azure-prepare

What problem does it solve?

This Skill ensures every Azure project starts with mandatory preparation steps before generating code or infrastructure, preventing risky deployments and misconfigurations.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Enforce first-step readiness: Ensures users perform Azure preparation prior to azure.yaml, Bicep, Terraform, or CLI commands.
• Structured workflow guidance: Guides users through workspace analysis, requirements gathering, codebase scanning, and recipe selection.
• Manifest-driven governance: Requires creating and updating the .azure/preparation-manifest.md after each phase to capture decisions and artifacts.
• Pre-deployment checkpoint: Integrates with azure-validate to ensure readiness before deployment.

Quick Start

Invoke this skill before generating any Azure artifacts. Then follow the prompts to collect requirements, analyze the project, select a deployment recipe, and plan the architecture. After each phase, update the preparation manifest and finally run the azure-validate step before provisioning.