Linter: avoid `Microsoft`/`Azure` prefix on model / class names
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Description
Parent: #4442
## Convention
Avoid using `Microsoft`, `Azure` prefixes for any models or classes.
> Source: [Azure SDK for .NET Mgmt Naming Conventions](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/blob/main/doc/dev/Mgmt-Naming-Conventions.md)
## Observed today
A scan of `Azure/azure-rest-api-specs` (334 `client.tsp` files, 10,754 csharp-scoped `@@clientName` decorators) shows **164** decorators currently encoding this rule by hand. Examples:
- `AzureFunctionDefinition` → `InternalAzureFunctionDefinition` (ai/Azure.AI.Agents/client.tsp)
- `AzureBlobContentSource` → `BlobContentSource` (ai/DocumentIntelligence/client.tsp)
- `AzureBlobFileListContentSource` → `BlobFileListContentSource` (ai/DocumentIntelligence/client.tsp)
- `AzureApiManagementSource` → `ApiCenterApiManagementSource` (apicenter/ApiCenter.Management/client.tsp)
- `AzureMonitorExporter` → `ApplicationInsightsRestClient` (applicationinsights/data-plane/Exporters/client.tsp)
- `AzureLargeStorageInstance` → `LargeStorageInstance` (azurelargeinstance/resource-manager/Microsoft.AzureLargeInstance/AzureLargeInstance/client.tsp)
## Proposed linter
**Detection**
Flag any model whose name starts with `Microsoft` or `Azure` (case-sensitive). Allow well-known service identity types via a `known-prefixed-types` allowlist.
**Auto-fix**
Suggest dropping the prefix via `@@clientName(..., "csharp")`.
**Scope**
The rule should be csharp-scoped — it only flags violations of the .NET convention, not the underlying TypeSpec name. It should suggest inserting a `@@clientName(..., "csharp")` override when the underlying TypeSpec name is intentional, or renaming the TypeSpec model when the convention applies cross-language.
## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] New lint rule registered in the appropriate ruleset (`@azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core` or `@azure-tools/typespec-azure-resource-manager`).
- [ ] Doc page under `website/src/content/docs/docs/libraries/.../rules/`.
- [ ] Unit tests covering positive / negative cases and the auto-fix.
- [ ] A `.chronus/changes/` entry.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by inspecting the existing lint rules and registration in @azure-tools/typespec-client-generator-core or @azure-tools/typespec-azure-resource-manager, then review related rule tests and autofix patterns. Add the csharp-scoped rule, allowlist, documentation under website/src/content/docs/docs/libraries/.../rules/, unit tests for positive, negative, and autofix cases, and a .chronus/changes/ entry.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100