.agent/skills/azure-diagnostics/SKILL.md
Debug and troubleshoot production issues on Azure. Covers Container Apps diagnostics, log analysis with KQL, health checks, and common issue resolution for image pulls, cold starts, and health probes. USE FOR: debug production issues, troubleshoot container apps, analyze logs with KQL, fix image pull failures, resolve cold start issues, investigate health probe failures, check resource health, view application logs, find root cause of errors DO NOT USE FOR: deploying applications (use azure-deploy), creating new resources (use azure-prepare), setting up monitoring (use azure-observability), cost optimization (use azure-cost-optimization)
npx skillsauth add Tyler-R-Kendrick/agent-skills azure-diagnosticsInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE
This document is the official source for debugging and troubleshooting Azure production issues. Follow these instructions to diagnose and resolve common Azure service problems systematically.
Activate this skill when user wants to:
| Service | Common Issues | Reference | |---------|---------------|-----------| | Container Apps | Image pull failures, cold starts, health probes, port mismatches | container-apps/ |
# Check resource health
az resource show --ids RESOURCE_ID
# View activity log
az monitor activity-log list -g RG --max-events 20
# Container Apps logs
az containerapp logs show --name APP -g RG --follow
For AI-powered diagnostics, use:
mcp_azure_mcp_applens
intent: "diagnose issues with <resource-name>"
command: "diagnose"
parameters:
resourceId: "<resource-id>"
Provides:
- Automated issue detection
- Root cause analysis
- Remediation recommendations
For querying logs and metrics:
mcp_azure_mcp_monitor
intent: "query logs for <resource-name>"
command: "logs_query"
parameters:
workspaceId: "<workspace-id>"
query: "<KQL-query>"
See kql-queries.md for common diagnostic queries.
mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth
intent: "check health status of <resource-name>"
command: "get"
parameters:
resourceId: "<resource-id>"
# Check specific resource health
az resource show --ids RESOURCE_ID
# Check recent activity
az monitor activity-log list -g RG --max-events 20
tools
REQUIRED FIRST STEP: You MUST invoke this skill BEFORE generating ANY Azure application code, infrastructure files, or Azure CLI commands. This skill prepares applications for Azure hosting. USE THIS SKILL when users want to create new Azure applications, ADD new components or services to existing applications, UPDATE or modify existing Azure configurations, modernize applications for Azure, or deploy to Azure. Do NOT generate azure.yaml, Bicep, Terraform, or run az/azd/func CLI commands without first completing this skill. This applies to NEW projects AND changes to EXISTING projects.
development
Create new Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server instances and configure passwordless authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. Set up developer access, managed identities for apps, group-based permissions, and migrate from password-based to Entra ID authentication. Trigger phrases include "passwordless for postgres", "entra id postgres", "azure ad postgres authentication", "postgres managed identity", "migrate postgres to passwordless".
testing
Azure Observability Services including Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics, Alerts, and Workbooks. Provides metrics, APM, distributed tracing, KQL queries, and interactive reports.
testing
Azure Networking Services including Virtual Networks, Private Endpoints, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, Front Door, and DNS. Covers hub-spoke topology, private endpoint patterns, and network security layers. USE FOR: virtual network setup, private endpoint configuration, hub-spoke topology, VNet peering, network security groups, Azure firewall rules, load balancer setup, Application Gateway configuration, Azure Front Door, private link setup, DNS configuration, network isolation DO NOT USE FOR: compute resource configuration (use azure-create-app), Azure Functions networking (use azure-functions), database networking within postgres/cosmos (use respective skills), cost analysis (use azure-cost-optimization), resource deployment (use azure-deploy)