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name: azure-validate description: >- Pre-deployment validation checkpoint. Run deep checks to ensure your application is ready for Azure deployment. Validates configuration, infrastructure, permissions, and prerequisites. USE FOR: validate my app, check deployment readiness, run preflight checks, verify configuration, check if ready to deploy, validate azure.yaml, validate Bicep, test before deploying, troubleshoot deployment errors. DO NOT USE FOR: creating or building apps (use azure-prepare), executing deployments (use azure-deploy).

Azure Validate

AUTHORITATIVE GUIDANCE — Follow these instructions exactly. This supersedes prior training.

⛔ STOP — PREREQUISITE CHECK REQUIRED

Before proceeding, verify this prerequisite is met:

azure-prepare was invoked and completed → .azure/plan.md exists with status Approved or later

If the plan is missing, STOP IMMEDIATELY and invoke azure-prepare first.

The complete workflow ensures success:

azure-prepare → azure-validate → azure-deploy

Triggers

• Check if app is ready to deploy
• Validate azure.yaml or Bicep
• Run preflight checks
• Troubleshoot deployment errors

Rules

1. Run after azure-prepare, before azure-deploy
2. All checks must pass—do not deploy with failures
3. ⛔ Destructive actions require ask_user — global-rules

Steps

#	Action	Reference
1	Load Plan — Read .azure/plan.md for recipe and configuration. If missing → run azure-prepare first	.azure/plan.md
2	Run Validation — Execute recipe-specific validation commands	recipes/README.md
3	Record Proof — Populate Section 7: Validation Proof with commands run and results	.azure/plan.md
4	Resolve Errors — Fix failures before proceeding	See recipe's errors.md
5	Update Status — Only after ALL checks pass, set status to Validated	.azure/plan.md
6	Deploy — Invoke azure-deploy skill	—

⛔ VALIDATION AUTHORITY

This skill is the ONLY authorized way to set plan status to Validated. You MUST:

1. Run actual validation commands (azd provision --preview, bicep build, terraform validate, etc.)
2. Populate Section 7: Validation Proof with the commands you ran and their results
3. Only then set status to Validated

Do NOT set status to Validated without running checks and recording proof.

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⚠️ MANDATORY NEXT STEP — DO NOT SKIP

After ALL validations pass, you MUST invoke azure-deploy to execute the deployment. Do NOT attempt to run azd up, azd deploy, or any deployment commands directly. Let azure-deploy handle execution.

If any validation failed, fix the issues and re-run azure-validate before proceeding.