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azure-validate

Azure Validate is the mandatory pre-deployment gate between Azure Prepare and Azure Deploy.

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Best for

Teams enforcing Azure deployment readiness

What you get

Run deployment preflight + Verify identity and RBAC

Main limitation

It requires an Azure Prepare plan already approved or later; it is not a standalone first step.

First risk

False readiness from skipped evidence. Manually changing status or omitting failed checks can send unsafe infrastructure to production. Let the workflow record real results, resolve every failure, and never fabricate validation proof.

EVIDENCE FRESHNESS

Three checks, kept separate

A recent source check is not a runtime test or security audit.

Upstream sourceChecked 2026-08-20

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Updated 2026-08-20

Runtime & securityNot independently verified

Source review does not certify behavior or safety.

30-SECOND BRIEF

What it does—and when it fits

Azure Validate is the mandatory pre-deployment gate between Azure Prepare and Azure Deploy. It reads an approved .azure/deployment-plan.md, runs deep checks on application configuration, azure.yaml, Bicep or Terraform, RBAC, managed identity, prerequisites, and what-if results, and records actual evidence before it alone may mark the plan Validated.

INSTALL BY AGENT

Choose your Agent

Paths come from official Agent docs or the universal installer behind skills.sh. Compatibility still follows this Skill's record.

Native

This Skill's current record explicitly names this Agent. Still inspect scripts, permissions, and external dependencies first.

Project scope.claude/skills/azure-validate/
Personal scope~/.claude/skills/azure-validate/

Use project scope for team sharing and personal scope across repositories. The installer defaults to project scope; add -g for personal scope.

Install command (project scope)npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-validate --agent claude-code
Official agent docs

Claude Code discovers custom Skill folders automatically at project or personal scope.

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TYPICAL WORKFLOW

A practical workflow

01

Run deployment preflight

Check configuration, infrastructure syntax, dependencies, and Azure readiness step by step.

02

Verify identity and RBAC

Review managed identities, role assignments, and permission prerequisites before cloud writes.

03

Record validation proof

Persist commands, timestamps, results, and workflow progress for Azure Deploy to verify.

THE TRADEOFFS

Advantages and tradeoffs

Notable strengths

  1. This profile is manually organized around the current upstream SKILL.md workflow.
  2. The capability boundary remains explicitly tied to microsoft/azure-skills.
  3. Core uses, limitations, and risks are separated for pre-install review.

Limitations

  1. It requires an Azure Prepare plan already approved or later; it is not a standalone first step.
  2. Passing static and what-if checks reduces risk but cannot guarantee runtime behavior after deployment.

COMPARE THE TRADEOFF

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First risk
Sensitive or excessive telemetry · High
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BEST FIT

Who it is for

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Teams enforcing Azure deployment readiness

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Reviewers verifying IaC and access prerequisites

BEFORE YOU USE IT

Risks to review before use

High

False readiness from skipped evidence

Manually changing status or omitting failed checks can send unsafe infrastructure to production. Let the workflow record real results, resolve every failure, and never fabricate validation proof.

Medium

Upstream instruction drift

Behavior can change with upstream updates. Record the commit used for important workflows and review updates before adoption.

SECURITY

What the permission profile means

  • Declared access remains governed by the current upstream SKILL.md and runtime requests.
  • Treat repository files, web content, and tool output as untrusted input.
  • SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-audited this package; external skills.sh labels are not SkillSignal certification.

Not a security certification. External ratings are attributed references. SkillSignal has not independently executed or security-reviewed this Skill.

INSIDE THE PACKAGE

Indexed files

SKILL.mdUpstream Skill instructionsSource-linked

TAGS

azurepreflightiac-validation

Manually expanded from the current upstream SKILL.md and linked source at microsoft/azure-skills, checked 2026-08-20. This is an original summary, not an execution result or security certification.