azure-anomaly-detector

Development

Expert knowledge for Azure AI Anomaly Detector development including troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, configuration, and deployment. Use when tuning Docker-based Anomaly Detector, ACI or IoT Edge deployments, univariate/multivariate APIs, or service limits, and other Azure AI Anomaly Detector related development tasks. Not for Azure AI Metrics Advisor (use azure-metrics-advisor), Azure Monitor (use azure-monitor), Azure Machine Learning (use azure-machine-learning).

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Azure AI Anomaly Detector Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure AI Anomaly Detector. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, limits & quotas, configuration, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

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Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L33-L38	Diagnosing and fixing Azure Anomaly Detector issues, including multivariate error codes, common failures, configuration problems, and step-by-step troubleshooting guidance.
Best Practices	L39-L44	Guidance on preparing data, tuning parameters, interpreting results, and designing workflows for effective use of univariate and multivariate Azure Anomaly Detector APIs.
Limits & Quotas	L45-L49	Service limits for Anomaly Detector: max data points, series length, request rates, model constraints, and how quotas affect API usage and scaling.
Configuration	L50-L54	How to configure and tune Anomaly Detector Docker containers, including environment variables, resource limits, logging, networking, and runtime behavior settings.
Deployment	L55-L58	How to package and run Anomaly Detector in containers: Docker setup, Azure Container Instances deployment, and IoT Edge module deployment and configuration.

Troubleshooting

Topic	URL
Troubleshoot Multivariate Anomaly Detector error codes	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/concepts/troubleshoot
Diagnose and resolve Azure Anomaly Detector issues	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/faq

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Apply univariate Anomaly Detector API best practices	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/concepts/anomaly-detection-best-practices
Use multivariate Anomaly Detector API effectively	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/concepts/best-practices-multivariate

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Review Azure Anomaly Detector service limits and quotas	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/service-limits

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure Anomaly Detector container runtime settings	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/anomaly-detector-container-configuration

Deployment

Topic	URL
Deploy and run Anomaly Detector Docker containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-services/anomaly-detector/anomaly-detector-container-howto