# azure-kusto-irql

Assembles IRQL hunting pipelines for incident response in Kusto. It chains selectors, extractors, and enrichers so analysts can query security data without memorizing raw table schemas.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · ★ 3149
- 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-irql/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-kusto-irql

## What it does

This skill composes Incident Response Query Language pipelines inside Azure Data Explorer (Kusto). Instead of querying raw security tables directly, it uses composable functions: `Get_*` selectors for events like logins or processes, `Extract_*` helpers to parse domains, and `Enrich_*` functions for joining identity context.

Pipelines adhere to a strict progression. Data flows from a selector to an extractor, hits early `where` filters, passes to context enrichment via `invoke`, and ends with projection. Functions querying third-party endpoints like `Enrich_Sha256_VirusTotal` or `Get_CISA_KEV` require a configured callout policy on the cluster plus an API key.

The skill does not deploy base IRQL primitives to the database. It runs a preflight check first. If the target database lacks stored `Get_*`, `Extract_*`, or `Enrich_*` functions, pipeline creation stops, leaving analysts to rely on raw KQL via `azure-kusto`.

## 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-irql -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/azure-kusto-irql/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-irql/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- assemble threat hunting pipelines in Kusto using IRQL dialect
- correlate authentication events and network activity with employee records
- parse domain names from URLs or sender email addresses
- enrich file hashes with VirusTotal reports via callout policies

## Example prompts
- Build an IRQL pipeline to find failed logins and enrich them with employee data
- Write an IRQL query checking outbound network connections using Enrich_Ip_Employee
- Compose a hunt pipeline starting with Get_Email and extracting sender domains

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: azure-kusto-irql
description: "Compose IRQL (Incident Response Query Language) queries for Kusto cybersecurity investigations. Translates natural language hunting questions into composable IRQL pipelines using Get_*, Extract_*, and Enrich_* functions. WHEN: IRQL query, security hunt, threat hunting KQL, incident response query, compose hunting pipeline, failed logins, phishing investigation, lateral movement, process execution, file creation events."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.2.1"
---

# IRQL -- Incident Response Query Language

Compose IRQL function pipelines from selector, extractor, and enricher building blocks. IRQL wraps raw KQL security tables behind intent-revealing, composable functions so analysts (and LLMs) can express hunts without memorizing schemas, cluster locations, or join keys.

## Activation Triggers

Use this skill when the user:
- Explicitly mentions IRQL, `Get_*`, `Extract_*`, or `Enrich_*` functions
- Says "use IRQL" or "write an IRQL query"
- Requests a composable hunting pipeline using known IRQL selectors

Do **not** activate for generic security queries (e.g. "find failed logins") unless the user explicitly asks for IRQL. Route those to `azure-kusto` instead.

**Not a natural-language-to-IRQL converter.** This skill composes IRQL function pipelines and may handle basic natural-language requests that map directly to known selectors and simple filters. For general NL-to-KQL or NL-to-IRQL conversion, use a dedicated query-generation skill (available separately).

## IRQL Function Preflight

Before generating a pipeline, verify IRQL is available on the target database:

```kql
.show functions
| where Name startswith "Get_" or Name startswith "Extract_" or Name startswith "Enrich_"
| project Name
```

If no IRQL functions are found, inform the user that IRQL is not deployed on the target database and suggest using `azure-kusto` for raw KQL queries instead. IRQL functions are a prerequisite -- this skill does not deploy base IRQL selectors.

## What IRQL Is

IRQL is a **function-based dialect on top of KQL**. It provides:

1. **Unified schema** -- disparate security tables project into consistent column names regardless of the underlying data source
2. **Composability** -- small functions chain via `| invoke` to build complex hunts from simple steps
3. **Portability** -- the same IRQL pipeline works across different clusters/databases; only the `Get_*` primitives need re-pointing

IRQL is not a separate language. It's KQL functions you invoke. Any valid KQL works alongside IRQL functions.

## Deploying IRQL

IRQL functions are stored KQL functions (`.create-or-alter function`). They must already be deployed to the target database before this skill can generate pipelines.
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