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Azure Functions skill for deploy

The azure-functions-deploy skill adds Azure Functions-specific requirements to a deployment request and delegates deployment planning, validation, and execution to Azure Skills.

Skill: azure-functions-deploy | Source code

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.

What it provides

This skill identifies a Functions project, gathers service-specific context, and hands the workflow to the appropriate Azure Skills. The context can include hosting recommendations, operating-system requirements, authentication, Application Insights, runtime configuration, and deployment storage.

The skill normally delegates deployment commands to Azure Skills. If that path is unavailable or unsuitable, it explains what a fallback would skip and asks for your approval.

Prerequisites

  • Azure Functions skills installed in a supported coding agent.
  • Azure Skills installed with the azure-prepare, azure-validate, and azure-deploy skills available.
  • An Azure Functions project with a host.json file.
  • An Azure subscription and Azure CLI version 2.60 or later, signed in with az login.
  • The permissions required to create or update the planned Azure resources.
  • Azure Developer CLI, signed in with azd auth login, for azd deployments.

For Go apps (preview), use Azure CLI 2.87.0 or later and Core Tools 4.12 or later. Go apps run on Linux and require the Flex Consumption plan.

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Prepare and deploy a Functions project to Azure.
  • Generate a deployment plan that includes Functions-specific requirements.
  • Validate infrastructure and application configuration before deployment.
  • Deploy a project that already contains azure.yaml, infrastructure files, and template metadata.
  • Verify a deployed function app after the Azure Skills workflow completes.

Don't use this skill for local project creation without deployment. Use azure-functions-create instead.

For the template-based hosted-skills deployment workflow, use azure-functions-hosted-skills.

Example prompts

Try these prompts to activate this skill:

  • "Create a deployment plan for this function app."
  • "Deploy this Azure Functions project to Azure after validating it."
  • "Deploy my Python function app to Flex Consumption with Application Insights."
  • "Validate the infrastructure for this Functions project before deployment."
  • "Deploy this template-based Functions project and verify the result."

Deployment workflow

For a project that isn't already prepared, the skill delegates these stages to Azure Skills:

  1. azure-prepare analyzes the app and prepares the deployment plan and infrastructure.
  2. azure-validate checks deployment readiness and infrastructure.
  3. azure-deploy executes the deployment.

Projects created from supported Azure MCP templates can already contain the deployment plan and infrastructure. For those projects, the workflow can proceed directly to validation and deployment.

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