// Run commands & scripts
azure-cliazure-cli-2.91.0
Azure Command-Line Interface
Open source Maintained For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
azure-cli is azure Command-Line Interface.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to run commands & scripts.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it from the official package registry:
pip install azure-cli - 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
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03Related
- ›Hugging Face AI Agents Course · Hugging FaceMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›huggingface/agents-course · Hugging FaceEnglish
- ›AI Agents for Beginners · MicrosoftMultilingual (incl. EN/ZH)
- ›Building effective agents · AnthropicEnglish
- ›OpenAI: A practical guide to building agents · OpenAIEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- azure-cli-2.91.0 2026-10-05
- azure-cli-2.90.0 2026-09-01
- azure-cli-2.89.1 2026-08-12
- azure-cli-2.89.0 2026-08-04
- azure-cli-2.88.0 2026-07-07
For AI agents
- Interfaces：CLI
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/azure-cli.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-05