mcp-azure

A Model Context Protocol server for Azure (via the Azure Resource Manager API — the programmatic layer behind the Azure Portal). It lets an MCP-capable client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …) inventory and operate Azure resources — with a governance layer that keeps an AI agent inside safe boundaries.

What this offers

• Inventory — list subscriptions, locations, resource groups, and resources; get any resource by ARM id.

• Operations — create resource groups (in approved regions), merge tags onto any resource, and control VM power state (start / stop / restart / deallocate).

• Lifecycle — delete resource groups and individual resources, guarded.

• Governance built in — access modes, subscription/resource-group allowlists, protected resource groups, a location allowlist for new groups, delete gating, typed confirmation for high-impact deletes, dry-run, and JSON audit logging.

Related MCP server: Azure MCP Server

Governance & security model

Tools

Read (read-only+): list_subscriptions, list_locations, list_resource_groups, list_resources, get_resource

The three paged listings (list_subscriptions, list_resource_groups, list_resources) return every page up to a 50-page limit. A complete listing is a plain JSON array; if the limit is hit the result is { "truncated": true, "note": …, "items": […] }, so a partial list is never mistaken for a complete one.

Write (read-write+): create_resource_group, tag_resource, control_vm

Admin (admin): delete_resource_group, delete_resource (both need AZURE_ALLOW_DELETE + typed confirm)

Quickstart — add to your agent

Published on npm as @dockndevai/mcp-azure. Runs via npx with an Entra ID service principal. See docs/CLIENTS.md for every client and .env.example for all variables.

Claude Code

claude mcp add azure -e AZURE_TENANT_ID="…" -e AZURE_CLIENT_ID="…" -e AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET="…" -e AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID="…" -e AZURE_MODE="read-only" -- npx -y @dockndevai/mcp-azure

Claude Desktop · Cursor · Windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "azure": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@dockndevai/mcp-azure"],
      "env": {
        "AZURE_TENANT_ID": "…",
        "AZURE_CLIENT_ID": "…",
        "AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET": "…",
        "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID": "…",
        "AZURE_MODE": "read-only"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

• "List all resource groups in my subscription and which region each is in"

• "Show every resource in the rg-web group"

• "Tag the app-plan resource with env=prod and owner=team-a" (needs read-write)

• "Stop the build-agent VM in rg-ci" (needs read-write)

Run from source (development)

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js   # with the environment variables set

Develop

npm run dev
npm test          # governance policy: modes, scoping, location allowlist, delete + confirmation
npm run typecheck

Publishing

Ships a server.json for the official MCP registry and an mcpName for npm ownership validation. See PUBLISHING.md.

License

MIT