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Azure Container Registry CLI

Lets the agent run az acr commands to manage Azure container registries, images, builds and access.

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Repository
github/awesome-copilot
Stars
40,703
Licence
MIT
Files
5 files

What it does

When installed, the agent knows how to work with Azure Container Registry, a cloud service that stores container images, using the Azure command-line tool (az acr). It can guide or run steps such as creating a registry, building images in Azure, importing images from other registries, listing and cleaning up tags, setting up sign-in for CI/CD or AKS, and checking network and geo-replication settings. It also reads separate reference files for detailed command syntax when a task calls for it.

Great for

  • Developers and platform engineers who deploy containers to Azure
  • Teams setting up CI/CD pipelines that push or pull images from ACR
  • Operators troubleshooting ACR login, permission, or networking problems

Skip it if

  • People without an Azure subscription, since every command requires an Azure account and the az CLI (no use without it)
  • Environments where the agent should not change cloud resources or delete images without review, because commands such as purge, delete and admin-credential changes are destructive or sensitive

Try asking

  • “Create a Standard-tier registry in my resource group and log Docker in to it”
  • “Build my app image in Azure with az acr build and tag it v2”
  • “Import the nginx image from Docker Hub into my ACR without pulling it locally”
  • “List all tags of the api repository sorted by newest and find ones older than 30 days”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Azure Container Registry CLIInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 5 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    azure-container-registry-cli.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip azure-container-registry-cli.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip azure-container-registry-cli.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Give the agent a specific registry name, resource group and subscription so it does not guess.
  • Review destructive commands (purge, delete, admin credential or network rule changes) before letting the agent run them.
  • Prefer Entra identities or repository-scoped tokens over the admin user, as the skill itself recommends.

What's inside

  • references/auth-and-security.md
  • references/build-and-tasks.md
  • references/images-and-artifacts.md
  • references/networking-and-geo.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from github/awesome-copilot under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.