Azure Messaging — Agent Skill by Microsoft

From the author

Troubleshoot and resolve issues with Azure Messaging SDKs for Event Hubs and Service Bus. Covers connection failures, authentication errors, message processing issues, and SDK configuration problems. WHEN: event hub SDK error, service bus SDK issue, messaging connection failure, AMQP error, event processor host issue, message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal, lock renewal batch, send timeout, receiver disconnected, SDK troubleshooting, azure messaging SDK, event hub consumer, service bus queue issue, topic subscription error, enable logging event hub, service bus logging, eventhub python, servicebus java, eventhub javascript, servicebus dotnet, event hub checkpoint, event hub not receiving messages, service bus dead letter, batch processing lock, session lock expired, idle timeout, connection inactive, link detach, slow reconnect, session error, duplicate events, offset reset, receive batch.

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AutoGineer summary

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The Azure Messaging skill provides a structured approach to diagnosing and resolving common issues encountered when using Azure Event Hubs and Service Bus SDKs. It integrates with specific MCP tools to verify resource health, query diagnostic logs, and search official documentation, helping developers address connectivity failures, AMQP errors, and message lock management problems efficiently.

What it does

Diagnoses SDK connection failures, authentication errors, and AMQP link issues.
Troubleshoots message processing problems including lock expiration, session errors, and duplicate events.
Verifies Azure resource health status using integrated monitoring tools.
Queries diagnostic logs via KQL to identify root causes of messaging failures.
Searches official Microsoft Learn documentation for specific error codes and configuration guidance.
Assists in validating SDK configurations such as retry policies, prefetch counts, and batch sizes.

When to use it

When your application encounters connection timeouts or receiver disconnection errors.
When message processing stops unexpectedly or locks are lost prematurely.
When debugging AMQP link detach or session-related errors in Service Bus.
When investigating unexpected duplicate events or checkpoint offset resets.
When you need to verify if an Azure messaging namespace is experiencing service-side health issues.

Advantages

Provides a standardized, repeatable workflow for complex messaging issues.
Directly integrates with diagnostic and documentation tools for faster resolution.
Covers a wide range of SDK-specific scenarios across multiple programming languages.
Reduces manual effort in searching for troubleshooting patterns and configuration best practices.

Usage examples

“My .NET application is throwing a message lock lost exception on Service Bus. How do I fix this?”: The agent will verify the resource health, check your current lock duration configuration, and suggest adjustments to your message processing loop or lock renewal logic.
“I am seeing AMQP link detach errors in my Python Event Hub consumer. What should I check?”: The agent will guide you through checking connection stability, reviewing logs for specific error codes, and verifying your SDK configuration for idle timeouts.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/microsoft/azure-messaging/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip azure-messaging.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Microsoft

Azure Messaging SDK Troubleshooting

Quick Reference

Property	Value
Services	Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus
MCP Tools	`mcp_azure_mcp_eventhubs`, `mcp_azure_mcp_servicebus`
Best For	Diagnosing SDK connection, auth, and message processing issues

When to Use This Skill

SDK connection failures, auth errors, or AMQP link errors
Idle timeout, connection inactivity, or slow reconnection after disconnect
AMQP link detach or detach-forced errors
Message lock lost, message lock expired, lock renewal failures, or batch lock timeouts
Session lock lost, session lock expired, or session receiver errors
Event processor or message handler stops processing
Duplicate events or checkpoint offset resets
SDK configuration questions (retry, prefetch, batch size, receive batch behavior)

MCP Tools

Tool	Command	Use
`mcp_azure_mcp_eventhubs`	Namespace/hub ops	List namespaces, hubs, consumer groups
`mcp_azure_mcp_servicebus`	Queue/topic ops	List namespaces, queues, topics, subscriptions
`mcp_azure_mcp_monitor`	`logs_query`	Query diagnostic logs with KQL
`mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth`	`get`	Check service health status
`mcp_azure_mcp_documentation`	Doc search	Search Microsoft Learn for troubleshooting docs

Diagnosis Workflow

Identify the SDK and version — Check the prompt for SDK and version clues; if not stated, proceed with diagnosis and ask later if needed
Check resource health — Use mcp_azure_mcp_resourcehealth to verify the namespace is healthy
Review the error message — Match against language-specific troubleshooting guide
Look up documentation — Use mcp_azure_mcp_documentation to search Microsoft Learn for the error or topic
Check configuration — Verify connection string, entity name, consumer group
Recommend fix — Apply remediation, citing documentation found

Troubleshooting Guides

Connectivity, SDK, and auth troubleshooting guides are located in the azure-diagnostics skill under troubleshooting/messaging/.

References

Use mcp_azure_mcp_documentation to search Microsoft Learn for latest guidance.

Files

ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer977 B
LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer1.1 KiB
SKILL.md3.2 KiB

Requirements and compatibility

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Download ZIP

The ZIP holds the skill’s files, its licence files and an ATTRIBUTION.md. Download azure-messaging.zip