Azure Functions Skills

Azure Functions context for your coding agent. The plugin provides skills, Azure MCP configuration, and telemetry hooks for GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.

What & why

Azure Functions Skills equips your coding agent with Functions-specific knowledge — trigger/binding patterns, language anti-patterns, runtime versions, deployment best practices — so the agent gives accurate guidance instead of generic advice.

It is focused on Azure Functions. For deployment of any Azure resource (Functions or otherwise), it delegates to Azure Skills via the azure-functions-deploy skill. The two packages complement each other — see docs/skills-vs-azure-skills.md for the role split.

Prerequisites

Node.js 20+ is necessary for the companion CLI. Everything else (Azure CLI, Core Tools, language runtimes) is checked and guided by the azure-functions-setup skill when environment verification is needed.

Quick Start

1. Install the plugin with your coding agent

Choose your coding agent and follow its install steps:

GitHub Copilot CLI

Start an interactive Copilot session with copilot, then run:

/plugin marketplace add Azure/azure-functions-skills
/plugin install azure-functions-skills@azure-functions-skills

GitHub Copilot app

1. Open Settings (the gear icon), then select Plugins.
2. Select Install to open the plugin installer, then add Azure/azure-functions-skills as a marketplace.
3. Select azure-functions-skills, review its contents, and confirm the installation.

GitHub Copilot in VS Code (Preview)

1. Enable the chat.plugins.enabled setting. Your organization may manage this setting.

2. Add this marketplace to your user settings.json:

   {
     "chat.plugins.marketplaces": [
       "Azure/azure-functions-skills"
     ]
   }
   

3. Open the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X), search for @agentPlugins, and install azure-functions-skills.

VS Code also discovers plugins installed by GitHub Copilot CLI. See Agent plugins in VS Code for more options.

Claude Code

Start an interactive Claude Code session with claude, then run:

/plugin marketplace add Azure/azure-functions-skills
/plugin install azure-functions-skills@azure-functions-skills

Codex CLI

Add this repository as a plugin marketplace from your terminal:

codex plugin marketplace add Azure/azure-functions-skills

Then start Codex, run /plugins, select azure-functions-skills, and choose Install plugin.