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Azure Artifacts Skill

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Expert knowledge for Azure Artifacts development including best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when managing feeds, upstream sources, views/promotion, retention, GitHub Actions CI/CD, or npm/.npmrc config, ...

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Azure Artifacts Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Artifacts. Covers best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, 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

IMPORTANT for Agent: If metadata.generated_at is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If mcp_microsoftdocs tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

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

CategoryLinesDescription
Best PracticesL35-L41Guidance on Azure Artifacts package management best practices, configuring and using upstream sources, and safely restoring packages from external feeds.
Decision MakingL42-L48Guidance on choosing feed scope and planning migrations of package storage, including moving from file shares or MyGet to Azure Artifacts feeds.
Limits & QuotasL49-L56Storage quotas, free allocation, and per-package size/​count limits in Azure Artifacts, plus how to monitor, manage, and publish packages within those limits.
SecurityL57-L63Securing Azure Artifacts feeds: configuring permissions, protecting upstream sources from malicious packages, and using npm audit to find and fix vulnerabilities.
ConfigurationL64-L73Configuring Azure Artifacts feeds: views/​promotion, retention/​deletion, upstream sources, npm/​.npmrc and scopes, and .artifactignore for optimizing pipeline artifacts.
Integrations & Coding PatternsL74-L113How to connect build tools (NuGet, npm, Maven, Gradle, Cargo, Python, PowerShell) to Azure Artifacts feeds, publish/​restore packages, use upstream sources, and debug with symbol packages
DeploymentL114-L117Using GitHub Actions to build and push packages (NuGet, npm, etc.) to Azure Artifacts feeds, including workflow setup, authentication, and CI/​CD integration.

Best Practices

TopicURL
Apply Azure Artifacts package management best practiceshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/best-practices?view=azure-devops
Use Azure Artifacts upstream sources effectively and safelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Restore packages from upstream sources in Azure Artifacts safelyhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/protect-oss-packages-with-upstream-sources?view=azure-devops

Decision Making

TopicURL
Choose between project-scoped and organization-scoped feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/project-scoped-feeds?view=azure-devops
Plan migration from file shares to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/move-from-fileshares?view=azure-devops
Migrate NuGet packages from MyGet to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/migrate-packages?view=azure-devops

Limits & Quotas

TopicURL
Monitor and manage Azure Artifacts storage limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/artifact-storage?view=azure-devops
Publish Universal Packages and understand size limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/universal-packages?view=azure-devops
Azure Artifacts package size and count limitshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/reference/limits?view=azure-devops
Understand Azure Artifacts free storage allocationhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/start-using-azure-artifacts?view=azure-devops

Security

TopicURL
Secure Azure Artifacts upstream sources against malicious packageshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/upstream-behavior?view=azure-devops
Configure Azure Artifacts feed and pipeline permissionshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/feed-permissions?view=azure-devops
Use npm audit with Azure Artifacts to address vulnerabilitieshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/npm-audit?view=azure-devops

Configuration

TopicURL
Configure and manage Azure Artifacts feed views and promotionhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/views?view=azure-devops
Configure deletion, retention, and recovery for Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/delete-and-recover-packages?view=azure-devops
Configure upstream sources for Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/set-up-upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Configure .npmrc to connect npm to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/npmrc?view=azure-devops
Configure npm scopes with Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/scopes?view=azure-devops
Configure .artifactignore to optimize Azure Pipelines artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/reference/artifactignore?view=azure-devops

Integrations & Coding Patterns

TopicURL
Publish Cargo packages from CLI to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-publish?view=azure-devops
Restore Cargo packages from Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-restore?view=azure-devops
Consume Cargo crates from Crates.io via Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/cargo-upstream-source?view=azure-devops
Connect Cargo projects to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/cargo/project-setup-cargo?view=azure-devops
Publish and download Cargo packages with Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-cargo?view=azure-devops
Publish and restore Maven packages with Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish and consume npm packages using Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/get-started-npm?view=azure-devops
Add Gradle Plugins repository as Azure Artifacts upstreamhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/gradle-plugins?view=azure-devops
Configure Maven to restore packages from Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/install?view=azure-devops
Configure JitPack as an Azure Artifacts upstream sourcehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/jitpack-upstream?view=azure-devops
Connect Gradle builds to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/project-setup-gradle?view=azure-devops
Connect Maven projects to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/project-setup-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish Maven packages to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/publish-packages-maven?view=azure-devops
Publish packages with Gradle to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/publish-with-gradle?view=azure-devops
Consume Maven Central packages via Azure Artifacts upstreamhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/maven/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Publish npm packages from CLI to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/publish?view=azure-devops
Restore npm packages from Azure Artifacts via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/restore-npm-packages?view=azure-devops
Use npm registry packages through Azure Artifacts upstreamhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/npm/upstream-sources?view=azure-devops
Publish NuGet packages via dotnet CLI to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/dotnet-exe?view=azure-devops
Configure dotnet to authenticate with Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/dotnet-setup?view=azure-devops
Install NuGet packages from Azure Artifacts in Visual Studiohttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/install-nuget-packages-with-visual-studio?view=azure-devops
Connect NuGet CLI to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/nuget-exe?view=azure-devops
Publish Azure Artifacts NuGet packages to NuGet.orghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/publish-to-nuget-org?view=azure-devops
Publish NuGet packages with NuGet CLI to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/publish?view=azure-devops
Restore NuGet packages with dotnet from Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/restore-nuget-packages-dotnet?view=azure-devops
Restore NuGet packages with NuGet CLI from Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/restore-nuget-packages-nuget-exe?view=azure-devops
Connect Python projects to Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/python/project-setup-python?view=azure-devops
Download Universal Packages from Azure Artifacts feedshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/download-universal-packages?view=azure-devops
Install Python packages from Azure Artifacts via CLIhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/install-python-packages?view=azure-devops
Publish Python packages via CLI to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/python-cli?view=azure-devops
Publish and download Python packages with Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/python-packages?view=azure-devops
Debug with Azure Artifacts symbols in Visual Studiohttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/symbols/debug-with-symbols-visual-studio?view=azure-devops
Debug with Azure Artifacts symbols using WinDbghttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/symbols/debug-with-symbols-windbg?view=azure-devops
Use PowerShell Gallery as an Azure Artifacts upstream sourcehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/powershell-upstream-source?view=azure-devops
Use Azure Artifacts feed as a private PowerShell repositoryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/private-powershell-library?view=azure-devops
Connect and configure Universal Packages with Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/universal-packages/project-setup-universal-packages?view=azure-devops

Deployment

TopicURL
Use GitHub Actions workflows to push packages to Azure Artifactshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/github-actions?view=azure-devops