Azure Functions skills reference

Azure Functions skills give coding agents Functions-specific workflows and reference material. Use this catalog to understand what each installed skill provides, when to use it, and which prompts can activate it.

Important

Azure Functions skills and the @azure/functions-skills package are in preview. Features and supported workflows can change before general availability. For current release information, see the @azure/functions-skills package.

For installation and a first workflow, see Azure Functions skills for coding agents.

Workflow skills

Skill	Purpose
azure-functions-help	Discover and route to the skill that best matches your Azure Functions goal.
azure-functions-setup	Verify tools and language runtimes for Azure Functions development.
azure-functions-create	Create a Functions project or add a function to an existing project.
azure-functions-hosted-skills	Build and manage an app that uses Azure Functions hosted skills.
azure-functions-hosted-skills-migrate	Convert an existing workflow to a hosted skill after an explicit request to use this skill by name.
azure-functions-connector-create	Create and authorize a Connector Namespace connection for hosted skills.
azure-functions-connector-mcp	Generate and register connector MCP tools from authoritative operation metadata.
azure-functions-connector-validate	Validate connector identity, MCP contracts, and external results before automated use.
azure-functions-deploy	Add Functions-specific context and delegate deployment to Azure Skills.
azure-functions-update	Migrate Functions programming models and configuration after an explicit request to use this skill by name.
azure-functions-best-practices	Review an existing function app and propose approval-gated improvements.
azure-functions-diagnostics	Investigate deployment, runtime, trigger, binding, and worker issues.
azure-functions-health-status	Collect current app health, metrics, telemetry, and recent changes.
azure-functions-inventory	Collect static configuration and resource details for a function app.
azure-functions-doctor	Analyze a local Functions project before deployment.
azure-functions-feedback	Turn session findings into a previewed issue or pull request.

Supporting skill

The azure-functions-common skill is a shared reference pack used by other Azure Functions skills. It isn't a standalone customer workflow.

Related content

• Azure Functions skills source repository
• Azure Skills overview
• Use AI tools and models in Azure Functions