{"slug":"azure-network-topology-review","title":"azure-network-topology-review","summary":"Use this skill for Azure network architecture review, hub-spoke critique, routing and DNS dependency analysis, shared-services boundary decisions, firewall placement review, and landing-zone connectivity guidance.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T21:51:01.255502Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/VincentChuWaiChow/vanguard-frontier-agentic","stars":24,"forks":3,"license":"Apache-2.0","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T13:00:24Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: azure-network-topology-review\ndescription: Use this skill for Azure network architecture review, hub-spoke critique, routing and DNS dependency analysis, shared-services boundary decisions, firewall placement review, and landing-zone connectivity guidance.\nallowed-tools: Read Grep Glob\nmetadata:\nauthor: github: VincentChuWaiChow\nversion: 0.1.2\nupdated: \"2026-06-05\"\ncategory: networking</h2>\n<h1>Azure Network Topology Review</h1>\n<h2>Purpose</h2>\n<p>Review Azure network topology with an operator-grade focus on connectivity boundaries, shared-services design, routing and DNS dependencies, and the separation between platform-owned and workload-owned controls.</p>\n<p>This skill is for architecture and review work across:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>hub-spoke versus alternative connectivity models,</li>\n<li>shared hub services and spoke isolation,</li>\n<li>peering and subscription boundary decisions,</li>\n<li>route ownership and forced-tunneling implications,</li>\n<li>DNS and private name-resolution dependencies,</li>\n<li>centralized versus workload-local firewall, NVA, and private-endpoint patterns,</li>\n<li>platform-team versus workload-team control boundaries.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>When to use</h2>\n<p>Use this skill when the user asks for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>an Azure hub-spoke review or critique,</li>\n<li>network topology advice for a landing zone or multi-subscription platform,</li>\n<li>shared-services placement guidance for DNS, egress, ingress, Bastion, or hybrid connectivity,</li>\n<li>routing, peering, UDR, gateway-transit, or forced-tunneling concerns,</li>\n<li>private connectivity architecture review when the main issue is topology and boundary design,</li>\n<li>clarification of who should own which network controls across platform and workload teams.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Do not use this skill for:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>packet-level troubleshooting,</li>\n<li>detailed firewall rule authoring,</li>\n<li>step-by-step ExpressRoute implementation runbooks,</li>\n<li>a Private Link placement question where private-endpoint design is the primary issue rather than the overall topology.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Route private-endpoint-first questions toward <code>azure-private-endpoint-adoption-planner</code> if that skill exists in the repo state the user is working with.</p>\n<h2>Lean operating rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Prefer Microsoft Learn documentation through the user's configured documentation MCP, then sampled read-only Azure evidence when available, then sanitized user evidence.</li>\n<li>Separate confirmed facts from inference. If state was not queried or shown, say so.</li>\n<li>Challenge broad access, broad scope, destructive changes, and hand-wavy production claims.</li>\n<li>Keep the answer scoped, reversible, least-privilege, and explicit about blockers or unknowns.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>References</h2>\n<p>Load these only when needed:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"references/network-topology-operations.md\">Azure Network Topology Operations</a> — use for current service behavior, common failure modes, hard design rules, verification targets, and push-back conditions.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/safety-checklist.md\">Safety checklist</a> — use for evidence labels, risk gates, mutation boundaries, approval rules, credential boundaries, and current-state caveats.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/mcp-and-evidence.md\">MCP and evidence path</a> — use when choosing live Azure evidence, confirming Microsoft MCP capability, or switching to documentation mode.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/workflow-and-output.md\">Workflow and output contract</a> — use when executing the full review, applying stress checks, or formatting the final answer.</li>\n<li><a href=\"references/official-sources.md\">Official sources</a> — use when you need the detailed Microsoft documentation list or source notes.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Response minimum</h2>\n<p>Return, at minimum:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the scoped target and evidence level,</li>\n<li>the main risks or control gaps,</li>\n<li>the safest next actions,</li>\n<li>the assumptions or blockers that prevent stronger conclusions.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"metadata.json","sizeBytes":1517,"isText":true},{"path":"references/mcp-and-evidence.md","sizeBytes":1238,"isText":true},{"path":"references/network-topology-operations.md","sizeBytes":4589,"isText":true},{"path":"references/official-sources.md","sizeBytes":2127,"isText":true},{"path":"references/safety-checklist.md","sizeBytes":1696,"isText":true},{"path":"references/workflow-and-output.md","sizeBytes":1615,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":3654,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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