# azure-storage-blob-rust

Tells the agent how to use Azure Blob Storage from Rust: blob uploads and downloads, container management, RBAC auth.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · 5 installs · ★ 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-sdk-rust/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust

## What it does

The skill covers the official `azure_storage_blob` crate from Microsoft. It walks through building a `BlobServiceClient`, deriving a container client and a blob client from it, then uploading, downloading, deleting and listing blobs with a pager. A small table separates the three client types by what they operate on, so the agent does not mix up account-level and blob-level calls.

Authentication is where most examples break. The Rust `azure_identity` crate has no `DefaultAzureCredential` type, so the skill reaches for `DeveloperToolsCredential` during local work and points at `ManagedIdentityCredential` for production. Copy code written for another language and it will not compile.

Installing pulls in five crates: `azure_storage_blob`, `azure_identity`, `azure_core`, `tokio` and `futures`. A direct `azure_core` dependency matters only when your code touches its types such as `azure_core::http::Url`; if you stick to re-exports, you can skip it. The skill also insists on the crate published by the `azure-sdk` user on crates.io rather than the community ones, which follow a different naming scheme.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill azure-storage-blob-rust -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills azure-storage-blob-rust
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills --path .github/plugins/azure-sdk-rust/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust/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-sdk-rust/skills/azure-storage-blob-rust/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- upload a file to Azure Blob Storage from a Rust app
- download a blob and read its body as a string
- create a container and page through its blobs
- map a storage failure to a `StorageErrorCode` value
- set up auth without `DefaultAzureCredential`

## Example prompts
- Write Rust code that uploads a file to Azure Blob Storage using the official `azure_storage_blob` crate
- List the blobs in a container with `BlobContainerClient` and page through the results
- Handle `BlobNotFound` on download and print a readable message

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: azure-storage-blob-rust
description: |
  Azure Blob Storage library for Rust. Upload, download, and manage blobs and containers.
  Triggers: "blob storage rust", "BlobClient rust", "upload blob rust", "download blob rust", "storage container rust", "BlobServiceClient rust".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  package: azure_storage_blob
---

# Azure Blob Storage library for Rust

Client library for Azure Blob Storage — upload, download, and manage blobs and containers.

Use this skill when:

- An app needs to upload or download blobs from Azure Storage in Rust
- You need to create or manage blob containers
- You need to list blobs with pagination
- You need RBAC-based auth for blob operations

> **IMPORTANT:** Only use the official `azure_storage_blob` crate published by the [azure-sdk](https://crates.io/users/azure-sdk) crates.io user. Do NOT use the unofficial `azure_storage`, `azure_storage_blobs`, or `azure_sdk_for_rust` community crates. Official crates use underscores in names and none have version 0.21.0.

## Installation

```sh
cargo add azure_storage_blob azure_identity azure_core tokio futures
```

> If your code uses `azure_core` types directly (for example, `azure_core::http::Url` or `azure_core::http::RequestContent`), add `azure_core` to `Cargo.toml`. If you only use `azure_storage_blob` re-exports, direct `azure_core` dependency is optional.

## Environment Variables

```bash
AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT=<account-name>                         # Preferred when the caller gives an account name
AZURE_STORAGE_ENDPOINT=https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/ # Optional alternative when the caller gives a full endpoint
```

When both are available, prefer constructing the endpoint from `AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT` so the code matches common evaluation prompts.

## Authentication

Rust Azure SDK code must not use `DefaultAzureCredential`. The Rust identity crate does not provide that type.

```rust
// Correct for local development
use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;

let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
```

```rust
// Incorrect in Rust: this type does not exist in azure_identity
use azure_identity::DefaultAzureCredential;
```

```rust
use azure_core::http::Url;
use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_storage_blob::BlobServiceClient;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Local dev: DeveloperToolsCredential. Production: use ManagedIdentityCredential.
    let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
    let service_url = Url::parse("https://<storage_account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/")?;
    let service_client = BlobServiceClient::new(
        service_url,
        Some(credential),
        None,
    )?;

    // Derive container and blob clients by name.
    let container_client = service_client.blob_container_client("<container_name>");
````
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