# azure-storage-queue-rust

Guides AI assistants in writing Rust code for Azure Queue Storage via azure_storage_queue. It helps send, read, and delete queue messages cleanly.

- 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-sdk-rust/skills/azure-storage-queue-rust/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-storage-queue-rust

## What it does

This skill provides strict conventions for integrating Azure Queue Storage into Rust projects using the official `azure_storage_queue` crate. It enforces using `QueueServiceClient` for account operations and deriving a `QueueClient` for specific queues. For runtime calls, setting `AZURE_STORAGE_QUEUE_ENDPOINT` is mandatory.

Authentication has a key pitfall. The Rust Azure SDK lacks `DefaultAzureCredential`. Trying to call it breaks the build. The skill instructs the agent to use `DeveloperToolsCredential` locally and `ManagedIdentityCredential` in production environments.

It also enforces dependency management rules. Crates must be added via `cargo add` rather than direct manifest edits. To handle `#[non_exhaustive]` models cleanly, structs finish with `..Default::default()` while ignoring Clippy update warnings.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

## When to use it
- authenticate Azure Queue clients without `DefaultAzureCredential`
- send and read messages with `azure_storage_queue` in Rust
- remove processed queue items using pop receipts
- inspect queue contents without consuming messages via `peek_messages`

## Example prompts
- Write a Rust function to send a message to an Azure queue with QueueClient.
- Show how to poll and delete messages from Azure Queue Storage using ManagedIdentityCredential.
- Implement peek_messages in Rust to check the next queue items without dequeueing.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: azure-storage-queue-rust
description: |
  Azure Queue Storage library for Rust. Send, receive, and manage queue messages.
  Triggers: "queue storage rust", "QueueClient rust", "send message rust", "receive messages rust", "QueueServiceClient rust", "queue rust".
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  package: azure_storage_queue
---

# Azure Queue Storage library for Rust

Client library for Azure Queue Storage — send, receive, and manage queue messages.

Use this skill when:

- An app needs to send or receive messages from Azure Queue Storage in Rust
- You need to create or manage queues
- You need to peek, receive, or delete queue messages
- You need RBAC-based auth for queue operations

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

## Installation

```sh
cargo add azure_storage_queue azure_identity azure_core tokio
```

> If your code uses `azure_core` types directly, add `azure_core` to `Cargo.toml`. If you only use `azure_storage_queue` re-exports, direct `azure_core` dependency is optional.

## Environment Variables

```bash
AZURE_STORAGE_QUEUE_ENDPOINT=https://<account>.queue.core.windows.net/ # Required for all operations
```

## Authentication

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

```rust
use azure_core::http::Url;
use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_storage_queue::QueueServiceClient;

#[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>.queue.core.windows.net/")?;
    let service_client = QueueServiceClient::new(service_url, Some(credential), None)?;

    // Derive a queue client by name.
    let queue_client = service_client.queue_client("<queue_name>")?;
    Ok(())
}
```

Do not infer public SDK types from generated internal model names. Prefer the crate README/examples when checking queue client method signatures and message/result shapes.

## Client Types

| Client               | Purpose                               | Access                                   |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| `QueueServiceClient` | Account-level operations, list queues | `QueueServiceClient::new()`              |
| `QueueClient`        | Queue operations, send/receive/delete | `service_client.queue_client("<name>")?` |

## Core Workflow

### Send a Message

```rust
use azure_core::http::Url;
use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_storage_queue::{models::QueueMessage, QueueServiceClient};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
````
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