# aks-skills

Adds Azure Kubernetes Service operational skills to Claude Code and GitHub Copilot for incident diagnostics, packet capture, and GPU workloads.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · ★ 3148
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/aks-skills
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/aks-skills

## What it does

This plugin equips the agent with five operational skills for Azure Kubernetes Service. The `aks-troubleshooting` tool inspects incidents in read-only mode to produce a root-cause report, while `aks-known-issues` links specific error signatures to Microsoft Learn solutions. For deeper issues, it provides `aks-network-capture` for bounded node traffic dumps and `aks-gpu-inference` to debug scheduling and memory errors on KAITO workloads.

Operations rely on local `az` and `kubectl` credentials. The agent changes nothing by default. It will not capture traffic or alter resources without your approval. For portal navigation, `azure-search-nav` signs in through `Connect-AzAccount`.

The plugin hook fetches a verified `ghcfa-telem` binary to report telemetry. You can turn off telemetry collection at any time by setting `AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false` in your environment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add microsoft/skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install aks-skills@skills
```

## When to use it
- diagnose live AKS incidents and generate structured root-cause reports
- match cluster error signatures against Microsoft Learn known issues
- capture bounded network packets on specific AKS nodes
- resolve GPU scheduling and out-of-memory faults in KAITO inference

## Example prompts
- Investigate the failing pods in my AKS cluster and identify the root cause
- Match this AKS provisioning error against known issues and find a fix
- Run a bounded packet capture on node `aks-nodepool1` to debug network drops

## Source text · aks-skills · MIT

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```text
# AKS Skills

Optional Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) operational skills for live incident
diagnosis, known-issue matching, GPU inference troubleshooting, and packet
capture. Install it alongside the base `azure` plugin when you operate AKS
clusters.

## Security

- The troubleshooting and capture skills read cluster and Azure state with your
  existing `az` and `kubectl` credentials. They do not change resources or
  start a packet capture without your explicit approval.
- `azure-search-nav` signs you in with `Connect-AzAccount` and sends your Azure
  Resource Manager access token to the Azure portal navigation search service,
  the same pattern Azure Copilot uses in the portal. It returns links only and
  does not modify resources. See its
  [authentication and data flow notes](skills/azure-search-nav/references/README.md#authentication-and-data-flow).

## Telemetry

The `track-telemetry` hook installs a pinned native `ghcfa-telem` release asset
when needed, verifies its platform-specific SHA-256 digest before extraction,
and caches the executable for reuse. To opt out of telemetry collection, set
`AZURE_MCP_COLLECT_TELEMETRY=false` in the environment of the process running
the agent.

## Skills

| Skill | Use it to |
|-------|-----------|
| **aks-troubleshooting** | Investigate live AKS incidents with read-only evidence collection and a structured root-cause report |
| **aks-known-issues** | Match a named AKS error signature to its documented cause, fix, and Microsoft Learn reference |
| **aks-network-capture** | Collect bounded packet captures from selected AKS nodes for wire-level troubleshooting |
| **aks-gpu-inference** | Diagnose GPU and KAITO inference workloads: scheduling, out-of-memory, observability, and scaling |
| **azure-search-nav** | Get an Azure portal deep link to a specific blade for a supported AKS, Arc-enabled Kubernetes, or Compute resource |

## Relationship to the base `azure` plugin

The base `azure` plugin keeps AKS planning, cluster setup, deployment, and
baseline diagnostics. This plugin adds deeper operational skills and is never
installed automatically: when one would help, the agent explains why and asks
before installing it. If you decline, or your host can't install it, the agent
continues with the base guidance.

## Install

In Copilot CLI:

1. Add the marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add microsoft/azure-skills`
2. Install this plugin: `/plugin install aks-skills@azure-skills`
3. Update it later with `/plugin update aks-skills@azure-skills`

If your organization's plugin policy blocks this plugin, the base `azure`
plugin's AKS guidance remains available.
```
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© Microsoft · MIT · https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/aks-skills

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