Agent skill · software engineering · microsoft
azure-app-onboard
End-to-end orchestrator: from a business idea, app idea, or existing app to running Azure deployment with cost estimates and pre-deploy approval. Analyzes your app, auto-detects the right Azure services, scaffolds infrastructure code, and deploys — tailored to your app, not a template. Handles moving existing apps to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes. WHEN: bring your app to Azure, plan my app, cost to run, is my code ready to deploy, deploy my app to the cloud, deploy all my services, what Azure services do I need, plan my Azure deployment, deploy my new app to Azure, one-click deploy, I have an app and want it on Azure, migrate my app to Azure, help me get started, build an app, no code yet, starter project. DO NOT USE FOR: use azd for deployment(use azure-deploy), optimizing existing costs (use azure-cost), code readiness checks only (use azure-app-onboard-prereq).
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable infrastructure as code (IaC) files and automated deployment processes tailored to specific app requirements on Azure.
What it needs
Requires azure-cli installed locally. Requires azure account access. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 1,356 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Azure App Onboard ⛔ Every repo goes through the full pipeline (Steps 1–10). No exceptions. Do not skip steps, refuse, or short-circuit based on what you recognize. Follow the Workflow table below sequentially — read each step's references before acting. Quick Reference Property Value ---------- ------- Best for Developers who know what to build but not which Azure services to use Inputs Business idea or existing codebase, budget/scale preferences (optional) Outputs Architecture plan, cost estimate, IaC files, deployed Azure resources Phases Discover → Architect → Scaffold → Deploy (self-contained, no external skill calls) When to Use This Skill Deploy existing code without knowing which Azure services to use Check if your existing code is ready to deploy to Azure Move an existing app to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes Get cost estimates before committing to infrastructure Understand architecture decisions and rejected alternatives Get answers to Azure architecture or service selection questions (e.g., "What database should I use?") Get guided Azure onboarding without prior experience When NOT to Use Scenario Use Instead ---------- ------------- Run azd up or execute an existing deployment azure-deploy Optimize existing Azure spend azure-cost Generate Bicep/Terraform for a known architecture azure-prepare Validate infrastructure or run preflight checks azure-validate Troubleshoot a running Azure deployment azure-diagnostics Deploy to or manage AKS/Kubernetes directly azure-kubernetes Look up or list existing Azure resources azure-resource-lookup Pipeline Rules ⛔ You MUST read references/pipeline-rules.md at the start of every AppOnboard session. It contains approval gates, phase lifecycle, session artifacts, deploy-as-is, and security baseline rules. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills microsoft/azure-app-onboard--5b361b