azure-api-center

star 596

Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating API linting/registration, syncing with API gateways, customizing the portal, or managing API inventory, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions).

MicrosoftDocs By MicrosoftDocs schedule Updated 6/9/2026
play_arrow Run Skill in Manus View GitHub

name: azure-api-center description: Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when automating API linting/registration, syncing with API gateways, customizing the portal, or managing API inventory, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure App Service (use azure-app-service), Azure Functions (use azure-functions). compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation. metadata: generated_at: "2026-06-21" generator: "docs2skills/1.0.0"

Azure Api Center Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Api Center. Covers best practices, 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 L33-L38 Best practices for API governance in API Center: using managed linting for style compliance and applying shift-left checks via the VS Code extension.
Security L39-L44 Configuring API authorization schemes for APIs in API Center and managing who can access the API Center portal via the VS Code extension
Configuration L45-L53 Configuring and deploying Azure API Center: setup via ARM/Bicep/CLI, portal customization, API linting/analysis, metadata schemas, MCP/A2A agent setup, and inventory management.
Integrations & Coding Patterns L54-L60 Patterns and scripts for syncing APIs between API Center and platforms like API Management, Amazon API Gateway, and Copilot Studio, plus automation via Azure CLI and Logic Apps/Teams
Deployment L61-L65 Automating API linting and registration to Azure API Center (e.g., via GitHub Actions) and instructions for self-hosting the Azure API Center portal.

Best Practices

Topic URL
Use managed linting to enforce API style compliance in Azure API Center https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-managed-api-analysis-linting
Apply shift-left API governance with VS Code extension https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/govern-apis-vscode-extension

Security

Topic URL
Configure API authorization schemes in Azure API Center https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/authorize-api-access
Control API Center portal access via VS Code extension https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-center-portal-vs-code-extension

Configuration

Topic URL
Configure metadata schema for Azure API Center governance https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/metadata
Create Azure API Center via ARM template https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-arm-template
Provision Azure API Center using Azure CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-azure-cli
Deploy Azure API Center with Bicep templates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-api-center-bicep
Define custom metadata schema in Azure API Center https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/tutorials/add-metadata-properties

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic URL
Import Azure API Management APIs into API Center https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/import-api-management-apis
Script API Center inventory management with Azure CLI https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/manage-apis-azure-cli
Automate API registration notifications with Logic Apps and Teams https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/set-up-notification-workflow

Deployment

Topic URL
Automate API linting deployment in Azure API Center https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/enable-api-analysis-linting
Automate API registration to API Center with GitHub Actions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-apis-github-actions
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills --skill azure-api-center
Repository Details
star Stars 596
call_split Forks 68
navigation Branch main
article Path SKILL.md
More from Creator
MicrosoftDocs
MicrosoftDocs Explore all skills →