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name: azure-search-nav description: "Builds an Azure portal deep link to a specific blade/menu item for supported Microsoft.ContainerService, Microsoft.Kubernetes, and Microsoft.Compute resources using the aks-search-direct-mid semantic search API. WHEN: 'find where in the Azure portal to do something', 'search the portal for an operation', 'construct a portal link from a search query and a resource'." license: MIT metadata: author: Microsoft version: "1.0.1"

Azure Portal Search Link Builder

Quick Reference

Item	Value
Script	references/Invoke-PortalSearchNav.ps1
Resource map	references/resource-types.json
Prerequisite	Az.Accounts PowerShell module
Auth	Interactive Microsoft sign-in (Connect-AzAccount), or device-code with -UseDeviceAuthentication

When to Use This Skill

• User asks to find where in the Azure portal to perform an operation on a supported Container Service, Arc-enabled Kubernetes, or Compute resource.
• User wants a portal deep link for a specific blade/menu item.
• User provides a resource URL or ARM resource ID and a natural-language search query.

Workflow

1. Collect resource link (portal URL or bare ARM resource ID) and search query from the user.
2. Run references/Invoke-PortalSearchNav.ps1 -ResourceUrl '<link>' -Query '<query>'.
3. The script signs in (browser by default; pass -UseDeviceAuthentication in headless/CLI environments), calls the search API, and prints portal deep links always rooted at https://portal.azure.com.

See references/README.md for full parameter reference and API details.

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Fix
Resource type not enabled	armProvider not in references/resource-types.json	Confirm the type is in the enabled-provider list
401 from API	Invalid token, or wrong tenant selected	Re-run and select the account with access to the target subscription's tenant
Empty results	No matching navigation item for the query	Try a different search term
Az.Accounts not found	Module not installed	Install-Module Az.Accounts -Scope CurrentUser
Browser sign-in fails (no window handle)	Headless/CLI environment	Re-run with -UseDeviceAuthentication