preset SKILL.md skillA
preset from microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/preset@v1.0.1Pins v1.0.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
- Path
plugins/azure-skills/skills/microsoft-foundry/models/deploy-model/preset/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.1, committed Sep 22, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 28, 2026
- Size
- 4,960 bytes
- Repository stars
- 261
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Intelligently deploys Azure OpenAI models to optimal regions by analyzing capacity across all available regions. Automatically checks current region first and shows alternatives if needed. USE FOR: quick deployment, optimal region, best region, automatic region selection, fast setup, multi-region capacity check, high availability deployment, deploy to best location. DO NOT USE FOR: custom SKU selection (use customize), specific version selection (use customize), custom capacity configuration…
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
# Deploy Model to Optimal Region
Automates intelligent Azure OpenAI model deployment by checking capacity across regions and deploying to the best available option.
## What This Skill Does
1. Verifies Azure authentication and project scope
2. Checks capacity in current project's region
3. If no capacity: analyzes all regions and shows available alternatives
4. Filters projects by selected region
5. Supports creating new projects if needed
6. Deploys model with GlobalStandard SKU
7. Monitors deployment progress
## Prerequisites
- Azure CLI installed and configured
- Active Azure subscription with Cognitive Services read/create permissions
- Microsoft Foundry project resource ID (`PROJECT_RESOURCE_ID` env var or provided interactively)
- Format: `/subscriptions/{sub-id}/resourceGroups/{rg}/providers/Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts/{account}/projects/{project}`
- Found in: Microsoft Foundry portal → Project → Overview → Resource ID
## Quick Workflow
### Fast Path (Current Region Has Capacity)
```
1. Check authentication → 2. Get project → 3. Check current region capacity
→ 4. Deploy immediately
```
### Alternative Region Path (No Capacity)
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/preset@sha256:a2bab6b973292e2eThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.1, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_js4ormvzqenobso6)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 28, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026, about one every 28 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.1 latest | 2026-09-22 | cda1f27 | 4,960 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.1 | 2026-08-07 | 54c2a28 | 4,935 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.1 | 2026-07-28 | d3959f3 | 4,932 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 (4960 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
microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure · 261 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_js4ormvzqenobso6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure/preset GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a2bab6b973292e2e0833b47257cfdb7354777dbdff5669db67ea6874c453bd09
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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.
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