Validate a Connector Namespace connection and MCP tool contract before an Azure Functions Hosted Skill uses it. Use for connection and identity gates, MCP initialize and tools/list checks, schema comparison, safe read/write smoke tests, downstream side-effect verification, and Hosted Skill tool-selection testing.
Install
npx skills add Azure/azure-functions-skills --skill azure-functions-connector-validatenpx skills add Azure/azure-functions-skills --skill azure-functions-connector-validate -a claude-code -gnpx skills add Azure/azure-functions-skills --skill azure-functions-connector-validate -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-skills.git --path templates/skills/azure-functions-connector-validategh skill install Azure/azure-functions-skills azure-functions-connector-validategit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-skills /tmp/Azure__azure-functions-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/Azure__azure-functions-skills/templates/skills/azure-functions-connector-validate ~/.claude/skills/azure-functions-connector-validate # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/Azure__azure-functions-skills/templates/skills/azure-functions-connector-validate ~/.agents/skills/azure-functions-connector-validate # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode