Starter template for APEX. Contains custom Copilot agents, Azure Pricing MCP server, and an orchestrated multi-step workflow. Auto-syncs from the main repository.
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jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — Identify cost savings across Azure subscriptions via cost + utilization analysis. WHEN: "optimize Azure costs", "reduce Azure spending", "find cost savings", "rightsize VMs", "find orphaned resources", "optimize Redis costs". DO NOT USE FOR: deploying (azure-deploy), general diagnostics…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Applies canonical Azure defaults through an IaC workflow covering governance precedence, CAF naming, AVM-first composition, unique suffixes, cost monitoring, VNet planning, and lifecycle checks. WHEN: "Azure naming convention", "CAF naming", "resource tags", "AVM module", "security baseline", "region…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Execute Azure deployments (azd up, azd deploy, terraform apply) for already-prepared apps with built-in error recovery. WHEN: 'run azd up', 'run azd deploy', 'push to production', 'go live', 'bicep deploy', 'terraform apply', 'publish to Azure'. DO NOT USE FOR: creating new apps (azure-prepare)…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Debug and troubleshoot Azure production issues: Container Apps + Function Apps diagnostics, KQL log analysis, health checks. WHEN: 'debug production issues', 'troubleshoot container apps', 'troubleshoot function apps', 'image pull failures', 'cold start issues', 'health probe failures'. DO NOT USE…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — Azure Policy discovery: effective assignments (incl. MG-inherited), definitions/exemptions, effect classification, emits governance-constraints JSON. WHEN: 'Azure policy discovery', 'effective policy assignments', 'governance constraints', '04g-Governance Phase 1', 'refresh governance JSON'. DO NOT…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — Query and analyze data in Azure Data Explorer (Kusto/ADX) using KQL. WHEN: "KQL queries", "Kusto database queries", "Azure Data Explorer", "ADX clusters", "time series data", "IoT telemetry", "anomaly detection". DO NOT USE FOR: App Insights / Log Analytics troubleshooting (azure-diagnostics), cost…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Prepare Azure apps for deployment (Bicep/Terraform, azure.yaml, Dockerfiles). WHEN: "create app", "build web app", "create API", "deploy to Azure", "generate Bicep", "generate Terraform", "function app", "add authentication", "managed identity". DO NOT USE FOR: cross-cloud migration…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Check and manage Azure quotas and usage across providers for deployment planning, capacity validation, and region selection. WHEN: "check quotas", "service limits", "request quota increase", "quota exceeded", "validate capacity", "regional availability", "vCPU limit". DO NOT USE FOR: deployment…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — Find the right Azure RBAC role for an identity with least-privilege access; generate CLI, Bicep, and Terraform code to assign it. WHEN: "what role should I assign", "least privilege role", "RBAC role for", "role for managed identity", "custom role definition", "assign role to identity". DO NOT USE…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — List, find, and visualize Azure resources via Resource Graph or Mermaid. WHEN: 'list resources', 'list VMs', 'find orphaned resources', 'resource inventory', 'cross-subscription query', 'visualize Azure resources', 'diagram my resources'. DO NOT USE FOR: deploys (azure-deploy), cost…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Azure Storage Services: Blob, File Shares, Queue, Table, and Data Lake. Object storage, SMB shares, async messaging, NoSQL key-value, big-data analytics. Access tiers + lifecycle management. WHEN: "blob storage", "file shares", "queue storage", "table storage", "data lake", "access tiers", "lifecycle…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Pre-deployment validation for Azure: config, infrastructure (Bicep/Terraform), permissions, prerequisites. WHEN: 'validate my app', 'check deployment readiness', 'run preflight checks', 'validate azure.yaml', 'validate Bicep', 'test before deploying', 'validate Azure Functions'. DO NOT USE FOR…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Two-mode context-window management. RUNTIME: artifact compression (full/summarized/minimal) used by orchestrator and codegen agents. AUDIT: post-mortem analysis of Copilot debug logs (token profiling, redundancy + hand-off gap detection) used by 11-Context Optimizer. WHEN: "context optimization"…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Maintains repository documentation accuracy and freshness across the docs site, agent files, and changelog. WHEN: "update docs", "doc gardening", "staleness check", "changelog entry", "repo explanation", "agent change docs", "skill change docs". DO NOT USE FOR: agent definitions (edit .agent.md…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Guides Microsoft Entra ID app registration, OAuth 2.0 authentication, and MSAL integration. WHEN: "create app registration", "register Azure AD app", "configure OAuth", "add API permissions", "generate service principal", "MSAL example", "Entra ID setup". DO NOT USE FOR: Azure RBAC (azure-rbac), Key…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Full GitHub contribution lifecycle: branches, conventional commits, issues, PRs, Actions, releases. gh CLI-first with MCP fallback. WHEN: "commit", "push", "open PR", "create branch", "create issue", "cut release", "GitHub operation". DO NOT USE FOR: Azure infrastructure, Bicep/Terraform code…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — The agent-first operating principles governing how agents work in this repository. WHEN: "golden principles", "agent behavior rules", "operating philosophy", "principle lookup", "governance invariants". USE FOR: agent behavior rules, operating philosophy, principle lookup, governance invariants. DO…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Shared IaC deploy patterns for Bicep + Terraform agents: deployment strategies, circuit breaker, known deploy issues. WHEN: "phased deployment", "circuit breaker", "deploy strategy", "deploy issue", "shared IaC pattern". DO NOT USE FOR: preflight (azure-validate), code generation (azure-bicep-patterns…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Mermaid diagrams for inline markdown: flowcharts, sequence, Gantt, class, state, ER. WHEN: "mermaid flowchart", "sequence diagram", "Gantt chart", "state diagram", "ER diagram", "inline markdown diagram". DO NOT USE FOR: rendered architecture diagrams or WAF/cost charts (python-diagrams).
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
ANALYSIS SKILL — Query official Microsoft documentation to understand concepts, find tutorials, and learn how services work. WHEN: "Microsoft Learn", "Azure docs", "quickstart guide", "limits and quotas", "WAF reference", "architecture pattern docs". DO NOT USE FOR: Azure pricing; route pricing through the…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
UTILITY SKILL — Python diagram generation for Azure architectures, WAF/cost/compliance charts, ERDs, swimlanes, timelines, and wireframes. WHEN: 'architecture diagram', 'WAF bar chart', 'cost chart', 'ERD', 'swimlane', 'timeline', 'wireframe'. DO NOT USE FOR: inline Mermaid diagrams (mermaid).
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex needs its repo
UTILITY SKILL — Reusable Azure Terraform patterns: hub-spoke, private endpoints, diagnostics, AVM-TF modules. WHEN: "hub-spoke Terraform", "private endpoint module", "AVM-TF composition", "diagnostic settings", "plan interpretation". DO NOT USE FOR: Bicep code (azure-bicep-patterns), ADRs (azure-adr), diagrams…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Discover existing Azure resources and bulk import them into Terraform management. WHEN: "terraform import", "import Azure resources", "bring unmanaged infra under Terraform", "adopt Terraform for existing resources", "generate import blocks". DO NOT USE FOR: Bicep code (azure-bicep-patterns), new…
jonathan-vella/apex-accelerator
Skill Claude CodeCodex
WORKFLOW SKILL — Write and run Terraform tests (.tftest.hcl). WHEN: "create terraform test", "write tftest", ".tftest.hcl", "mock provider", "test module", "test assertion". USE FOR: test files, run blocks, assertions, mock providers, plan-mode unit tests, apply-mode integration tests, test troubleshooting. DO NOT USE…
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