--- title: "Microsoft Azure Diagnostics: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/skills/microsoft-azure-diagnostics/ description: "Routes Azure incidents through resource health, recent changes, logs and service-specific troubleshooting guides." --- # Microsoft Azure Diagnostics: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai > Routes Azure incidents through resource health, recent changes, logs and service-specific troubleshooting guides. [← Explore all skills](/skills/) CLOUD OPERATIONS / Microsoft # Microsoft Azure Diagnostics Routes Azure incidents through resource health, recent changes, logs and service-specific troubleshooting guides. See setup guidance ↓Original source ↗ SOURCE REVIEW Reviewed 2026-09-21 Evidence 7 linked sources Publisher Microsoft Licence MIT ↗ Revision 96bbd0043d58 Read what was—and wasn’t—checked ↓ “Debug Azure production issues on Azure using AppLens, Azure Monitor, resource health, and safe triage. WHEN: debug production issues, troubleshoot app service, app service high” Microsoft · upstream description ↗ Our analysis follows below. 01 / THE REASONING ## Why this made the selection. - Separates App Service, Functions, AKS, compute and messaging investigations. - Includes a readable AKS baseline script and KQL examples that make the initial evidence collection inspectable. ### A good fit for - Collecting context for an Azure production incident - Investigating unhealthy AKS workloads before remediation ### Weigh up before choosing - The AKS helper selects Azure resources by arguments but uses the existing kubectl context; confirm both point to the same cluster. - The helper continues after collection failures, so a completed digest does not mean every check succeeded. - Diagnostic logs can contain sensitive application data, and broader remediation can change production resources. 02 / THE REVIEW RECORD ## What we actually inspected. Source review has boundaries. A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge. ### Material inspected - .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/SKILL.md - .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/scripts/aks-baseline.sh - .github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/references/kql-queries.md - LICENSE ### Our findings - The inspected AKS script issues read commands and prints failed collection steps rather than terminating the sweep. - Its pod filter considers readiness, restart counts and terminal job states, not just the pod phase. - The KQL reference uses bounded time windows and assumes the relevant telemetry tables exist. ### Not established by this review - Source inspection only; no skill installation or workflow execution was performed. The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior. 03 / PUT IT TO WORK ## Add a skill to your workflow. Upstream setup instructions ↗ DOCUMENTED COMMAND npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics Copy command ↗ Copying does not execute this command. It may retrieve a newer version than the reviewed source. - Install the complete skill directory with its references and helpers; a copied SKILL.md alone may be incomplete. - Choose the intended agent and project scope in the installer, then review its permissions before using the skill. ### Before you start - Node.js/npm for this installer - An agent that supports the Agent Skills format - Azure resource/log permissions - Correct Kubernetes context and enabled diagnostic settings where relevant ### Compatibility Azure CLI and optional Azure MCP · kubectl for the AKS baseline path ### Read cloud configuration, activity, metrics and logs - Read cloud configuration, activity, metrics and logs - Read cluster-wide workload state through the active kubectl context - Remediation paths require authorization beyond baseline collection ### Cost model The instructions are MIT-licensed; Azure logging/query services, affected resources and agent access have their own billing. 04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE ## The source trail. Our notes are separate from the original resource. Check upstream before adopting a new version. - Skill definition at reviewed revision ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/microsoft/skills/blob/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/SKILL.md Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, compatibility, access - Reviewed reference or helper: scripts/aks-baseline.sh ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/microsoft/skills/blob/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/scripts/aks-baseline.sh Supports: review, limitations, access - Reviewed reference or helper: references/kql-queries.md ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/microsoft/skills/blob/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-diagnostics/references/kql-queries.md Supports: review, limitations, access - Upstream license or licensing declaration ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/microsoft/skills/blob/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/LICENSE Supports: license - Publisher installation and project documentation ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/microsoft/skills/blob/96bbd0043d58468fe02090a1691a138e1ef0182b/README.md Supports: install, compatibility, access - Skills installer source formats and selective installation ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/blob/7407f3893ad4dceab546ac002c3ef806e4000c73/README.md Supports: install - Installer implementation: full commit SHA fallback ↗ Checked 2026-09-21 https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills/blob/7407f3893ad4dceab546ac002c3ef806e4000c73/src/git.ts Supports: install KEEP COMPARING ## Other approaches to consider. 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