty, validation was bypassed — invoke azure-validate skill first.

SDK Quick References

Azure Developer CLI: azd
Azure Identity: Python | .NET | TypeScript | Java

MCP Tools

Tool	Purpose
`mcp_azure_mcp_subscription_list`	List available subscriptions
`mcp_azure_mcp_group_list`	List resource groups in subscription
`mcp_azure_mcp_azd`	Execute AZD commands
`azure__role`	List role assignments for live RBAC verification (step 9)

References

Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
Post-Deployment Steps - SQL + EF Core setup