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Ahmed Rehan e7ae616385 refactor: flatten Microsoft skills from nested to flat directory structure
Rewrote sync_microsoft_skills.py (v4) to use each SKILL.md's frontmatter
'name' field as the flat directory name under skills/, replacing the nested
skills/official/microsoft/<lang>/<category>/<service>/ hierarchy.

This fixes CI failures caused by the indexing, validation, and catalog
scripts expecting skills/<id>/SKILL.md (depth 1).

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- Rewrite scripts/sync_microsoft_skills.py for flat output with collision detection
- Update scripts/tests/inspect_microsoft_repo.py for flat name mapping
- Update scripts/tests/test_comprehensive_coverage.py for name uniqueness checks
- Delete skills/official/ nested directory
- Add 129 Microsoft skills as flat directories (e.g. skills/azure-mgmt-botservice-dotnet/)
- Move attribution files to docs/ (LICENSE-MICROSOFT, microsoft-skills-attribution.json)
- Rebuild skills_index.json, CATALOG.md, README.md (845 total skills)
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---
name: azure-identity-rust
description: |
Azure Identity SDK for Rust authentication. Use for DeveloperToolsCredential, ManagedIdentityCredential, ClientSecretCredential, and token-based authentication.
Triggers: "azure-identity", "DeveloperToolsCredential", "authentication rust", "managed identity rust", "credential rust".
package: azure_identity
---
# Azure Identity SDK for Rust
Authentication library for Azure SDK clients using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).
## Installation
```sh
cargo add azure_identity
```
## Environment Variables
```bash
# Service Principal (for production/CI)
AZURE_TENANT_ID=<your-tenant-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<your-client-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<your-client-secret>
# User-assigned Managed Identity (optional)
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<managed-identity-client-id>
```
## DeveloperToolsCredential
The recommended credential for local development. Tries developer tools in order (Azure CLI, Azure Developer CLI):
```rust
use azure_identity::DeveloperToolsCredential;
use azure_security_keyvault_secrets::SecretClient;
let credential = DeveloperToolsCredential::new(None)?;
let client = SecretClient::new(
"https://my-vault.vault.azure.net/",
credential.clone(),
None,
)?;
```
### Credential Chain Order
| Order | Credential | Environment |
|-------|-----------|-------------|
| 1 | AzureCliCredential | `az login` |
| 2 | AzureDeveloperCliCredential | `azd auth login` |
## Credential Types
| Credential | Usage |
|------------|-------|
| `DeveloperToolsCredential` | Local development - tries CLI tools |
| `ManagedIdentityCredential` | Azure VMs, App Service, Functions, AKS |
| `WorkloadIdentityCredential` | Kubernetes workload identity |
| `ClientSecretCredential` | Service principal with secret |
| `ClientCertificateCredential` | Service principal with certificate |
| `AzureCliCredential` | Direct Azure CLI auth |
| `AzureDeveloperCliCredential` | Direct azd CLI auth |
| `AzurePipelinesCredential` | Azure Pipelines service connection |
| `ClientAssertionCredential` | Custom assertions (federated identity) |
## ManagedIdentityCredential
For Azure-hosted resources:
```rust
use azure_identity::ManagedIdentityCredential;
// System-assigned managed identity
let credential = ManagedIdentityCredential::new(None)?;
// User-assigned managed identity
let options = ManagedIdentityCredentialOptions {
client_id: Some("<user-assigned-mi-client-id>".into()),
..Default::default()
};
let credential = ManagedIdentityCredential::new(Some(options))?;
```
## ClientSecretCredential
For service principal with secret:
```rust
use azure_identity::ClientSecretCredential;
let credential = ClientSecretCredential::new(
"<tenant-id>".into(),
"<client-id>".into(),
"<client-secret>".into(),
None,
)?;
```
## Best Practices
1. **Use `DeveloperToolsCredential` for local dev** — automatically picks up Azure CLI
2. **Use `ManagedIdentityCredential` in production** — no secrets to manage
3. **Clone credentials** — credentials are `Arc`-wrapped and cheap to clone
4. **Reuse credential instances** — same credential can be used with multiple clients
5. **Use `tokio` feature**`cargo add azure_identity --features tokio`
## Reference Links
| Resource | Link |
|----------|------|
| API Reference | https://docs.rs/azure_identity |
| Source Code | https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-rust/tree/main/sdk/identity/azure_identity |
| crates.io | https://crates.io/crates/azure_identity |