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Azure Cloud Architect

A six-step skill for designing Azure architectures: requirements, pattern selection, Bicep IaC, cost optimization, CI/CD, and security review.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 24,151⑂ 3,405AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

  • Takes app type, expected users, budget, and compliance needs (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR) and recommends a matching Azure pattern: App Service web, AKS microservices, serverless event-driven, or data pipeline.
  • Generates production-ready Bicep scaffolds via bicep_generator.py with Managed Identity, Key Vault, diagnostic settings, NSGs, and cost-allocation tags.
  • Runs cost_optimizer.py against a resource inventory to surface right-sizing, Reserved Instance, and storage-tier savings with priorities.
  • Supplies GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps deployment pipeline templates plus troubleshooting commands (az bicep build, az deployment group validate, RBAC/quota checks).
  • Includes a pre-production security checklist (Entra ID, Private Endpoints, WAF, Defender for Cloud) and an anti-pattern table.

Who it's for

  • Startup developers and tech leads designing new systems on Azure.
  • Infrastructure/DevOps engineers migrating from ARM JSON to Bicep.
  • Cloud operators tasked with trimming monthly Azure spend.

Examples

  1. "Design an Azure web app for a 5,000-user startup under $100/month" → App Service B1 + Azure SQL Serverless + Blob + Front Door with a Bicep template.
  2. "Design a SaaS microservices platform on AKS for 50k users" → three node pools, API Management, Cosmos DB, Service Bus, multi-zone deployment.
  3. "We spend $2,000/month on Azure — cut it" → prioritized actions (SQL right-sizing, reservations, Cool tier) worth roughly $735/month.

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git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git /tmp/claude-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/.gemini/skills/azure-cloud-architect ~/.claude/skills/

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  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS, Git Bash or WSL on Windows).
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-skills/.gemini/skills/azure-cloud-architect ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Install prerequisites: Python 3 and the Azure CLI, then run az login and az bicep install.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "Design an Azure architecture for my web app" to trigger the skill.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT