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Agent-Skills azure-api-center

Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating API linting/registration, customizing the portal, syncing with API gateways, or enforcing design-time governance, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure App Configuration (use azure-app-configuration), Azure Service Connector (use azure-service-connector).

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/azure-api-center" ~/.claude/skills/microsoftdocs-agent-skills-azure-api-center && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/azure-api-center/SKILL.md
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Azure Api Center Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Api Center. Covers best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, 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
Best PracticesL33-L37Best practices for enforcing API governance early in development using the Azure API Center VS Code extension, including policy checks, linting, and design-time validation.
SecurityL38-L43Configuring API authorization schemes for APIs in API Center and managing who can access the API Center portal via the VS Code extension
ConfigurationL44-L54Configuring and deploying Azure API Center: setup via ARM/Bicep/CLI, portal customization, API linting/analysis, metadata schemas, MCP/A2A agent setup, and inventory management.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL55-L64Patterns and scripts for syncing APIs between API Center and platforms like API Management, Amazon API Gateway, and Copilot Studio, plus automation via Azure CLI and Logic Apps/Teams
DeploymentL65-L70Automating API linting and registration to Azure API Center (e.g., via GitHub Actions) and instructions for self-hosting the Azure API Center portal.

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply shift-left API governance with VS Code extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/govern-apis-vscode-extension

Security

TopicURL
Configure API authorization schemes in Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/authorize-api-access
Control API Center portal access via VS Code extensionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-center-portal-vs-code-extension

Configuration

TopicURL
Use managed API linting and analysis in Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-managed-api-analysis-linting
Configure metadata schema for Azure API Center governancehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/metadata
Configure and manage A2A agents in Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-manage-agents
Create Azure API Center via ARM templatehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-arm-template
Provision Azure API Center using Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-azure-cli
Deploy Azure API Center with Bicep templateshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-bicep
Define custom metadata schema in Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/tutorials/add-metadata-properties

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Export API Center APIs as Copilot Studio connectorshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/export-to-copilot-studio
Import Azure API Management APIs into API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/import-api-management-apis
Script API Center inventory management with Azure CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/manage-apis-azure-cli
Automate API registration notifications with Logic Apps and Teamshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-notification-workflow
Synchronize Azure API Management APIs with API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/synchronize-api-management-apis
Sync Amazon API Gateway APIs into Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/synchronize-aws-gateway-apis

Deployment

TopicURL
Automate API linting deployment in Azure API Centerhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-analysis-linting
Automate API registration to API Center with GitHub Actionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-apis-github-actions
Self-host the Azure API Center portal implementationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/self-host-api-center-portal