Recommend Azure VM sizes, VM Scale Sets (VMSS), and configurations based on workload requirements, performance needs, and budget constraints. No Azure account required — uses public documentation and the Azure Retail Prices API. USE FOR: recommend VM size, which VM should I use, choose Azure VM, VM for web/database/ML/batch/HPC, GPU VM, compare VM sizes, cheapest VM, best VM for workload, VM pricing, cost estimate, burstable/compute/memory/storage optimized VM, confidential computing, VM trade-offs, VM families, VMSS, scale set recommendation, autoscale VMs, load balanced VMs, VMSS vs VM, scale out, horizontal scaling, flexible orchestration. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying VMs or VMSS, deploying apps (use azure-deploy), looking up existing VMs (use azure-resource-lookup), cost optimization of running VMs (use azure-cost-optimization), non-VM services like App Service or AKS.
Quickly install azure-compute AI skill to your development environment via command line
Open Terminal: Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.)
Run Installation Command: Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-compute
Verify Installation: Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw
Recommend Azure VM sizes, VM Scale Sets (VMSS), and configurations by analyzing workload type, performance requirements, scaling needs, and budget. No Azure subscription required — all data comes from public Microsoft documentation and the unauthenticated Retail Prices API.
CRITICAL: then always verify with live documentation from learn.microsoft.com before making final recommendations. If webfetch fails, use reference files as fallback but warn the user the information may be stale.
| Workload type | Web server, relational DB, ML training, batch processing, dev/test | | vCPU / RAM needs | "4 cores, 16 GB RAM" or "lightweight" / "heavy" | | GPU needed? | Yes → GPU families; No → general/compute/memory | | Storage needs | High IOPS, large temp disk, premium SSD | | Budget priority | Cost-sensitive, performance-first, balanced |
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Recommend Azure VM sizes, VM Scale Sets (VMSS), and configurations based on workload requirements, performance needs, and budget constraints. No Azure account required — uses public documentation and the Azure Retail Prices API. USE FOR: recommend VM size, which VM should I use, choose Azure VM, VM for web/database/ML/batch/HPC, GPU VM, compare VM sizes, cheapest VM, best VM for workload, VM pricing, cost estimate, burstable/compute/memory/storage optimized VM, confidential computing, VM trade-offs, VM families, VMSS, scale set recommendation, autoscale VMs, load balanced VMs, VMSS vs VM, scale out, horizontal scaling, flexible orchestration. DO NOT USE FOR: deploying VMs or VMSS, deploying apps (use azure-deploy), looking up existing VMs (use azure-resource-lookup), cost optimization of running VMs (use azure-cost-optimization), non-VM services like App Service or AKS. Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.
How do I install azure-compute?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill azure-compute Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw