Is the Azure Advisor skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Azure Advisor SkillProof Score?

8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.

How do I install Azure Advisor?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Azure Advisor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Azure Advisor

Routes Azure Advisor dev tasks to the exact Microsoft Learn docs and fetches them

by MicrosoftDocs · MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 8.4/10
Tested: Jul 21, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 67f2883

Fetched SKILL.md raw; frontmatter parses with name+description; skills/azure-advisor holds only SKILL.md (the Category Index line ranges L34-L82 point to URL tables inside the same file, no external ref files). Spot-checked 3 of the linked Learn URLs (advisor-assessments, permissions, advisor-mcp-tools) — all HTTP 200; no security smells. Output test: task = "write a Resource Graph/KQL query for Advisor cost recommendations". Baseline (from memory) used properties.category=="Cost" and shortDescription.solution; following the skill I fetched the linked advisor-azure-resource-graph doc, whose current schema uses properties.recommendationCategory, the consolidated properties.recommendationStatus field, a metadata-to-recommendations join, and extendedProperties.savingsAmount — so the skill-grounded query was materially more correct than baseline.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 7/10
Docs & honesty 4/5

What Azure Advisor does

A documentation-index skill for Azure Advisor development: a curated Category Index (best practices, decision making, limits/quotas, security, configuration, integrations) mapping each topic to an official Microsoft Learn URL, plus instructions to fetch that doc via the microsoftdocs MCP or a web-fetch fallback. Triggers when working on Advisor alerts, digests, recommendation states, Resource Graph/KQL queries, or Advisor RBAC; explicitly defers Cost Management, Monitor, Policy, and Security to their own skills.

How to install Azure Advisor

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git /tmp/azure-advisor-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/azure-advisor-src/skills/azure-advisor ~/.claude/skills/azure-advisor
# SKILL.md is the only file; no scripts or reference files.
# Runtime: needs network access. Skill prefers the microsoftdocs MCP
#   (https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp) but falls back to a generic web fetch.

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Azure Advisor

/azure-advisor Routes Azure Advisor dev tasks to the exact Microsoft Learn docs and fetches them

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Query Resource Graph for open Advisor recommendations
Dismiss this Azure Advisor cost recommendation
Set up a digest for Azure Advisor alerts

Frequently asked questions

Is the Azure Advisor skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Azure Advisor work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 21, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched SKILL.md raw; frontmatter parses with name+description; skills/azure-advisor holds only SKILL.md (the Category Index line ranges L34-L82 point to URL tables inside the same file, no external ref files). Spot-checked 3 of the linked Learn URLs (advisor-assessments, permissions, advisor-mcp-tools) — all HTTP 200; no security smells. Output test: task = "write a Resource Graph/KQL query for Advisor cost recommendations". Baseline (from memory) used properties.category=="Cost" and shortDescription.solution; following the skill I fetched the linked advisor-azure-resource-graph doc, whose current schema uses properties.recommendationCategory, the consolidated properties.recommendationStatus field, a metadata-to-recommendations join, and extendedProperties.savingsAmount — so the skill-grounded query was materially more correct than baseline.
What is the Azure Advisor SkillProof Score?: 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
How do I install Azure Advisor?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Azure Advisor with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.