skill-creator
Guide for creating effective skills for AI coding agents working with Azure SDKs and Microsoft Foundry services. Use when creating new skills or updating existing skills.
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51%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
94%
1.74xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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94%
54%Create an Azure AI Inference SDK Skill for Python
Python Azure SDK skill structure and Best Practices
Correct file location
100%
100%
Naming convention
33%
100%
Frontmatter triggers
100%
100%
Section order: Installation before Authentication
100%
100%
Section order: Environment Variables present
100%
100%
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS in env vars
0%
100%
Production credential guidance
0%
100%
Best Practices: sync/async consistency as item 1
0%
100%
Best Practices: context managers as item 2
0%
100%
Code examples use context managers
28%
100%
No sync/async interleaving
100%
100%
Symlink created
0%
0%
Acceptance criteria file
50%
100%
Scenarios YAML file
0%
100%
No hardcoded credentials
100%
100%
100%
63%Create an Azure Blob Storage SDK Skill for Rust
Rust Azure SDK skill authentication and crate usage
Official crate names
100%
100%
No DefaultAzureCredential in Rust
0%
100%
DeveloperToolsCredential for local dev
0%
100%
ManagedIdentityCredential for production
0%
100%
RequestContent::from() for uploads
0%
100%
RBAC role guidance
100%
100%
Rust Best Practices: credential item
0%
100%
Rust Best Practices: RequestContent item
0%
100%
Async-only acknowledgement
62%
100%
No hardcoded credentials
100%
100%
89%
2%Update the Azure Form Recognizer Java Skill for the Document Intelligence Rebranding
Deprecated SDK migration notice and dual installation
Migration notice present
83%
100%
Legacy installation option shown
100%
100%
Recommended installation option shown
62%
100%
Note that patterns apply to both packages
0%
37%
Cross-reference between skills
100%
40%
Explicit update-vs-create decision
100%
100%
Java DefaultAzureCredential usage
100%
100%
Java Builder pattern
100%
100%
Best Practices: sync/async consistency
100%
100%
Best Practices: context managers / resource cleanup
100%
100%
No hardcoded credentials
100%
100%
- Repository
- microsoft/agent-skills
- Commit
10cfecf
- Evaluated
- Agent
- Claude Code
- Model
- Claude Sonnet 4.6
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