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azure-artifacts

Expert knowledge for Azure Artifacts development including best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when managing feeds, upstream sources, views/promotion, retention, GitHub Actions CI/CD, or npm/.npmrc config, and other Azure Artifacts related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines).

globalRequires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.
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Azure Artifacts Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifacts. Covers best practices, decision making, 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](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
Best Practices L35-L41 Guidance on Azure Artifacts package management best practices, configuring and using upstream sources, and safely restoring packages from external feeds.
Decision Making L42-L48 Guidance on choosing feed scope and planning migrations of package storage, including moving from file shares or MyGet to Azure Artifacts feeds.
Limits & Quotas L49-L56 Storage quotas, free allocation, and per-package size/count limits in Azure Artifacts, plus how to monitor, manage, and publish packages within those limits.
Security L57-L63 Securing Azure Artifacts feeds: configuring permissions, protecting upstream sources from malicious packages, and using npm audit to find and fix vulnerabilities.
Configuration L64-L73 Configuring Azure Artifacts feeds: views/promotion, retention/deletion, upstream sources, npm/.npmrc and scopes, and .artifactignore for optimizing pipeline artifacts.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L74-L113 How to connect build tools (NuGet, npm, Maven, Gradle, Cargo, Python, PowerShell) to Azure Artifacts feeds, publish/restore packages, use upstream sources, and debug with symbol packages
Deployment L114-L117 Using GitHub Actions to build and push packages (NuGet, npm, etc.) to Azure Artifacts feeds, including workflow setup, authentication, and CI/CD integration.

Best Practices

Topic URL
Apply Azure Artifacts package management best practices https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/best-practices?view=azure-devops
Use Azure Artifacts upstream sources effectively and safely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Restore packages from upstream sources in Azure Artifacts safely https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/protect-oss-packages-with-upstream-sources?view=azure-devops

Decision Making

Topic URL
Choose between project-scoped and organization-scoped feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/project-scoped-feeds?view=azure-devops
Plan migration from file shares to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/move-from-fileshares?view=azure-devops
Migrate NuGet packages from MyGet to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/migrate-packages?view=azure-devops

Limits & Quotas

Topic URL
Monitor and manage Azure Artifacts storage limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/artifact-storage?view=azure-devops
Publish Universal Packages and understand size limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/universal-packages?view=azure-devops
Azure Artifacts package size and count limits https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/reference/limits?view=azure-devops
Understand Azure Artifacts free storage allocation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/start-using-azure-artifacts?view=azure-devops

Security

Topic URL
Secure Azure Artifacts upstream sources against malicious packages https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/upstream-behavior?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Artifacts feed and pipeline permissions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/feed-permissions?view=azure-devops
Use npm audit with Azure Artifacts to address vulnerabilities https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/npm-audit?view=azure-devops

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure and manage Azure Artifacts feed views and promotion https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/views?view=azure-devops
Configure deletion, retention, and recovery for Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/delete-and-recover-packages?view=azure-devops
Configure upstream sources for Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/set-up-upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Configure .npmrc to connect npm to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/npmrc?view=azure-devops
Configure npm scopes with Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/scopes?view=azure-devops
Configure .artifactignore to optimize Azure Pipelines artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/reference/artifactignore?view=azure-devops

