azure-monitor
Azure Monitor Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Monitor. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
How to Use This Skill
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide
This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:
- Preferred: Use
mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L88 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Monitor issues: agent/extension health, data collection and pipeline errors, alerts, workspaces, autoscale, containers, Application Insights, and VM performance. |
| Best Practices | L89-L125 | Best practices for Azure Monitor alerts, autoscale, AKS/VM monitoring, logs/metrics performance and cost optimization, DCRs, Prometheus/PromQL, OpenTelemetry, and multicloud observability. |
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