Best skills for Operate (2026)
azure-diagnostics is the best skill for the Operate phase — 1.2k GitHub stars, 374k installs. Strong alternatives: appinsights-instrumentation and azure-resource-lookup.
815 curated skills for builders in the Operate phase, ranked by real adoption (installs, then GitHub stars). Every pick links to install commands and trust signals.
Curated by Skillselion · ranked by adoption from the skills.sh registry & GitHub.
The top 10 skills for operate
| # | Skill | For | Stars | Installs | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | azure-diagnostics Triage production Azure failures across App Service, Functions, AKS, and messaging with AppLens, logs, and KQL. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 374k | 0 |
| 2 | appinsights-instrumentation Wire Azure Application Insights onto an ASP.NET Core or Node.js app in App Service—via Portal auto-instrument or OpenTelemetry in code—so telemetry flows without guessing portal URLs or package names. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 374k | 0 |
| 3 | azure-resource-lookup Inventory and discover VMs, web apps, storage, and other Azure assets across subscriptions without deploying or changing anything. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 373k | 0 |
| 4 | azure-rbac Pick least-privilege Azure RBAC roles, generate CLI and Bicep role assignments, and clarify prerequisites for granting access | Claude Code | 1.2k | 373k | 0 |
| 5 | azure-kusto Run KQL against Azure Data Explorer for logs, telemetry, time series, schema discovery, and operational analytics | Claude Code | 1.2k | 373k | 0 |
| 6 | azure-resource-visualizer Discover Azure resource groups, map resource dependencies, and export Mermaid architecture diagrams for documentation or reviews. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 373k | 0 |
| 7 | azure-messaging Diagnose and fix Azure Event Hubs and Service Bus SDK failures when messages stall, locks expire, or AMQP connections drop in production. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 363k | 0 |
| 8 | azure-compute Route Azure VM and VMSS requests to sizing recommendations, connectivity troubleshooting, capacity reservations, or Essential Machine Management. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 317k | 0 |
| 9 | azure-cloud-migrate Migrate Google App Engine workloads to Azure App Service with service mapping, app.yaml to Bicep translation, and data store equivalents. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 307k | 0 |
| 10 | azure-quotas Check Azure subscription quotas, compare regional capacity, and request increases before deployments fail with limit errors. | Claude Code | 1.2k | 244k | 0 |
Common questions
What is the best skill for the Operate phase?
azure-diagnostics is the top-ranked skill for Operate, with 374k installs and 1.2k GitHub stars — Triage production Azure failures across App Service, Functions, AKS, and messaging with AppLens, logs, and KQL..
What are the best alternatives to azure-diagnostics for operate?
Strong alternatives ranked just behind azure-diagnostics are appinsights-instrumentation and azure-resource-lookup. All 815 options are compared in the table above, ranked by real adoption.
How do I install azure-diagnostics?
Run: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills --skill azure-diagnostics
How are these skills ranked?
By real adoption — installs first, then GitHub stars — across the 815 curated skills tagged to the Operate phase. Data from the skills.sh registry and GitHub.
More for the Operate phase
See every tool in this phase on the Operate phase hub, browse all skills, or see every best-of shortlist.