Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when setting API auth, provisioning API Center, automating linting/registration, self-hosting the portal, or syncing with API gateways, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Portal (use azure-portal).
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Use azure-api-center to draft an API Center governance and deployment plan for [API portfolio], covering authorization, linting, registration, and gateway synchronization; use current Azure documentation.
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name: azure-api-centerdescription: Expert knowledge for Azure Api Center development including best practices, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when setting API auth, provisioning API Center, automating linting/registration, self-hosting the portal, or syncing with API gateways, and other Azure Api Center related development tasks. Not for Azure API Management (use azure-api-management), Azure Resource Manager (use azure-resource-manager), Azure Portal (use azure-portal).compatibility: Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or fetch_webpage to retrieve documentation.metadata: generated_at: "2026-09-13" 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
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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
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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 auth schemes (keys, OAuth, etc.) in API Center and managing portal access/permissions via the VS Code extension
Configuration
L45-L55
Configuring and deploying Azure API Center: backup/restore, plugin marketplace endpoints, ARM/Bicep/CLI provisioning, and defining/customizing governance metadata schemas.
Integrations & Coding Patterns
L56-L62
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
L63-L67
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