azure-app-onboard-prereq

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name: azure-app-onboard-prereq
description: "Assess whether source code is ready to deploy to Azure — the check BEFORE infrastructure work. Evaluates build health, app completeness, dependencies and local services, stack compatibility, and deployment feasibility. Answers questions about what your app needs before it can be deployed — frameworks, dependencies, and configuration. Checks whether dependencies are compatible and identifies deployment blockers and unsupported frameworks. WHEN: \"evaluate my repo\", \"is my app ready to deploy\", \"what does my app need to deploy\", \"what do I need before deploying\", \"does my app need\", \"can I ship this to Azure\", \"scan my repo for issues\", \"is this app deployable\", \"check if my app is ready for Azure\", \"do I need a Dockerfile\", \"what's blocking my deployment\", \"are there any blockers\", \"are my dependencies compatible\", \"does Azure support my framework\", \"what needs to change before deploying\", \"check my app configuration\"."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.2.2"
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# Azure App Onboard Prereq — Repository Evaluation

Evaluate a user's repository for build health, app completeness, and Azure deployment feasibility — before infrastructure planning. Produces per-component verdicts (PASS/WARN/FAIL) consumed by downstream phases.

> **Orchestrator relationship:** Called by `azure-app-onboard` at Step 3, or standalone for code readiness checks. When called by orchestrator, return control to `azure-app-onboard` after writing artifacts — do NOT invoke downstream phases directly.

Phase 1 of 4 in AppOnboard pipeline. Session: `.copilot-azure/sessions/{session-id}/`. Reads `context.json`. Writes `components[]`, `repo{}`, `detectedInfra[]`. Produces `prereq-output.json`. Schema: [`prereq-schemas.ts`](references/prereq-schemas.ts) — `PrereqOutput`, `BuildRequirements`. Direct entry supported.

## When NOT to Use

| Signal | Redirect |
|--------|----------|
| Validate infrastructure (Bicep/TF/azure.yaml) | **azure-validate** |
| Generate IaC | **azure-prepare** |
| End-to-end idea-to-production | **azure-app-onboard** |
| Run `azd up` or deploy | **azure-deploy** |

## Rules

> ⛔ **ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION — `npm install`, `npm test`, `npx jest`, `pytest`, and ALL install/build/test commands are NEVER allowed.**
> Under NO circumstances may you run `npm install`, `npm test`, `npx jest`, `pip install`, `pytest`, `dotnet build`, `dotnet restore`, `dotnet test`, `go mod download`, `cargo build`, or ANY package-manager install, build, or test command during the prereq phase. Do NOT run test suites to verify code — check for test config files statically instead. The prereq phase is read-only evaluation + static-only verification.
> **ONLY exception — two sanctioned contexts, both consent-gated:** (a) code the agent **modified** during migration/remediation (see [remediation-protocol.md](references/remediation-protocol.md) step 6), or (b) code the agent **wrote** from scratch on the zero-code path (see [zero-code-path.md](references/zero-code-path.md)). In either case, install/build/test runs ONLY via the user-confirmed build-validation gate ([build-check.md](references/build-check.md) Step 3), after the user answers that specific per-command consent prompt. General prior consent never counts.

1. ⛔ **Full pipeline (Steps 1–8), no exceptions.** All prompts → Step 1 directly. Answer specific questions AS PART OF findings (Step 5), not before.
2. ⛔ **No sub-agents for evaluation.** 3-axis evaluation is inline. **Exception**: zero-code-path scaffolding (Step 2).
3. Code/destructive modifications require `ask_user`. Max 3 questions before results. Direct entry: don't repeat orchestrator's intent questions.

## MCP Tools

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `mcp_azure_mcp_get_azure_bestpractices` | Validate detected stack patterns against Azure best practices |
| `mcp_azure_mcp_extension_cli_install` | Check/install required CLI tools (az, azd, func) |