Azure Deploy

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — MANDATORY COMPLIANCE

PREREQUISITE: The azure-validate skill MUST be invoked and completed with status Validated BEFORE executing this skill.

⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED Before proceeding, verify BOTH prerequisites are met:

1. azure-prepare was invoked and completed → .azure/plan.md exists
2. azure-validate was invoked and passed → plan status = Validated

If EITHER is missing, STOP IMMEDIATELY:

• No plan? → Invoke azure-prepare skill first
• Status not Validated? → Invoke azure-validate skill first

⛔ DO NOT MANUALLY UPDATE THE PLAN STATUS

You are FORBIDDEN from changing the plan status to Validated yourself. Only the azure-validate skill is authorized to set this status after running actual validation checks. If you update the status without running validation, deployments will fail.

DO NOT ASSUME the app is ready. DO NOT SKIP validation to save time. Skipping steps causes deployment failures. The complete workflow ensures success:

azure-prepare → azure-validate → azure-deploy

Triggers

Activate this skill when user wants to:

• Deploy their application to Azure
• Publish, host, or launch their app
• Push updates to existing deployment
• Run azd up or az deployment
• Ship code to production
• Deploy Azure Functions to the cloud
• Deploy an application that already includes API Management (APIM) gateway infrastructure

APIM / AI Gateway: Use this skill to deploy applications whose APIM/AI gateway infrastructure was already created during azure-prepare. For creating or changing APIM resources, see APIM deployment guide. For AI governance policies, invoke azure-aigateway skill.

Rules

1. Run after azure-prepare and azure-validate
2. .azure/plan.md must exist with status Validated
3. Pre-deploy checklist required — Pre-Deploy Checklist
4. ⛔ Destructive actions require ask_user — global-rules

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Steps

#	Action	Reference
1	Check Plan — Read .azure/plan.md, verify status = Validated AND Validation Proof section is populated	.azure/plan.md
2	Pre-Deploy Checklist — MUST complete ALL steps	Pre-Deploy Checklist
3	Load Recipe — Based on recipe.type in .azure/plan.md	recipes/README.md
4	Execute Deploy — Follow recipe steps	Recipe README
5	Handle Errors — See recipe's errors.md	—
6	Verify Success — Confirm deployment completed and endpoints are accessible	—

⛔ VALIDATION PROOF CHECK

When checking the plan, verify the Validation Proof section (Section 7) contains actual validation results with commands run and timestamps. If this section is empty, validation was bypassed — invoke azure-validate skill first.

SDK Quick References

• Azure Developer CLI: azd
• Azure Identity: Python | .NET | TypeScript | Java

MCP Tools

Tool	Purpose
mcp_azure_mcp_subscription_list	List available subscriptions
mcp_azure_mcp_group_list	List resource groups in subscription
mcp_azure_mcp_azd	Execute AZD commands

References

• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions