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azure-api-center

Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating API linting/registration, customizing the portal, syncing with API gateways, or enforcing design-time governance, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure App Configuration (use azure-app-configuration), Azure Service Connector (use azure-service-connector).

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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure API Center. Covers best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

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IMPORTANT for Agent: This file may be large. Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections, then use read_file with specific line ranges (e.g., L136-L144) to read the sections needed for the user's question This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content. Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch to retrieve full articles.

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Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Best Practices	L27-L30	Best practices for enforcing API governance early in development using the Azure API Center VS Code extension, including policy checks, linting, and design-time validation.
Security	L32-L36	Configuring API authorization schemes for APIs in API Center and managing who can access the API Center portal via the VS Code extension
Configuration	L38-L49	Configuring and deploying Azure API Center: setup via ARM/Bicep/CLI, portal customization, API linting/analysis, metadata schemas, MCP/A2A agent setup, and inventory management.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L51-L59	Patterns and scripts for syncing APIs between API Center and platforms like API Management, Amazon API Gateway, and Copilot Studio, plus automation via Azure CLI and Logic Apps/Teams
Deployment	L61-L66	Automating API linting and registration to Azure API Center (e.g., via GitHub Actions) and instructions for self-hosting the Azure API Center portal.

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply shift-left API governance with VS Code extension	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/govern-apis-vscode-extension

Security

Topic	URL
Configure API authorization schemes in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/authorize-api-access
Control API Center portal access via VS Code extension	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-center-portal-vs-code-extension

Configuration

Topic	URL
Use managed API linting and analysis in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-managed-api-analysis-linting
Configure metadata schema for Azure API Center governance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/metadata
Register and discover MCP servers in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-discover-mcp-server
Configure and manage A2A agents in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-manage-agents
Create Azure API Center via ARM template	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-arm-template
Provision Azure API Center using Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-azure-cli
Deploy Azure API Center with Bicep templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-bicep
Set up and customize the Azure API Center portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-portal
Define custom metadata schema in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/tutorials/add-metadata-properties

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Export API Center APIs as Copilot Studio connectors	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/export-to-copilot-studio
Import Azure API Management APIs into API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/import-api-management-apis
Script API Center inventory management with Azure CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/manage-apis-azure-cli
Automate API registration notifications with Logic Apps and Teams	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-notification-workflow
Synchronize Azure API Management APIs with API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/synchronize-api-management-apis
Sync Amazon API Gateway APIs into Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/synchronize-aws-gateway-apis

Deployment

Topic	URL
Automate API linting deployment in Azure API Center	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-analysis-linting
Automate API registration to API Center with GitHub Actions	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-apis-github-actions
Self-host the Azure API Center portal implementation	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/self-host-api-center-portal