azure-usage

name	azure-usage
description	This skill should be used when user asks to "query Azure resources", "list storage accounts", "manage Key Vault secrets", "work with Cosmos DB", "check AKS clusters", "use Azure MCP", or interact with any Azure service.

Azure MCP Best Practices

Tool Selection

Task	Tool	Example
List resources	mcp__azure__*_list	Storage accounts, Key Vault secrets
Get resource details	mcp__azure__*_get	Container details, database info
Create resources	mcp__azure__*_create	New secrets, storage containers
Query data	mcp__azure__*_query	Log Analytics, Cosmos DB

Common Operations

Storage

• storage_accounts_list - List storage accounts
• storage_blobs_list - List blobs in container
• storage_blobs_upload - Upload file to blob

Key Vault

• keyvault_secrets_list - List secrets
• keyvault_secrets_get - Get secret value
• keyvault_secrets_set - Create/update secret

Cosmos DB

• cosmosdb_databases_list - List databases
• cosmosdb_containers_list - List containers
• cosmosdb_query - Query documents

AKS

• aks_clusters_list - List AKS clusters
• aks_nodepools_list - List node pools

Monitor

• monitor_logs_query - Query Log Analytics

Authentication

Azure MCP uses Azure Identity SDK. Authenticate via:

• az login (Azure CLI - recommended)
• VS Code Azure extension
• Environment variables (service principal)

Reference

• Azure MCP Server
• Supported Services (40+)