azure-compute

Recommend Azure VM sizes, scale sets, and configurations based on workload requirements and budget. Analyzes workload type, performance needs, scaling requirements, and cost to suggest 2–3 VM or VMSS options with trade-offs Verifies recommendations against live Microsoft documentation; falls back to reference files if fetch fails Queries the unauthenticated Azure Retail Prices API for current pricing without requiring an Azure subscription Guides VM vs VMSS decision through a decision tree covering autoscaling, instance count, availability, and statefulness Covers all VM families (general purpose, compute/memory optimized, GPU, confidential computing) and VMSS orchestration modes (Flexible vs Uniform)

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-compute
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

Azure Compute Skill

Routes Azure VM and Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) requests to the right workflow.

When to Use This Skill

  • User wants to recommend, compare, or price a VM or VMSS
  • User wants to create, provision, or deploy a VM or VMSS
  • User can't connect to a VM (RDP / SSH / port refused / black screen / password reset)
  • User asks about Capacity Reservation Groups (CRG) — reserve, guarantee capacity, pre-provision
  • User asks about Essential Machine Management (EMM) — machine enrollment, monitor

**Disambiguate with azure-prepare: if the user wants to deploy an application** (Docker service, web app, API, serverless workload), route to azure-prepare. vm-creator is for bare VM/VMSS infrastructure only.

Routing

Azure compute intent?

├── Recommend / compare / price a VM or VMSS         → VM Recommender

├── Create / provision / deploy a VM or VMSS         → VM Creator

├── Can't connect / RDP / SSH / port refused         → VM Troubleshooter

├── Reserve / guarantee capacity (CRG)               → Capacity Reservation

├── Machine enrollment / Essential Machine Management → Essential Machine Management

└── Unclear                                          → Ask which of the above

Routing rule: read the matched workflow file before any reference file. The workflow owns the step-by-step guidance; references are looked up on demand.

Workflows

WorkflowFileUse when
VM Recommendervm-recommender.mdUser asks which VM/VMSS to choose, wants pricing, or wants to compare options
VM Creatorvm-creator.mdUser wants to provision a bare VM or VMSS (not an app deployment)
VM Troubleshootervm-troubleshooter.mdUser can't connect, RDP/SSH refused, black screen, needs password reset
Capacity Reservationcapacity-reservation.mdUser needs to reserve / guarantee VM capacity (CRG create / associate / disassociate)
Essential Machine Managementessential-machine-management.mdUser asks about EMM / machine enrollment / monitor
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