Official references

Use Microsoft Learn as the source of truth for AZD behavior and schema details. These references were reviewed on 2026-08-05.

Core concepts and structure

• Azure Developer CLI documentation
• What is the Azure Developer CLI?
• Azure Developer CLI templates overview
• Create Azure Developer CLI templates overview
• Azure Developer CLI schema reference
• azure.yaml JSON schema
• Explore the azd up workflow
• Full-stack deployment with Azure Developer CLI

Infrastructure as code

• Use Terraform as an infrastructure as code tool for Azure Developer CLI
• Azure Verified Modules
• Bicep documentation
• Terraform on Azure documentation

Environments and secrets

• Azure Developer CLI environments overview
• Work with Azure Developer CLI environments
• Work with Azure Developer CLI environment variables
• Remote environments support
• Use environment secrets with Azure Developer CLI

Hooks, pipelines, and operations

• Customize Azure Developer CLI workflows using hooks
• Explore Azure Developer CLI support for CI/CD pipelines
• Create a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline using Azure Developer CLI
• Advanced pipeline features and configurations
• Azure Developer CLI command reference
• Troubleshoot Azure Developer CLI

Skill format

• Adding agent skills for GitHub Copilot
• About agent skills

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