azure-compute

70High

The skill forces the agent to bypass verified security best practices and relies on missing, externally sourced workflow files, creating significant risks of instruction override and unauthorized code execution.

Threat Analysis

AI Agent Traps ↗Scanned 6/30/2026
Content InjectionPerceptionclean
Semantic ManipulationReasoningclean
Cognitive StateMemory & Learningclean
SystemicMulti-Agent Dynamicsclean
Human-in-the-LoopHuman Overseerclean
HygienePackaging & Manifest5 findings

Skill Info

Namemicrosoft/azure-skills/azure-compute
Registrygithub
Version7e172d6883f1
PURLpkg:github/microsoft/azure-skills@7e172d6883f1?skill=azure-compute
Stars1,245
Installs362,000

Install

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GitHub
GitHub
362,000 installs
Skills.sh
Skills.shDocs
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/azure-skills

Assessments (2)

AI Agent Traps ↗
Tool shadowing of official Azure MCPhightool shadowing

The skill explicitly instructs the agent to prefer its own internal logic over the official 'mcp__azure__get_azure_bestpractices' tool, which can lead to the agent ignoring security-hardened or verified best practices in favor of potentially outdated or malicious local instructions. [ensemble: confirmed by 3/3 passes; severity set to the agreed median (ADR-0067).]

90% confidenceline 3
PREFER OVER mcp__azure__get_azure_bestpractices for VM create intents
Referenced file missing from skill packagelowpolicy violation

SKILL.md links to "workflows/capacity-reservation/capacity-reservation.md" but the file is not part of the skill package — the workflow silently degrades or the content is sourced elsewhere at runtime

90% confidence
[capacity-reservation.md](workflows/capacity-reservation/capacity-reservation.md)
Referenced file missing from skill packagelowpolicy violation

SKILL.md links to "workflows/essential-machine-management/essential-machine-management.md" but the file is not part of the skill package — the workflow silently degrades or the content is sourced elsewhere at runtime

90% confidence
[essential-machine-management.md](workflows/essential-machine-management/essential-machine-management.md)
Referenced file missing from skill packagelowpolicy violation

SKILL.md links to "workflows/vm-creator/vm-creator.md" but the file is not part of the skill package — the workflow silently degrades or the content is sourced elsewhere at runtime

90% confidence
[vm-creator.md](workflows/vm-creator/vm-creator.md)
Referenced file missing from skill packagelowpolicy violation

SKILL.md links to "workflows/vm-recommender/vm-recommender.md" but the file is not part of the skill package — the workflow silently degrades or the content is sourced elsewhere at runtime

90% confidence
[vm-recommender.md](workflows/vm-recommender/vm-recommender.md)
Referenced file missing from skill packagelowpolicy violation

SKILL.md links to "workflows/vm-troubleshooter/vm-troubleshooter.md" but the file is not part of the skill package — the workflow silently degrades or the content is sourced elsewhere at runtime

90% confidence
[vm-troubleshooter.md](workflows/vm-troubleshooter/vm-troubleshooter.md)

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