azure-files SKILL.md skillA
azure-files from microsoftdocs/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-files@git:20261102.6ecdaf5Pins git:20261102.6ecdaf5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoftdocs/agent-skills
- Path
skills/azure-files/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 11
- Latest version
- git:20261102.6ecdaf5, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 3, 2026
- Size
- 21,352 bytes
- Repository stars
- 806
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Expert knowledge for Azure Files development including best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring Azure File Sync, NFS/SMB shares, cloud tiering, AVD FSLogix profiles, or RAG over Azure Files, and other Azure Files related development tasks. Not for Azure Blob Storage (use azure-blob-storage), Azure NetApp Files (use azure-netapp-files).
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Azure Files Skill This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Files. Covers 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`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file > **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md) This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content: - **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-files@sha256:8acd8509c286538eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.6ecdaf5, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 11 versions of this file, between Aug 3, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 9 days.
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| git:20261102.6ecdaf5 latest | 2026-11-02 | 6ecdaf5 | 21,352 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261026.9554420 | 2026-10-26 | 9554420 | 21,123 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261019.33e9630 | 2026-10-19 | 33e9630 | 20,550 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.326540f | 2026-09-28 | 326540f | 20,338 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.1e593dd | 2026-09-22 | 1e593dd | 20,280 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.d5ad464 | 2026-09-14 | d5ad464 | 20,328 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.90ec55f | 2026-09-07 | 90ec55f | 20,298 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.9fc50b0 | 2026-08-31 | 9fc50b0 | 19,998 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.c579bb4 | 2026-08-17 | c579bb4 | 19,704 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.54b4e19 | 2026-08-10 | 54b4e19 | 20,683 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260803.baf3ca1 | 2026-08-03 | baf3ca1 | 20,725 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (21352 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoftdocs/agent-skills · 806 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4o5szyyc7lirmutq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-files GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8acd8509c286538ef0c7b59d42df4b34a457980db566d1ef30666779759297e3
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