Azure Cloud Hsm Agent Skill

Expert knowledge for Azure Cloud Hsm development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, security, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring Cloud HSM auth/network, PKCS#11 cert storage, key lifecycle, quotas, or cluster sync issues, and other Azure Cloud Hsm related development tasks. Not for Azure Dedicated HSM (use azure-dedicated-hsm), Azure Payment Hsm (use azure-payment-hsm), Azure Key Vault (use azure-key-vault), Azure Attestation (use azure-attestation).

1k tokens

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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instructions only

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how many repositories repackaged it

681

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-cloud-hsm

The instruction itself

8 sections, as written by the author

Azure Cloud Hsm Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Cloud Hsm. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, 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), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., 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

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L33-L38 | Diagnosing and fixing Azure Cloud HSM cluster issues, including user/key synchronization problems, common error codes, connectivity failures, and operational faults. |

| Best Practices | L39-L43 | Guidance on secure key lifecycle management, HSM partition/role design, access control, network and operational hardening, and compliance-oriented security practices for Azure Cloud HSM deployments. |

| Limits & Quotas | L44-L49 | Service capacity limits (objects, transactions), quotas, and which cryptographic algorithms and key sizes are supported by Azure Cloud HSM |

| Security | L50-L60 | Security setup for Cloud HSM: auth methods, compliance, network hardening, user management, and configuring/streaming operation logs to Event Hubs. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L61-L65 | Using PKCS#11 with Azure Cloud HSM to store, access, and manage X.509 certificates, including configuring certificate storage and integration patterns for apps and services. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Fix user and key sync issues in Azure Cloud HSM clusters | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/synchronize-users-keys |

| Troubleshoot common Azure Cloud HSM errors and issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/troubleshoot |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Apply key management best practices in Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/key-management |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Review Azure Cloud HSM service object and transaction limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/service-limits |

| Review supported algorithms and key sizes in Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/supported-algorithms |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Configure authentication methods for Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/authentication |

| Understand security, compliance, and usage for Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/faq |

| Secure Azure Cloud HSM network with endpoints, DNS, and NSGs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/network-security |

| Apply security best practices to Azure Cloud HSM deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/secure-cloud-hsm |

| Route Azure Cloud HSM logs to Event Hubs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/tutorial-configure-event-hub |

| Configure and query Azure Cloud HSM operation logs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/tutorial-operation-event-logging |

| Implement secure user management in Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/user-management |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Use PKCS#11 API to manage certificates in Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/pkcs-api-certificate-storage |

| Configure PKCS#11 certificate storage with Azure Cloud HSM | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-hsm/tutorial-certificate-storage |

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