azure-identity-ts
Authenticate to Azure services with various credential types.
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill azure-identity-ts --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 Identity SDK for TypeScript Authenticate to Azure services with various credential types. ## Installation ```bash npm install @azure/identity ``` ## Environment Variables ### Service Principal (Secret) ```bash AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id> AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id> AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<client-secret> ``` ### Service Principal (Certificate) ```bash AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id> AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id> AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PATH=/path/to/cert.pem AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD=<optional-password> ``` ### Workload Identity (Kubernetes) ```bash AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id> AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id> AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE=/var/run/secrets/tokens/azure-identity ``` ## DefaultAzureCredential (Recommended) ```typescript import { DefaultAzureCredential } from "@azure/identity"; const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(); // Use with any Azure SDK client import { BlobServiceClient } from "@azure/storage-blob"; const blobClient = new BlobServiceClient( "https://<account>.blob.core.windows.net", credential ); ``` **Credential Chain Order:** 1. EnvironmentCredential 2. WorkloadIdentityCredential 3. ManagedIdentityCredential 4. VisualStudioCodeCredential 5. AzureCliCred
- Installation
- Environment Variables
- Service Principal (Secret)
- Service Principal (Certificate)
- Workload Identity (Kubernetes)
- DefaultAzureCredential (Recommended)
- Managed Identity
- System-Assigned
- User-Assigned (by Client ID)
- User-Assigned (by Resource ID)
- Service Principal
- Client Secret
- Client Certificate
- Interactive Authentication
npm install @azure/identity
What does the azure-identity-ts skill do?
Authenticate to Azure services with various credential types.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill azure-identity-ts --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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 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.