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Publish Cargo packages from CLI to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-publish?view=azure-devops
Restore Cargo packages from Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-restore?view=azure-devops
Consume Cargo crates from Crates.io via Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-upstream-source?view=azure-devops
Connect Cargo projects to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/project-setup-cargo?view=azure-devops
Publish and restore Rust Cargo packages with Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-cargo?view=azure-devops
Publish and restore Maven packages with Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish and consume npm packages using Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-npm?view=azure-devops
Add Gradle Plugins repository as Azure Artifacts upstream https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/gradle-plugins?view=azure-devops
Configure Maven to restore packages from Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/install?view=azure-devops
Configure JitPack as an Azure Artifacts upstream source https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/jitpack-upstream?view=azure-devops
Connect Gradle builds to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/project-setup-gradle?view=azure-devops
Connect Maven projects to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/project-setup-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish Maven packages to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/publish-packages-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish packages with Gradle to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/publish-with-gradle?view=azure-devops
Consume Maven Central packages via Azure Artifacts upstream https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Publish npm packages from CLI to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/publish?view=azure-devops
Restore npm packages from Azure Artifacts via CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/restore-npm-packages?view=azure-devops
Use npm registry packages through Azure Artifacts upstream https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Publish NuGet packages via dotnet CLI to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/dotnet-exe?view=azure-devops
Configure dotnet to authenticate with Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/dotnet-setup?view=azure-devops
Install NuGet packages from Azure Artifacts in Visual Studio https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/install-nuget-packages-with-visual-studio?view=azure-devops
Connect NuGet CLI to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/nuget-exe?view=azure-devops
Publish Azure Artifacts NuGet packages to NuGet.org https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/publish-to-nuget-org?view=azure-devops
Publish NuGet packages with NuGet CLI to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/publish?view=azure-devops
Restore NuGet packages with dotnet from Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/restore-nuget-packages-dotnet?view=azure-devops
Restore NuGet packages with NuGet CLI from Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/restore-nuget-packages-nuget-exe?view=azure-devops
Connect Python projects to Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/python/project-setup-python?view=azure-devops
Download Universal Packages from Azure Artifacts feeds https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/download-universal-packages?view=azure-devops
Install Python packages from Azure Artifacts via CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/install-python-packages?view=azure-devops
Publish Python packages via CLI to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/python-cli?view=azure-devops
Publish and download Python packages with Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/python-packages?view=azure-devops
Debug with Azure Artifacts symbols in Visual Studio https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/symbols/debug-with-symbols-visual-studio?view=azure-devops
Debug with Azure Artifacts symbols using WinDbg https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/symbols/debug-with-symbols-windbg?view=azure-devops
Use PowerShell Gallery as an Azure Artifacts upstream source https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/powershell-upstream-source?view=azure-devops
Use Azure Artifacts feed as a private PowerShell repository https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/private-powershell-library?view=azure-devops
Connect and configure Universal Packages with Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/universal-packages/project-setup-universal-packages?view=azure-devops

Deployment

Topic URL
Use GitHub Actions workflows to push packages to Azure Artifacts https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/github-actions?view=azure-devops
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Overall Score

84/100

Grade

B

Good

Safety

85

Quality

88

Clarity

82

Completeness

78

Summary

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifacts, covering best practices, decision-making, limits, security, configuration, integrations, and deployment. It uses a curated index of Microsoft Learn documentation URLs and teaches agents how to fetch remote documentation via network tools (mcp_microsoftdocs or fetch_webpage) to supplement local quick-reference content.

Detected Capabilities

documentation retrieval via network (mcp_microsoftdocs or fetch_webpage)file readingmetadata inspection

Trigger Keywords

Phrases that MCP clients use to match this skill to user intent.

configure azure artifacts feedspublish packages to artifactsnpm registry setupgithub actions ci/cdupstream sources configurationpackage migrationartifact storage quotasdotnet nuget authentication

Risk Signals

INFO

Network access to learn.microsoft.com for documentation retrieval

Compatibility section, Category Index instructions
INFO

Instruction to check mcp_microsoftdocs availability and suggest installation

How to Use This Skill section
INFO

Metadata staleness check (3-month threshold) to prompt version updates

How to Use This Skill section

Referenced Domains

External domains referenced in skill content, detected by static analysis.

github.comlearn.microsoft.com

Use Cases

  • Configuring and managing Azure Artifacts feeds for NuGet, npm, Maven, Python, Cargo, and other package types
  • Setting up CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to publish packages to Azure Artifacts
  • Implementing upstream sources and feed promotion/retention policies
  • Securing feeds with proper permissions and protection against malicious packages
  • Migrating packages from external sources (file shares, MyGet, npm registry, Maven Central)
  • Troubleshooting and optimizing artifact storage, quotas, and package management workflows

Quality Notes

  • Excellent structure with clear Category Index (7 categories, 118 lines of content mapped)
  • Well-organized reference tables listing topics and Microsoft Learn URLs for each domain
  • Instructions explicitly guide agents on when to use fetch tools and how to handle documentation
  • Good transparency: metadata fields (generated_at, generator) enable staleness detection
  • Fallback strategy provided (mcp_microsoftdocs primary, fetch_webpage fallback) with proper error handling guidance
  • Scope is very clear — focused on Azure Artifacts only, explicitly excludes Azure DevOps and Pipelines
  • Line range hints (L35-L117) enable efficient content chunking for agents
  • Comprehensive coverage: 7 categories, 50+ documentation links spanning multiple package ecosystems (NuGet, npm, Maven, Cargo, Python, PowerShell, Universal)
  • Network dependency is documented upfront in compatibility section
  • Content is generated from Microsoft documentation (not custom), reducing maintenance burden
Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001Analyzed: Jun 26, 2026

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