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azure-artifact-signing

Provides documentation and best practices for managing Azure artifact signing certificates, security, and migration workflows.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/azure-artifact-signing && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/14906" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/azure-artifact-signing && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Expert knowledge for Azure Artifact Signing development including best practices, decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing signing cert lifecycle, RBAC roles, DGSSv2 migration, diagnostic logs, or CI/CD signing workflows, and other Azure Artifact Signing related development tasks.
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Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Manage signing certificate lifecycles (rotation, renewal, expiration)
  • Configure diagnostic settings for Artifact Signing
  • Integrate Azure Artifact Signing with CI/CD systems
  • Understand RBAC roles and identities for Artifact Signing
  • Migrate from DGSSv2 to Azure Artifact Signing
  • Securely sign Windows code integrity policies

How it works

The skill provides expert guidance by combining local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities from Microsoft Learn, using either `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` or `fetch_webpage`.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Query regarding Azure Artifact Signing best practices or configuration
You get back
Guidance, URLs to Microsoft Learn documentation, or configuration steps

When to use azure-artifact-signing

  • Managing signing certificate lifecycle
  • Configuring CI/CD signing workflows
  • Performing DGSSv2 migration

About this skill

Azure Artifact Signing Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifact Signing. Covers best practices, decision making, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

  • Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
  • Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

CategoryLinesDescription
Best PracticesL33-L37Guidance on managing signing certificates end-to-end: rotation, renewal, expiration handling, key protection, and lifecycle policies for Azure Artifact Signing.
Decision MakingL38-L43Pricing and SKU selection for Azure Artifact Signing and guidance to migrate from DGSSv2, including plan changes and transition steps.
SecurityL44-L51RBAC roles, identities, and validations for Artifact Signing, plus secure signing of Windows code integrity policies and access control configuration.
ConfigurationL52-L56Configuring diagnostic settings for Artifact Signing, enabling and routing logs to destinations like Log Analytics, Storage, and Event Hubs for monitoring and analysis.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL57-L60How to integrate Azure Artifact Signing with supported tools and CI/CD systems, configure signing workflows, and apply recommended coding and automation patterns.

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply certificate lifecycle practices in Artifact Signinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-certificate-management

Decision Making

TopicURL
Choose and change Artifact Signing pricing SKUshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-change-sku
Migrate from DGSSv2 to Azure Artifact Signinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-device-guard-signing-service-migration

Security

TopicURL
Understand Artifact Signing resources and RBAC roleshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/concept-resources-roles
Manage Artifact Signing identity validations securelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-renew-identity-validation
Sign Windows code integrity policies with Artifact Signinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-ci-policy
Assign Azure RBAC roles for Artifact Signing resourceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/tutorial-assign-roles

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure diagnostic settings and log routing for Artifact Signinghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-sign-history

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Configure Artifact Signing integrations for supported toolshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/artifact-signing/how-to-signing-integrations

When not to use it

  • When `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available
  • When `fetch_webpage` is not available
  • When `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old without user confirmation

Prerequisites

Network accessmcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage

Limitations

  • Requires network access to fetch documentation
  • Relies on external tools (`mcp_microsoftdocs` or `fetch_webpage`)
  • Suggests user pull latest version if `metadata.generated_at` is old

How it compares

This approach ensures up-to-date best practices and detailed information by dynamically fetching documentation, unlike relying solely on static, potentially outdated local knowledge.

Compared to similar skills

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