Azure Validate

by microsoft

Azure Validate is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in azure-skills.

1.4K stars231 forkson microsoft/azure-skillsAdded 2026/08/19+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/18

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Install Azure Validate

Copy Azure Validate into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills/tree/main/skills/azure-validate ~/.claude/skills/azure-validate

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/azure-validate/SKILL.md in microsoft/azure-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/azure-validate
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Azure Validate does

Azure Validate runs pre-deployment checks on Azure configuration, infrastructure as code (Bicep/Terraform), RBAC roles, managed identity permissions, and prerequisites before deployment. Use it to validate azure.yaml/Bicep, run preflight checks, and troubleshoot deployment errors.

Azure Validate is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Azure Validate comes from a repository tagged agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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

Triggers

Check if app is ready to deploy
Validate azure.yaml or Bicep
Run preflight checks
Troubleshoot deployment errors

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Azure Validate

What else does microsoft publish alongside Azure Validate?
Azure Validate is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from microsoft/azure-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Runway AKS Setup, App Insights Instrumentation and Azure AI. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Azure Validate does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/azure-skills page.
How does Azure Validate compare to other DevOps skills?
Azure Validate ranks #362 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Azure Validate against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.