---
title: "Azure CLI — Command-Line Interface for Microsoft Azure"
description: "The Azure CLI provides cross-platform command-line access to Microsoft Azure services for managing VMs, databases, Kubernetes, AI services, and hundreds of cloud resources with consistent hierarchical commands."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli"
author: "Microsoft"
category:
  - "Developer Tools"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "Azure/azure-cli"
  github_stars: 4502
---

# Azure CLI — Command-Line Interface for Microsoft Azure

The Azure CLI provides cross-platform command-line access to Microsoft Azure services for managing VMs, databases, Kubernetes, AI services, and hundreds of cloud resources with consistent hierarchical commands.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.9+, pip or platform package manager

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
```

## Documentation

- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/azure-cli-microsoft-cloud/)