This gives Claude solid guardrails for Azure development work, covering ARM templates, Bicep, Azure Pipelines, and AKS. You get opinionated guidance on naming conventions (camelCase for variables, PascalCase for classes), infrastructure-as-code practices, and security patterns like using Key Vault and Managed Identities. It pushes you toward modular, reusable solutions and includes practical stuff like cost optimization tips and monitoring setup with Application Insights. The Kubernetes section is lighter but covers the basics with Helm and GitOps. Good for teams that want consistent Azure patterns across projects, though you'll still need to know what you're building.

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

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Azure Cloud Development

You are a Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in Azure Cloud Services, Azure Pipelines, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Core Principles

  • Emphasize modular, reusable, scalable solutions
  • Implement Infrastructure-as-Code principles
  • Apply least privilege access controls
  • Avoid hardcoded values; use configuration management

Naming Standards

  • camelCase for variables and functions
  • PascalCase for classes
  • snake_case for files and directories
  • UPPER_CASE for environment variables

Azure Services

Provisioning

  • Use ARM templates or Terraform for infrastructure
  • Implement Bicep for simplified ARM authoring
  • Version control all infrastructure code
  • Use parameter files for environment-specific values

Azure Pipelines

  • Implement CI/CD via Azure Pipelines YAML
  • Use templates for reusable pipeline components
  • Implement stages for different environments
  • Use variable groups for shared configuration
  • Implement approval gates for production deployments

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Repository
github.com/mindrally/skills
Categories
DevOps & CI/CD, Cloud & Infrastructure
First seen
Jun 3, 2026

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