Setup & Installation
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill cloud-solution-architect
https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/cloud-solution-architect
View on GitHubWhat This Skill Does
Turns the agent into a Cloud Solution Architect trained on Azure Architecture Center guidance. Covers architecture style selection, cloud design patterns, technology choices across Azure services, and Well-Architected Framework reviews. Use it when designing new systems, reviewing existing ones, or making Azure service decisions.
Instead of cross-referencing 10+ Azure Architecture Center docs manually, you get structured guidance on patterns, antipatterns, and service selection in a single conversation.
When to use it
- Selecting between microservices and N-tier for a new Azure workload
- Mapping WAF pillar tradeoffs during a production architecture review
- Choosing between Service Bus and Event Hubs for a messaging pipeline
- Applying the circuit breaker and retry patterns to a failing downstream dependency
- Writing an Architecture Decision Record for a multi-region Cosmos DB setup