/azure-artifacts

name: azure-artifacts
description: 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, .npmrc auth, GitHub Actions CI/CD, or universal package publishing, and other Azure Artifacts related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure Repos (use azure-repos), Azure Artifact Signing (use azure-artifact-signing).
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 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](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md)

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 | Lines | Description | |----------|-------|-------------| | Best Practices | L35-L41 | Best practices for secure, reliable Azure Artifacts package management, including configuring and using upstream sources safely and restoring packages from them. | | Decision Making | L42-L48 | Guidance on planning and choosing Azure Artifacts feeds (project vs org scope) and migration paths from file shares or MyGet to Azure Artifacts. | | Limits & Quotas | L49-L56 | Storage, size, count, and retention limits for Azure Artifacts packages, plus how to monitor usage, configure deletion/retention, and publish universal packages within quota constraints. | | Security | L57-L62 | Securing Azure Artifacts feeds: configuring upstream source protections against malicious packages and managing feed/view permissions and access control. | | Configuration | L63-L70 | Configuring Azure Artifacts feeds: views, upstream sources, npm .npmrc auth/settings, and .artifactignore for optimizing Azure Pipelines artifact behavior and performance. | | Integrations & Coding Patterns | L71-L111 | How to connect build tools (Cargo, Maven, Gradle, npm, NuGet, Python, PowerShell) to Azure Artifacts feeds, publish/restore packages, use upstream sources, and debug with symbols. | | Deployment | L112-L115 | Using GitHub Actions to build and push packages (NuGet, npm, etc.) to Azure Artifacts feeds, including workflow setup, authentication, and CI/CD integration. |

Best Practices

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

Decision Making

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Choose project vs organization-scoped Azure Artifacts feeds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/project-scoped-feeds?view=azure-devops | | Plan migration from file shares to Azure Artifacts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/nuget/move-from-fileshares?view=azure-devops | | Migrate NuGet packages from MyGet to Azure Artifacts | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/tutorials/migrate-packages?view=azure-devops |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Monitor and manage Azure Artifacts storage limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/artifact-storage?view=azure-devops | | Manage deletion and retention for Azure Artifacts packages | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/delete-and-recover-packages?view=azure-devops | | Publish Azure Artifacts universal packages with size limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/quickstarts/universal-packages?view=azure-devops | | Azure Artifacts package size and count limits | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/reference/limits?view=azure-devops |

Security

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Secure Azure Artifacts upstream sources against malicious packages | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/concepts/upstream-behavior?view=azure-devops | | Configure Azure Artifacts feed and view permissions | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/feed-permissions?view=azure-devops |

Configuration

| Topic | URL | |-------|-----| | Configure and manage Azure Artifacts feed views | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/feeds/views?view=azure-devops | | Configure upstream sources for Azure Artifacts feeds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/artifacts/how-to/set-up-upstream-sources?view