Azure Cloud Architect
Design Azure architectures for startups and enterprises.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
That's a complex architecture problem. You'll need to think about compute options in Azure — maybe App Service or Azure Functions depending on your workload. You'll want a database layer, probably Cosmos DB for distributed data. Storage could be blob storage or file shares. Networking is important too — you'd want a virtual network with proper segmentation. I'd recommend considering costs as well since Azure can get expensive at scale. Would you want to use containers with AKS, or keep it simpler? How many services are you planning? Let me know more details and I can help sketch something out.
SKILL ACTIVATED: Azure Cloud Architect Chaining with: Design System Assembler, Senior Prompt Engineer ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INITIATED DETECTED REQUIREMENTS: Workload: Microservices platform with asynchronous processing Scale target: Handle 1M+ daily requests Geo-redundancy: Multi-region deployment PROPOSED STACK: Compute: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with 3-node minimum Database: Cosmos DB (multi-region, eventual consistency) Messaging: Azure Service Bus for async workflows Storage: Blob Storage with lifecycle policies Caching: Azure Cache for Redis Monitoring: Application Insights + Log Analytics Deploy: Bicep templates for IaC CI/CD: Azure DevOps pipelines COST OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS: Estimated monthly: 8,400 (compute 4,200, database 2,100, storage 600, other 1,500) Reduction opportunity: Reserved instances could cut 20% ARM/Bicep templates generated and ready for deployment. Run with: az deployment group create --template-file infra.bicep NEXT STEPS: 1. Review proposed architecture 2. Customize resource names and regions 3. Adjust scaling policies 4. Deploy to dev environment
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Azure Cloud Architect
Design Azure architectures for startups and enterprises. Use when asked to design Azure infrastructure, create Bicep/ARM templates, optimize Azure costs, set up Azure DevOps pipelines, or migrate to Azure. Covers AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and cost optimization.
What you get
- Public GitHub repo (alirezarezvani/claude-skills)
- the azure-cloud-architect skill folder with SKILL.md. Part of a 337-skill / 30-agent / 70-command install.
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Activates automatically when your request matches Azure Cloud Architect; chains with the other skills, agents, and commands in the collection.
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SKILL.md preview
---
name: azure-cloud-architect
description: Use when designing Azure infrastructure, writing Bicep or ARM templates, optimizing Azure costs, setting up Azure DevOps pipelines, or migrating workloads to Azure.
version: 1.0.0
category: Development / Engineering
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- development
- engineering
---
# Azure Cloud Architect
Designs Azure architectures for startups and enterprises, covering AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, and cost optimization.
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