Azure Validate

This is the middle step in Microsoft's three-part Azure deployment workflow that runs preflight checks before you deploy anything. It validates your azure.yaml configuration, builds your project, runs bicep or terraform validation, checks RBAC role assignments in your infrastructure code, and does what-if analysis to catch issues early. The skill records all validation results in a deployment plan file and only marks things as ready to deploy if every check passes. It's designed to catch the configuration mistakes and permission issues that usually blow up during deployment, saving you from debugging failed deployments in the Azure portal.

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$ npx -y skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-validate --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Azure Validate

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — Follow these instructions exactly unless they contradict security policies given to you.

⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED

Before proceeding, verify this prerequisite is met:

azure-prepare was invoked and completed → .azure/deployment-plan.md exists with status Approved or later

If the plan is missing, STOP IMMEDIATELY and invoke azure-prepare first.

The complete workflow ensures success:

azure-prepare → azure-validate → azure-deploy