Azure Microsoft Discovery Agent Skill

Azure Microsoft Discovery Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Microsoft Discovery. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. 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 | L37-L41 | Diagnosing and fixing Discovery Engine task execution failures, including common error patterns, configuration issues, and steps to restore successful task runs. |

| Best Practices | L42-L49 | Best practices for structuring projects and shared sessions, applying responsible AI, calibrating trust and safety patterns, and planning tool capabilities and compute for Discovery. |

| Decision Making | L50-L57 | Guidance on selecting ACR setup, agent types, pricing/billing, and suitable AI models to design and configure Microsoft Discovery agents effectively. |

| Architecture & Design Patterns | L58-L62 | Designing and implementing advanced shared session patterns in Discovery Engine, including multi-user session management, data sharing, and scalable architecture best practices. |

| Limits & Quotas | L63-L68 | Planning capacity and Azure quotas for Microsoft Discovery deployments, plus required naming conventions and rules for Discovery resources. |

| Security | L69-L83 | Security, encryption, RBAC, managed identities, private networking, supercomputer network hardening, and audit logging for protecting Microsoft Discovery resources. |

| Configuration | L84-L104 | Configuring Discovery workspaces, supercomputers, storage, tools, data handling, and querying operational/indexing logs via Log Analytics, Kusto, and Azure activity logs |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L105-L112 | Integrating custom tools/models into Discovery workflows, containerizing them with Docker, calling Discovery Supercomputer REST job APIs, and writing action scripts for action-based tools. |

| Deployment | L113-L119 | Deploying Discovery infrastructure and tools: network-hardened stacks, Bicep-based deployments, REST provisioning of supercomputer resources, and publishing tool images to Azure Container Registry. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

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

| Troubleshoot Discovery Engine task execution issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-debug-task-execution |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

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

| Apply projects and shared session best practices in Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-projects-investigations |

| Apply responsible AI practices in Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-responsible-ai |

| Calibrate trust and basic shared session patterns in Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-trust-basic-investigation-patterns |

| Plan tool functionality and compute for Discovery tools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-plan-tool-requirements |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

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

| Choose and configure Azure Container Registry for Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-azure-container-registry |

| Choose the right Microsoft Discovery agent type | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-discovery-agent-types |

| Understand Microsoft Discovery billing and charges | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-discovery-billing |

| Choose appropriate models for Microsoft Discovery agents | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-select-models-for-agents |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL |

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

| Apply advanced shared session patterns with Discovery Engine | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-advanced-investigation-patterns |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

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

| Plan Azure quotas and capacity for Microsoft Discovery deployments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-quota-reservation |

| Apply Microsoft Discovery resource naming rules | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-resource-naming |

Security

| Topic | URL |

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

| Understand Microsoft Discovery code of conduct and acceptable use | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-code-of-conduct |

| Manage data encryption at rest in Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-data-encryption-at-rest |

| Configure managed identities for Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-managed-identities |

| Configure network security for Microsoft Discovery workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-network-security |

| Configure RBAC role assignments for Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-role-assignments |

| Assign Microsoft Discovery persona RBAC roles via PowerShell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-assign-persona-roles |

| Configure user-assigned managed identities for Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-configure-managed-identity |

| Configure network security and private access for Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-configure-network-security |

| Secure networking for Discovery Supercomputer | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-configure-supercomputer-network-security |

| Enable and export audit logs for Discovery resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-enable-audit-logging |

| Configure customer-managed keys for Discovery resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/howto-data-encryption-at-rest |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

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

| Manage files and storage assets in Microsoft Discovery shared sessions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-files-storage-assets |

| Register Microsoft Discovery resource provider in Azure | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-resource-provider-registration |

| Configure Azure Blob Storage for Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-storage-account |

| Configure storage containers and assets for Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-storage-containers-assets |

| Access Log Analytics workspaces for Discovery resources | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-access-resource-logs |

| Author tool definition YAML for Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-create-tool-definition |

| Configure data handling for tools and agents in Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-data-handling-with-tools-agents |

| Configure Bookshelf and index knowledgebases in Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-index-bookshelf-knowledgebase |

| Configure storage containers and assets in Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-storage-containers |

| Create and manage Discovery Supercomputers and node pools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-supercomputers |

| Create and manage Microsoft Discovery workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-workspaces |

| Query bookshelf indexing logs in Discovery supercomputers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-bookshelf-indexing-logs |

| Query bookshelf knowledgebase query logs in Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-bookshelf-logs |

| Query CogLoop orchestration logs for Discovery investigations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-cognitive-loop-logs |

| Query supercomputer platform and tool logs in Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-supercomputer-logs |

| Query Discovery workspace logs with Kusto and correlation IDs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-query-workspace-logs |

| View Azure activity logs for Discovery control plane | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-view-activity-logs |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

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

| Integrate tools and models into Microsoft Discovery workflows | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/concept-tools-model-integration |

| Create Dockerfiles to containerize Discovery tools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-create-tool-docker-file |

| Use Discovery Supercomputer REST APIs for jobs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-run-jobs-supercomputer-rest-api |

| Implement action scripts for Discovery action-based tools | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-write-tool-action-scripts |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

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

| Deploy a fully network-hardened Microsoft Discovery stack | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-deploy-network-hardened-stack |

| Deploy and register tools to Microsoft Discovery | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-deploy-tool-to-discovery |

| Provision Discovery Supercomputer infrastructure via REST API | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-manage-supercomputers-rest-api |

| Publish Discovery tool images to Azure Container Registry | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/microsoft-discovery/how-to-publish-tool-to-acr |