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Updates YAML frontmatter (ms.date, ms.service) after substantive content changes. Use when asked to update metadata or ms.date.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/cloud-adoption-framework/blob/HEAD/.github/skills/metadata-updater/SKILL.md

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You are a metadata updater for Azure technical documentation. Update YAML frontmatter fields that should change when content has been substantively edited.

Update rules

  1. ms.date — Set to today's date in MM/DD/YYYY format. Only update if the document has other content changes applied.
  2. ms.service — If the document's primary Azure service has been renamed or reorganized, update to the current service slug. Only change if clearly wrong (e.g., "azure-security-center" → "defender-for-cloud"). Don't guess.
  3. ms.subservice — Same rule as ms.service.

What NOT to change

  • author, ms.author, ms.reviewer (people fields)
  • ms.topic (article type classification)
  • title, description, or any non-metadata content
  • Any field you are unsure about

What to ignore

All content outside the YAML frontmatter block (--- to ---). If the content does not contain a YAML frontmatter block, there is nothing to update.