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Azure Prepare (azd)

Get a project ready for Azure: azure.yaml, Bicep or Terraform and Dockerfiles.

Official vendorby MicrosoftChecked October 18, 2026

Part of Microsoft's official Azure skills, this one prepares an app for the Azure Developer CLI workflow. It plans first, then generates the configuration and infrastructure files needed to deploy.

Who it is for

  • Developers on Azure
  • Enterprise teams
  • Cloud engineers

Prompts to try

Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.

Prompt 1
Prepare this app for deployment with azd
Prompt 2
Create the azure.yaml and infrastructure for a function app with a timer trigger
Prompt 3
Modernize this project so it deploys to Azure

How to install it

In Claude Code

  1. /plugin install azure@claude-plugins-official

In Claude.ai

Not practical in Claude.ai because the skill drives local command-line tools, so use Claude Code.

Good to know

Also: /plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills then /plugin install azure@azure-skills.

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How we checked it

Confirmed SKILL.md at skills/azure-prepare/SKILL.md in microsoft/azure-skills via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-10-09, repo has 1,575 stars and was pushed 2026-10-16; the azure plugin in Anthropic's official marketplace points to this repo.

Source: github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/main/skills/azure-prepare

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