| name | azure-api-center |
| description | Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating API linting/registration, syncing with API gateways, customizing the portal, or managing API inventory, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions). |
| compatibility | Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. |
| metadata | {"generated_at":"2026-06-21","generator":"docs2skills/1.0.0"} |
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
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|
| Best Practices | L33-L38 | Best practices for API governance in API Center: using managed linting for style compliance and applying shift-left checks via the VS Code extension. |
| Security | L39-L44 | Configuring API authorization schemes for APIs in API Center and managing who can access the API Center portal via the VS Code extension |
| Configuration | L45-L53 | Configuring 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 Patterns | L54-L60 | Patterns 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 |
| Deployment | L61-L65 | Automating 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
Security
Configuration
Integrations & Coding Patterns
Deployment