microsoft/agent-skills

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Summary

A Microsoft repository providing foundational components for building coding agents, including skills, MCP servers, and SDK documentation.

Key features

• Collection of pre-built skills for agents
• MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers
• Resources for custom coding agents
• SDK documentation (Agents.md)
• TypeScript implementation
• Integration with Azure and Foundry platforms

Use cases

• Grounding AI coding assistants with specific skills
• Building custom agent workflows
• Extending agent capabilities via MCP
• Developing agent-based applications
• Learning agent SDK patterns

README excerpt

# Agent Skills [](https://github.com/microsoft/skills/actions/workflows/test-harness.yml) [](https://github.com/microsoft/skills/actions/workflows/skill-evaluation.yml) [](https://skills.sh/microsoft/skills) [](https://microsoft.github.io/skills/#documentation) > [!NOTE] > **Work in Progress** — This repository is under active development. More skills are being added, existing skills are being updated to use the latest SDK patterns, and tests are being expanded to ensure quality. Contributions welcome! Skills, custom agents, AGENTS.md templates, and MCP configurations for AI coding agents working with Azure SDKs and Microsoft AI Foundry. > **Blog post:** [Context-Driven Development: Agent Skills for Microsoft Foundry and Azure](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/all-things-azure/context-driven-development-agent-skills-for-microsoft-foundry-and-azure/) > **🔍 Skill Explorer:** [Browse all 174 skills with 1-click install](https://microsoft.github.io/skills/) ## Quick Start ```bash npx skills add microsoft/skills ``` Select the skills you need from the wizard. Skills are installed to your chosen agent's directory (e.g., `.github/skills/` for GitHub Copilot) and symlinked if you use multiple agents. <details> <summary>Alternative installation methods</summary> **Manual installation (git clone)** ```bash # Clone and copy specific skil

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