azure-app-onboard
End-to-end orchestrator: from a business idea, app idea, or existing app to running Azure deployment with cost estimates and pre-deploy approval. Analyzes your app, auto-detects the right Azure services, scaffolds infrastructure code, and deploys — tailored to your app, not a template. Handles moving existing apps to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes. WHEN: bring your app to Azure, plan my app, cost to run, is my code ready to deploy, deploy my app to the cloud, deploy all my services, what Azure services do I need, plan my Azure deployment, deploy my new app to Azure, one-click
Profile →npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-app-onboard --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Azure App Onboard > ⛔ **Every repo goes through the full pipeline (Steps 1–10). No exceptions.** Do not skip steps, refuse, or short-circuit based on what you recognize. Follow the Workflow table below sequentially — read each step's references before acting. ## Quick Reference | Property | Value | |----------|-------| | Best for | Developers who know what to build but not which Azure services to use | | Inputs | Business idea or existing codebase, budget/scale preferences (optional) | | Outputs | Architecture plan, cost estimate, IaC files, deployed Azure resources | | Phases | Discover → Architect → Scaffold → Deploy (self-contained, no external skill calls) | ## When to Use This Skill - Deploy existing code without knowing which Azure services to use - Check if your existing code is ready to deploy to Azure - Move an existing app to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes - Get cost estimates before committing to infrastructure - Understand architecture decisions and rejected alternatives - Get answers to Azure architecture or service selection questions (e.g., "What database should I use?") - Get guided Azure onboarding without prior experience ## When NOT to Use | Sc
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What does the azure-app-onboard skill do?
End-to-end orchestrator: from a business idea, app idea, or existing app to running Azure deployment with cost estimates and pre-deploy approval. Analyzes your app, auto-detects the right Azure services, scaffolds infrastructure code, and deploys — tailored to your app, not a template. Handles moving existing apps to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes. WHEN: bring your app to Azure, plan my app, cost to run, is my code ready to deploy, deploy my app to the cloud, deploy all my services, what Azure services do I need, plan my Azure deployment, deploy my new app to Azure, one-click
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-app-onboard --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From microsoft/azure-skills, a repository with 1,353 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.