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smithery.ai

azure-usage

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.

First seen Mar 29, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add https://smithery.ai
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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,843 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 238 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
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SKILL.md

Azure MCP Best Practices

Tool Selection

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

Common Operations

Storage

  • storageaccountslist - List storage accounts
  • storageblobslist - List blobs in container
  • storageblobsupload - Upload file to blob

Key Vault

  • keyvaultsecretslist - List secrets
  • keyvaultsecretsget - Get secret value
  • keyvaultsecretsset - Create/update secret

Cosmos DB

  • cosmosdbdatabaseslist - List databases
  • cosmosdbcontainerslist - List containers
  • cosmosdb_query - Query documents

AKS

  • aksclusterslist - List AKS clusters
  • aksnodepoolslist - List node pools

Monitor

  • monitorlogsquery - 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