# python-appservice-deploy

Deploys Python web apps to Azure App Service Linux. It provisions missing plans and sets appropriate startup routines automatically.

- 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-skills/skills/python-appservice-deploy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/python-appservice-deploy

## What it does

The skill provisions Python web services on a Linux P0v3 plan targeting the `PYTHON:3.14` runtime. When the resource group or service plan is missing, it sets them up using names derived from the chosen app name (`<app>-rg` and `<app>-plan`). Only the application name triggers an interactive prompt; subscription and region default to current `az` settings or `eastus2`.

Deployment branches based on configuration: projects with an `azure.yaml` file use `azd deploy`, while others run through `az webapp deploy --type zip`. The tool assigns `python -m uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0` for FastAPI and enables `SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT=true` for remote builds. Running `az webapp up` is strictly disallowed. The workflow halts immediately after deployment without probing endpoints, since App Service takes 2 to 3 minutes to warm up. Tasks involving databases or infrastructure-as-code must be delegated to `azure-prepare`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure, Terraform

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills python-appservice-deploy
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/python-appservice-deploy/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/python-appservice-deploy/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/python-appservice-deploy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- deploy a FastAPI backend to Azure App Service Linux with uvicorn startup
- generate missing Azure resource groups and P0v3 plans without manual portal setup
- configure remote dependency builds via SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT
- push Flask or Django applications relying on Oryx autodetection

## Example prompts
- Deploy this FastAPI project to Azure App Service Linux.
- Publish my Django application to Azure App Service.
- Set up an Azure App Service web app for this Flask codebase.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Python on Azure App Service — Code Deploy

Deploys Python (Flask, Django, FastAPI, generic) code to Azure App Service Linux (P0v3, Python 3.14). Creates RG + Plan + Web App if missing. Hand off to `azure-prepare` for VNet, Key Vault, databases, or IaC.

**MCP tools used**: `mcp_azure_mcp_subscription_list`, `mcp_azure_mcp_group_list`, `mcp_azure_mcp_appservice`, `mcp_azure_mcp_azd` (when `azure.yaml` is present).

## Workflow

1. **Resolve context — smart defaults, minimal prompts.** Only the app name is interactive; RG (`<app>-rg`), Plan (`<app>-plan`), region (current `az` default or `eastus2`), subscription are derived. [create-app.md](references/create-app.md) §1.
2. **Detect framework** (advisory, never blocks). [detect.md](references/detect.md).
3. **Choose path** — `azure.yaml` host: appservice → [deploy-azd.md](references/deploy-azd.md); else [deploy-azcli.md](references/deploy-azcli.md).
4. **Ensure RG → Plan (`P0v3 --is-linux`) → Web App (`--runtime "PYTHON:3.14"`)** exist. On transient ARM errors, follow [transient-retry.md](references/transient-retry.md). [create-app.md](references/create-app.md).
5. **Set startup** — Flask/Django: none (Oryx auto-detects). FastAPI: always `python -m uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0`. Other: warn. [startup-commands.md](references/startup-commands.md).
6. **Set `SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT=true`**.
7. **Deploy** — `azd deploy` or `az webapp deploy --type zip --track-status false`.
8. **STOP. Print the post-deploy message** ([post-deploy-message.md](references/post-deploy-message.md)) and end the turn.

### Hard rules

- ⛔ **NO POST-DEPLOY VERIFICATION** — after deploy returns, do not run `az webapp log tail`, `curl`, `Invoke-WebRequest`, or any health probe. App Service needs 2–3 min to warm; a quiet log or early 5xx is not failure.
- ⛔ **SHELL SAFETY** — for `--runtime` always use `"PYTHON:3.14"` (colon). Never `"PYTHON|3.14"` (pipe is a shell operator).
- ⛔ **NEVER `az webapp up`** — deprecated. Use Step 7 commands.
- ✅ **URL FORMAT** — present endpoints as `https://...` URLs.

## Error Handling

See [errors.md](references/errors.md) for the full symptom → cause → fix matrix. Quick triage: missing plan/app → re-run Step 4; container ping timeout on 8000 → fix startup (Step 5); `ModuleNotFoundError` after deploy → ensure Step 6 ran, redeploy.
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