# azure-validate

Runs deep validation of configuration, infrastructure, RBAC and managed identity before you ship to Azure. Useful when a deploy fails on permissions or a broken azure.yaml.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · 4 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-skills/skills/azure-validate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/azure-validate

## What it does

The skill drives validation step by step. You run the workflow script, it prints the next action, you do that action and rerun the script with the completed step noted. Progress is tracked in `.azure/validate-status.json`. On Windows use `references/scripts/workflow.ps1`; on macOS or Linux use `references/scripts/workflow.sh`.

Checks cover configuration, infrastructure written in Bicep or Terraform, RBAC role assignments, managed identity permissions and prerequisites. Recipe details sit in `references/recipes/README.md`, and role checks in `references/role-verification.md`. The plan status only becomes `Validated` once every check passes.

It expects `azure-prepare` to have run first and left `.azure/deployment-plan.md` at `Approved` or later. If that plan is absent, the skill halts and sends you back to `azure-prepare`. Anything destructive goes through `ask_user`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure, Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

## When to use it
- catch a bad `azure.yaml` before it reaches Azure
- audit RBAC role assignments against what the app needs
- confirm managed identity has enough permissions
- run a what-if analysis on Bicep infrastructure
- trace a deploy that keeps failing on prerequisites

## Example prompts
- Validate my app's readiness for an Azure deployment
- Check `azure.yaml` and Bicep and tell me what fails
- Review managed identity permissions and role assignments before deploying

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: azure-validate
description: "Pre-deployment validation for Azure readiness. Run deep checks on configuration, infrastructure (Bicep or Terraform), RBAC role assignments, managed identity permissions, and prerequisites before deploying. WHEN: validate my app, check deployment readiness, run preflight checks, verify configuration, check if ready to deploy, validate azure.yaml, validate Bicep, test before deploying, troubleshoot deployment errors, validate Azure Functions, validate function app, validate serverless deployment, verify RBAC roles, check role assignments, review managed identity permissions, what-if analysis, validate Container Apps deployment."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.2.3"
---

# Azure Validate

> **AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE** — Follow these instructions exactly unless they contradict security policies given to you.

> **⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED**
>
> Before proceeding, verify this prerequisite is met:
>
> **azure-prepare** was invoked and completed → `.azure/deployment-plan.md` exists with status `Approved` or later
>
> If the plan is missing, **STOP IMMEDIATELY** and invoke **azure-prepare** first.
>
> The complete workflow ensures success:
>
> `azure-prepare` → `azure-validate` → `azure-deploy`

## Triggers

- Check if app is ready to deploy
- Validate azure.yaml or Bicep
- Run preflight checks
- Troubleshoot deployment errors

## Rules

1. Run after azure-prepare, before azure-deploy
2. All checks must pass—do not deploy with failures
3. ⛔ **Destructive actions require `ask_user`** — [global-rules](references/global-rules.md)

## Steps

Run the workflow script and follow its instructions. It walks you through each validation step one at a time, recording progress in `.azure/validate-status.json`. Use [references/scripts/workflow.ps1](references/scripts/workflow.ps1) on Windows or [references/scripts/workflow.sh](references/scripts/workflow.sh) on macOS/Linux.

Start by calling the script **without** the completed-step argument:

```bash
pwsh references/scripts/workflow.ps1 -WorkspacePath <workspace-path>
# macOS/Linux: bash references/scripts/workflow.sh --workspace-path <workspace-path>
```

Each run prints the next action and the value to pass next. Perform the action, then re-run with that value (`-CompletedStep <value>` for pwsh, `--completed-step <value>` for bash). Repeat until it reports the azure-validate workflow is complete.

The steps reference recipe details in [references/recipes/README.md](references/recipes/README.md) and role checks in [references/role-verification.md](references/role-verification.md).

> **⛔ VALIDATION AUTHORITY**
>
> This skill is the officially verified way to set plan status to `Validated`. You MUST follow the script's instructions to completion before setting status to `Validated`.
> Do NOT set status to `Validated` without doing so.

---

> **⚠️ NEXT STEP — DEPENDS ON USER INTENT**
>
> After ALL validations pass, check whether the user asked to deploy:
> - **If the user explicitly requested deployment**, you **MUST** invoke **azure-deploy** to execute it. Do NOT run `azd up`, `azd deploy`, or any deployment commands directly — let azure-deploy handle execution.
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