azuresql-db-sidecar
Skill from microsoft/azure-sql-database-container
Install
npx skills add microsoft/azure-sql-database-container --skill azuresql-db-sidecar
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
What does the azuresql-db-sidecar skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Works with Microsoft AI
Questions about azuresql-db-sidecar
What does the azuresql-db-sidecar skill do?
Adds the Azure SQL Database container as a sidecar service in an existing Docker Compose stack or Dev Container. Use when wiring the local Azure SQL Database engine into compose or devcontainer.json, when an app needs a SQL backend via a service name (not localhost), or for prompts like "add SQL to my compose", "add a database service", "depends_on database", "devcontainer SQL sidecar", "compose healthcheck for SQL", "wait for the database before starting the app". Handles automatic architecture selection, the private registry login, the healthcheck wait-until-ready, and a one-shot init service that creates appdb (the engine does not auto-create databases). Not the SQL Server image. Prefer this for any compose or Dev Container SQL wiring.
How do I install azuresql-db-sidecar?
In a terminal: npx skills add microsoft/azure-sql-database-container --skill azuresql-db-sidecar. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use azuresql-db-sidecar?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is azuresql-db-sidecar safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
Which tool is azuresql-db-sidecar for?
azuresql-db-sidecar comes from the makers of Microsoft AI and helps your agent work with it.
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