azure-identity-py Skill
Azure Identity SDK for Python authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. Use for DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, and token caching. Triggers: "azure-identity", "DefaultAzureCredential", "authentication", "managed identity", "service principal", "credential". Published by microsoft in skills.
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What is azure-identity-py Skill?
Azure Identity SDK for Python authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. Use for DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, and token caching. Triggers: "azure-identity", "DefaultAzureCredential", "authentication", "managed identity", "service principal", "credential". Published by microsoft in skills. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Deployment
- Deployment use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Declared author: Microsoft
- Declared license: MIT
- Source file: .github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-identity-py/SKILL.md
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When to use azure-identity-py Skill
- Use it for deployment.
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- Creator: microsoft
- Repository: microsoft/skills
- Skill file: .github/plugins/azure-sdk-python/skills/azure-identity-py/SKILL.md
What it does
Azure Identity SDK for Python authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. Use for DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, and token caching. Triggers: "azure-identity", "DefaultAzureCredential", "authentication", "managed identity", "service principal", "credential".
Skill instructions
Azure Identity library for Python Authentication library for Azure SDK clients using Microsoft Entra ID. Use this skill when: - An app needs to authenticate to Azure services from Python - You need DefaultAzureCredential for local dev + Azure deployment - You need ManagedIdentityCredential for Azure-hosted workloads - You need service principal auth with secret or certificate - You need direct token acquisition with gettoken() - You need to troubleshoot credential chain failures Installation bash pip install azure-identity For VS Code or broker-based desktop auth: bash pip install azure-identity-broker Python Version azure-identity supports Python 3.9+. Environment Variables bash Service principal with client secret AZURETENANTID=<your-tenant-id AZURECLIENTID=<your-client-id AZURECLIENTSECRET=<your-client-secret Service principal with certificate AZURETENANTID=<your-tenant-id AZURECLIENTID=<your-client-id AZURECLIENTCERTIFICATEPATH=/path/to/cert.pem AZURECLIENTCERTIFICATEPASSWORD=<opti
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What is azure-identity-py?
azure-identity-py is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Azure Identity SDK for Python authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. Use for DefaultAzureCredential, managed identity, service principals, and token caching.
Who is azure-identity-py best for?
azure-identity-py is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows.
How do I install azure-identity-py?
Install or run azure-identity-py using Copy skill directory. Check azure-identity-py for the latest setup command.
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