Azure carbon optimization
Skill MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/skills/azure-carbon-optimization
Expert knowledge for Azure Carbon Optimization development including troubleshooting, security, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when using Carbon Service REST API, Python exports, RBAC roles, emissions data quality, or dashboard issues, and other Azure Carbon Optimization related development tasks. Not for Azure Cost Management (use azure-cost-management), Azure Impact Reporting (use azure-impact-reporting), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Policy (use azure-policy).From its SKILL.md
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Azure Carbon Optimization Skill
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Carbon Optimization. Covers troubleshooting, security, 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), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_atis more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. Ifmcp_microsoftdocstools 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_fetchwith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown. - Fallback: Use
fetch_webpagewith query stringfrom=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.
Category Index
| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L31-L35 | Diagnosing and resolving common Azure Carbon Optimization issues, including data collection gaps, configuration problems, inaccurate emissions estimates, and troubleshooting dashboards or reports. |
| Security | L36-L40 | Setting up Azure RBAC roles and permissions so users and apps can securely access and manage Azure Carbon Optimization resources. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L41-L45 | Using the Carbon Service REST API and Python scripts to programmatically export Azure emissions data, authenticate, query, and integrate carbon metrics into external systems. |
Troubleshooting
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Troubleshoot common Azure Carbon optimization issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/carbon-optimization/troubleshooting |
Security
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure RBAC access for Azure Carbon optimization | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/carbon-optimization/permissions |
Integrations & Coding Patterns
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use Carbon Service REST API to export emissions data | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/carbon-optimization/api-export-data |
| Export Azure carbon data via Python REST integration | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/carbon-optimization/tutorial-export-python |
What ships with it
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Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.
Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most performance cost skills give in 548 tokens
Counted across 797 of the 1,117 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06
- Check for product marketing context firstin 46 of 797, across 20 files
- Measure before optimizingin 31 of 797, across 25 files
- Profile first to identify the actual bottleneckin 23 of 797, across 22 files
- Verify your robots.txt allows AI crawlersin 21 of 797, across 12 files
- Import directly and avoid barrel filesin 19 of 797, across 15 files
- Spawn all runs in the same turnin 18 of 797, across 11 files
- Write a draft of the skillin 17 of 797, across 10 files
- Understand the user's intentin 17 of 797, across 10 files
- Use React.cache for per-request deduplicationin 16 of 797, across 11 files
- Profile before optimizingin 16 of 797, across 14 files
- Include specific numbers with sourcesin 15 of 797, across 8 files
- Add lazy loading to below-fold imagesin 15 of 797, across 10 files
Said here and by no other author read
- Use the Category Index to locate relevant sections
- Use read_file with specified lines
- Use read_file on the linked reference file
- Suggest the user pull the latest version if outdated
- Suggest the user install mcp_microsoftdocs if unavailable
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.