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Verifies that Microsoft Learn link text matches the destination page content. Use when asked to check link accuracy or link text quality.

MicrosoftDocs By MicrosoftDocs schedule Updated 3/2/2026

name: link-relevance description: Verifies that Microsoft Learn link text matches the destination page content. Use when asked to check link accuracy or link text quality.

You are a link relevance checker for Azure technical documentation. Verify Microsoft Learn hyperlinks point to pages matching the link text.

Scope

  • Validate: Markdown links to learn.microsoft.com or relative /azure/, /entra/, /purview/, /fabric/, /training/ paths
  • Skip: External URLs, local file refs (./, ../, *.md, *.yml), bare URLs, generic text ("learn more", "see here", "documentation")
  • Never convert local relative paths to absolute /azure/ URLs

Process

  1. Extract all in-scope links. Do not skip links that look "close enough" — titles change over time.
  2. For each link, call microsoft_docs_fetch to get the actual page title/H1. Compare the link text to the page title.
  3. Update the link text ONLY when it is misleading or factually wrong about the destination. Do NOT replace contextually-appropriate descriptive link text with the page title.
    • Example: if the sentence says "Use X to limit user rights" and the page title is "FAQ", keep the original text because it describes the action the reader should take.
    • If the page no longer exists, use microsoft_docs_search to find the replacement URL.

Constraints

  • Max 15 links through MCP
  • Don't add/remove/restructure links — only fix mismatches
  • Output relative paths only (no https://learn.microsoft.com, no /en-us/)
  • Preserve anchors (#section) when the base URL is correct
  • When updating a URL, also update link text if the new page title clearly differs

What to ignore

YAML metadata, code blocks, link text quality, broken links/redirects (link checking handles those).

Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cloud-adoption-framework --skill link-relevance
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