**USE THIS FOR COMPLEX TASKS.** Implements Manus-style file-based planning for multi-step tasks. Creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in .agent_cache/<task-name>/. Use when: implementing multiple APIs, refactoring modules, research tasks, or ANY task requiring >5 tool calls.
Guide for writing unit tests. Use this when creating tests to verify Python logic.
Guide for adding new functions to the library. Use this when implementing new API wrappers or utility functions.
Guide for running pytest tests locally. Use this when running tests to verify code changes.
Guide for building documentation and validating docstrings. Use this when asked to build docs, check docstrings, or validate documentation.
Guide for submitting/posting inline PR review comments to GitHub. Use this when you need to post code review comments on specific lines of a Pull Request.
Guide for implementing REST API wrapper functions. Use this when adding new API wrappers or troubleshooting API calls.
Guide for searching and exploring external GitHub repositories using the gh CLI. Use this when you need reference implementations, patterns, or code examples from open-source projects to help complete your task.
Guide for working with Direct Lake semantic models. Use this when implementing Direct Lake-related features or troubleshooting.
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Use this skill when editing or creating CLI output, logging, warnings, error messages, progress indicators, or diagnostic summaries in the APM codebase. Activate whenever code touches console helpers (_rich_success, _rich_warning, _rich_error, _rich_info, _rich_echo), DiagnosticCollector, STATUS_SYMBOLS, or any user-facing terminal output — even if the user doesn't mention "logging" or "UX" explicitly.
> Note: For brevity, `Microsoft.Bot.Components.Telephony` will be referred to as _Telephony Extensions_.
Execute Azure deployments for ALREADY-PREPARED applications that have existing .azure/plan.md and infrastructure files. DO NOT use this skill when the user asks to CREATE a new application — use azure-prepare instead. This skill runs azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply, and az deployment commands with built-in error recovery. Requires .azure/plan.md from azure-prepare and validated status from azure-validate. WHEN: "run azd up", "run azd deploy", "execute deployment", "push to production", "push to cloud", "go live", "ship it", "bicep deploy", "terraform apply", "publish to Azure", "launch on Azure". DO NOT USE WHEN: "create and deploy", "build and deploy", "create a new app", "set up infrastructure", "create and deploy to Azure using Terraform" — use azure-prepare for these.
Use for Azure AI: Search, Speech, OpenAI, Document Intelligence. Helps with search, vector/hybrid search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcription, OCR. WHEN: AI Search, query search, vector search, hybrid search, semantic search, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, transcribe, OCR, convert text to speech.
Azure Storage Services including Blob Storage, File Shares, Queue Storage, Table Storage, and Data Lake. Provides object storage, SMB file shares, async messaging, NoSQL key-value, and big data analytics capabilities. Includes access tiers (hot, cool, archive) and lifecycle management. USE FOR: blob storage, file shares, queue storage, table storage, data lake, upload files, download blobs, storage accounts, access tiers, lifecycle management. DO NOT USE FOR: SQL databases, Cosmos DB (use azure-prepare), messaging with Event Hubs or Service Bus (use azure-messaging).
Helps users find the right Azure RBAC role for an identity with least privilege access, then generate CLI commands and Bicep code to assign it. Also provides guidance on permissions required to grant roles. WHEN: what role should I assign, least privilege role, RBAC role for, role to read blobs, role for managed identity, custom role definition, assign role to identity, what role do I need to grant access, permissions to assign roles.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration problems. WHEN: event hub SDK error, service bus SDK issue, messaging connection failure, AMQP error, event processor host issue, message lock lost, send timeout, receiver disconnected, SDK troubleshooting, azure messaging SDK, event hub consumer, service bus queue issue, topic subscription error, enable logging event hub, service bus logging, eventhub python, servicebus java, eventhub javascript, servicebus dotnet, event hub checkpoint, event hub not receiving messages, service bus dead letter.
Assess and migrate cross-cloud workloads to Azure. Generates assessment reports and converts code from AWS, GCP, or other providers to Azure services. WHEN: migrate Lambda to Azure Functions, migrate AWS to Azure, Lambda migration assessment, convert AWS serverless to Azure, migration readiness report, migrate from AWS, migrate from GCP, cross-cloud migration.