# azure-kusto-graph

Turns a plain-language graph description into KQL operators: edges first, then node lookups, then the graph itself. Handy when tabular data needs to become a graph.

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- 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/azure-kusto-graph-skills/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-kusto-graph

## What it does

The skill lays out a fixed order for Kusto graphs. You start with edges, add lookup tables that give node IDs names and types, and only then call `make-graph`. Two templates follow that shape: one for a pair of entity types, one that unions several relationship types into a shared schema.

From there it covers the operators. `graph-match` handles pattern matching, `graph-shortest-paths` walks variable-length edges, `graph-mark-components` groups nodes into connected components, and `graph-to-table` writes nodes or edges back out. Persistent graphs get their own path: `graph()` reads the latest snapshot, a named snapshot, or builds a transient graph from a model definition.

One thing to know up front: this is not a general natural-language-to-KQL converter. You normally bring a working query whose output you want graphed, plus a description of the structure. Plain-language requests only land when they map to a known table with obvious columns; for everything else there is a separate query-generation skill.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **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 azure-kusto-graph-skills@skills
```
This installs the whole azure-kusto-graph-skills plugin with all its skills

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-kusto-graph -a claude-code
```

3. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/azure-kusto-graph/

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills azure-kusto-graph
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills --path .github/plugins/azure-kusto-graph-skills/skills/azure-kusto-graph
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/azure-kusto-graph-skills/skills/azure-kusto-graph/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a graph from tabular data with `make-graph`
- find the shortest path between two nodes
- group nodes into connected components
- model user-to-host relationships in one query
- export graph nodes and edges back to tables

## Example prompts
- Build a graph from this query's results: edges go from user to host, nodes are employee names
- Find the shortest path from Alice to Server01 in this graph
- Mark connected components and list the members of each one

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: azure-kusto-graph
description: "Build and query Kusto graphs from natural language. Covers transient graphs (make-graph), persistent graph models/snapshots, pattern matching (graph-match), shortest paths, connected components, and graph-to-table export. Generates the edges-first thinking: define edges, define node lookups, union, make-graph. WHEN: make-graph, graph-match, graph-shortest-paths, graph-to-table, graph-mark-components, persistent graph, graph model, graph snapshot, build a graph from data, find paths between nodes, pattern matching in graph, connected components, transient graph, Kusto graph, KQL graph."
license: MIT
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# Kusto Graph Semantics

Build transient and persistent graphs from tabular data using KQL graph operators. This skill translates natural language into the edges-first graph construction pattern and graph query operators.

## Activation Triggers

Use this skill when the user:
- Wants to build a graph from tabular data (`make-graph`)
- Asks to find patterns, paths, or relationships in data
- Mentions `graph-match`, `graph-shortest-paths`, `graph-to-table`, `graph-mark-components`
- Wants to create a persistent graph model or snapshot
- Says "build a graph", "find the shortest path", "find connected components", "show relationships"
- Asks about transient vs persistent graphs

**Not a natural-language-to-KQL converter.** The input should generally be a working KQL query whose results the user wants converted to a graph, plus a natural-language description of the desired graph structure. Basic NL source requests are supported only when they map directly to a known table with obvious columns. For general NL-to-KQL conversion, use a dedicated query-generation skill (available separately).

**Complementary skills:**
- `azure-kusto-irql` -- composable security query primitives that produce the tabular inputs for graphs
- `azure-kusto-irql-graph` -- IRQL's `Lift_To_Graph` JSON mapping system for richly-typed, icon-decorated graphs in Kusto Explorer

## The Edges-First Approach

The fundamental pattern for building graphs in Kusto:

```
1. Define your EDGES       -> src --> dest, with relationship type/properties
2. Define your NODE LOOKUPS -> display names, types, properties for each node ID
3. Union edge types         -> if you have multiple relationship types
4. Union node lookups       -> if you have multiple node types
5. Call make-graph          -> edges | make-graph Source --> Target with nodes on nodeId
```

This is how to think in `make-graph`. Edges are the relationships you care about. Nodes are lookup tables that give those IDs a face -- display names, types, properties.

## Graph Operators Reference

### `make-graph` -- Build a graph from tables

```kql
````
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