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azure-resource-lookupPurpose, usage and source
List, find, and show Azure resources across subscriptions or resource groups. Handles prompts like "list the websites in my subscription", "list my web apps", "show my app services", "list virtual machines", "list my VMs", "show storage accounts", "find container apps", and "what resources do I have". USE FOR: list websites, list web apps, list app services, show websites in subscription, resource inventory, find resources by tag, tag analysis, orphaned resource discovery (not for cost analysis), unattached disks, count resources by type, cross-subscription lookup, and Azure Resource Graph queries. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying/changing resources (use azure-deploy), cost optimization (use cost-optimization from the optional azure-cost plugin), or non-Azure clouds.
Source retrieved:
- Source repository
- microsoft/skills
- SKILL.md
.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-resource-lookup/SKILL.md- Repository stars
- 3,157
- Repository updated
- 2026-10-31
- Categories
- Cloud
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What this Skill does
List, find, and show Azure resources across subscriptions or resource groups. Handles prompts like "list the websites in my subscription", "list my web apps", "show my app services", "list virtual machines", "list my VMs", "show storage accounts", "find container apps", and "what resources do I have". USE FOR: list websites, list web apps, list app services, show websites in subscription, resource inventory, find resources by tag, tag analysis, orphaned resource discovery (not for cost analysis), unattached disks, count resources by type, cross-subscription lookup, and Azure Resource Graph queries. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying/changing resources (use azure-deploy), cost optimization (use cost-optimization from the optional azure-cost plugin), or non-Azure clouds.
How the upstream workflow works
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when the user wants to: List resources of any type (VMs, web apps, storage accounts, container apps, databases, etc.) Show resources in a specific subscription or resource group Query resources across multiple subscriptions or resource types
Upstream passage · L14 ↗Step 1: Check for a Dedicated MCP Tool
For single-resource-type queries, check if a dedicated MCP tool can handle it: If a dedicated tool is available with full coverage, use it. Otherwise proceed to Step 2.
Upstream passage · L51 ↗Step 2: Generate the ARG Query
Use extension_cli_generate to build the az graph query command: See Azure Resource Graph Query Patterns for common KQL patterns.
mcp_azure_mcp_extension_cli_generate
intent: "query Azure Resource Graph to <user's request>"
cli-type: "az"Requirements and setup
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Limits and quality checks
Constraints
✅ Always use =~ for case-insensitive type matching (types are lowercase) ✅ Always scope queries with --subscriptions or --first for large tenants
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