azure-validate

microsoft/azure-skills · updated Apr 8, 2026

$npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-validate
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summary

Pre-deployment validation for Azure infrastructure, configuration, and permissions before deployment.

  • Requires .azure/plan.md from a prior azure-prepare run; stops immediately if the plan is missing
  • Executes recipe-specific validation commands (azd provision, bicep build, terraform validate) and records proof in the plan document
  • Performs build verification, configuration checks, and permission validation; blocks deployment if any check fails
  • Only authorized method to set plan sta
skill.md

Azure Validate

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — Follow these instructions exactly. This supersedes prior training.

⛔ 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-prepareazure-validateazure-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_userglobal-rules

Steps

# Action Reference
1 Load Plan — Read .azure/deployment-plan.md for recipe and configuration. If missing → run azure-prepare first .azure/deployment-plan.md
2 Add Validation Steps — Copy recipe "Validation Steps" to .azure/deployment-plan.md as children of "All validation checks pass" recipes/README.md, .azure/deployment-plan.md
3 Run Validation — Execute recipe-specific validation commands recipes/README.md
4 Build Verification — Build the project and fix any errors before proceeding See recipe
5 Static Role Verification — Review Bicep/Terraform for correct RBAC role assignments in code role-verification.md
6 Record Proof — Populate Section 7: Validation Proof with commands run and results .azure/deployment-plan.md
7 Resolve Errors — Fix failures before proceeding See recipe's errors.md
8 Update Status — Only after ALL checks pass, set status to Validated .azure/deployment-plan.md
9 Deploy — Invoke azure-deploy skill

⛔ VALIDATION AUTHORITY

This skill is the ONLY authorized way to set plan status to Validated. You MUST:

  1. Run actual validation commands (azd provision --preview, bicep build, terraform validate, etc.)
  2. Populate Section 7: Validation Proof with the commands you ran and their results
  3. Only then set status to Validated

Do NOT set status to Validated without running checks and recording proof.


⚠️ MANDATORY NEXT STEP — DO NOT SKIP

After ALL validations pass, you MUST invoke azure-deploy to execute the deployment. Do NOT attempt to run azd up, azd deploy, or any deployment commands directly. Let azure-deploy handle execution.

If any validation failed, fix the issues and re-run azure-validate before proceeding.

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Ratings

4.772 reviews
  • Dev Chawla· Dec 24, 2024

    azure-validate reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Jin Khanna· Dec 20, 2024

    I recommend azure-validate for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • Ama Reddy· Dec 20, 2024

    Keeps context tight: azure-validate is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

  • Jin Zhang· Dec 16, 2024

    azure-validate has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Dhruvi Jain· Dec 12, 2024

    Registry listing for azure-validate matched our evaluation — installs cleanly and behaves as described in the markdown.

  • Chinedu Taylor· Dec 12, 2024

    azure-validate fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Jin Malhotra· Dec 8, 2024

    azure-validate is among the better-maintained entries we tried; worth keeping pinned for repeat workflows.

  • Nikhil Agarwal· Nov 27, 2024

    azure-validate fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Rahul Santra· Nov 23, 2024

    azure-validate reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Diya Perez· Nov 11, 2024

    Useful defaults in azure-validate — fewer surprises than typical one-off scripts, and it plays nicely with `npx skills` flows.

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