Azure Sre Agent

Azure Sre Agent Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Sre Agent. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, 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

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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 | L35-L42 | Diagnosing and fixing SRE Agent issues: querying telemetry with KQL, filing Azure support tickets, resolving deployment/operation failures, and debugging Java performance on AKS. |

| Best Practices | L43-L47 | Best practices for integrating Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and related observability tools with SRE Agent to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry and alerts. |

| Decision Making | L48-L55 | Guidance on when to run deep investigations, when to use Log Analytics vs App Insights, how to estimate/control SRE Agent costs, and which Azure regions you can deploy in. |

| Security | L56-L74 | Securing SRE Agent: identities/auth, RBAC and roles, subscription visibility, approvals, GitHub/ADO access, and network controls (VNet, firewalls, IP allow-lists, tool access policies). |

| Configuration | L75-L90 | Configuring SRE Agent behavior: code interpreter, tools/skills, subagents, connectors, network, governance hooks, incident plans, IDE/MCP, and GitHub/knowledge source integrations. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L91-L110 | Integrating SRE Agent with Azure DevOps, GitHub, observability and incident tools, and building/using custom Python, Kusto, REST, and MCP tools securely. |

| Deployment | L111-L114 | How to deploy Azure SRE Agent using Infrastructure-as-Code templates, including required resources, parameters, and environment configuration steps. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

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

| Query Azure SRE Agent telemetry and actions with KQL | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/audit-agent-actions |

| File Azure support requests from SRE Agent troubleshooting | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-support-request |

| Troubleshoot Azure SRE Agent deployment and operations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/faq-troubleshooting |

| Diagnose Java performance issues on AKS with SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/troubleshoot-java-aks |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

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

| Use Azure observability tools with SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/diagnose-azure-observability |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

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

| Decide when to use deep investigation in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/deep-investigation |

| Decide when to use Log Analytics and App Insights connectors in SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/log-analytics-app-insights |

| Estimate and control Azure SRE Agent costs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/pricing-billing |

| Select supported Azure regions for SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/supported-regions |

Security

| Topic | URL |

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

| Understand Azure SRE Agent identities and authentication | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/agent-identity |

| Allow-list SRE Agent outbound IPs in Key Vault firewall | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/allow-list-key-vault-firewall |

| Configure secure network controls for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/configure-network-controls |

| Configure managed identity access to ADO repos in SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-ado-repo-managed-identity |

| Connect GitHub Enterprise Cloud to SRE Agent securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-github-enterprise-cloud |

| Manage Azure SRE Agent permissions and resource access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/manage-permissions |

| Configure VNet network integration for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/network-integration |

| Configure Azure SRE Agent network and firewall access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/network-requirements |

| Configure Azure SRE Agent permissions and RBAC access | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/permissions |

| Configure run modes and approvals in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/run-modes |

| Understand security architecture for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/security-overview |

| Securely configure BYO GitHub App for SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-github-byo-app |

| Understand subscription visibility and permissions in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/subscription-permission-visibility |

| Define tool access policies for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/tool-access-policies |

| Configure Azure SRE Agent roles and permissions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/user-roles |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

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

| Use SRE Agent code interpreter for Python and shell | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/code-interpreter |

| Connect knowledge sources to Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-knowledge |

| Create and manage governance hooks in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-manage-hooks-ui |

| Create custom skills with tools and files in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-skill |

| Configure specialized subagents in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-subagent |

| Configure incident response plans in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/incident-response-plans |

| Configure managed connectors for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/managed-connectors |

| Configure GitHub OAuth or PAT connector for SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-github-connector |

| Configure managed connectors and governance in SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-managed-connector |

| Configure Azure SRE Agent MCP server for IDE clients | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-mcp-server |

| Configure agent hooks via REST API in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/tutorial-agent-hooks |

| Enable and use Code Interpreter in Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/use-code-interpreter |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

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

| Connect Azure DevOps to Azure SRE Agent for code and work items | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/ado-connector |

| Use Azure SRE Agent REST APIs securely | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/api-reference |

| Connect Azure DevOps wikis as knowledge sources for SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/azure-devops-wiki-knowledge |

| Connect Azure DevOps wiki as SRE Agent knowledge source | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connect-devops-wiki |

| Use connectors to extend Azure SRE Agent capabilities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/connectors |

| Build and deploy a Python SLA calculator tool in SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/create-python-tool |

| Enable cross-tenant Azure DevOps access for SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/cross-account-ado-oauth |

| Integrate external observability tools with Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/diagnose-observability |

| Integrate GitHub with Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/github-connector |

| Connect incident platforms to Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/incident-platforms |

| Define Kusto tools to run deterministic KQL in SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/kusto-tools |

| Connect Azure SRE Agent to MCP tool servers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/mcp-connector |

| Operate Azure SRE Agent via MCP server integrations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/mcp-server |

| Integrate PagerDuty incidents with Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/pagerduty-incidents |

| Create and configure Python tools for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/python-code-execution |

| Configure ServiceNow incident indexing for Azure SRE Agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/setup-servicenow-indexing |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

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

| Deploy Azure SRE Agent with IaC templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sre-agent/deploy-iac |