aks-cluster-setup SKILL.md skillA
aks-cluster-setup from azure/aks-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add azure/aks-skills/aks-cluster-setup@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- azure/aks-skills
- Path
skills/aks-cluster-setup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 30, 2026
- Size
- 9,556 bytes
- Repository stars
- 6
- License
- MIT
Make the AKS-specific design decisions for a new production Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster — SKU (Automatic vs Standard), pod IP model (Azure CNI Overlay vs kubenet), API-server access, egress, identity, upgrades, node pools, and reliability — then delegate the actual provisioning to the Azure Skills deployment engine. WHEN: create AKS cluster, provision AKS environment, design AKS networking, choose AKS SKU, Day-0 AKS checklist, plan a production AKS cluster. DO NOT USE FOR: debugging…
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
# AKS Cluster Setup This skill owns the **AKS-specific design decisions** for standing up a production cluster and then hands the **provisioning execution** to the [Azure Skills](https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills) deployment engine. It distinguishes **Day-0 decisions** (networking, API-server access — hard to change later) from **Day-1 features** (can be enabled post-creation). See [references/cli-reference.md](references/cli-reference.md) for the commands. ## How this works with Azure Skills This is a **thin facade over provisioning** — it owns the AKS design and delegates the generic provisioning execution to Azure Skills; it does not run `azd` or `az deployment` itself. It enriches the request with AKS-specific design decisions, then delegates the generic provisioning workflow to Azure Skills. ```text User: "Create a production AKS cluster" │ ▼ aks-cluster-setup (this skill) │ Decides the AKS-specific design: │ - AKS Automatic vs Standard │ - Pod IP model (Azure CNI Overlay vs VNet-routable vs kubenet) │ - API-server access (public / private / authorized ranges) │ - Egress model, identity, node pools, upgrade strategy, zones │ ▼ …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add azure/aks-skills/aks-cluster-setup@sha256:2542e789c78ca789The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 3 versions of this file, between Jul 30, 2026 and Aug 19, 2026, about one every 10 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-08-19 | 07449fe | 9,556 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-04 | baba08f | 9,363 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-30 | 82d7ac6 | 9,327 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- 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
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Source
azure/aks-skills · 6 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-19 · branch main
API
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.