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127 skills covering Azure SDKs, AI Foundry, and Microsoft developer tools skills-hub.ai mirrors 196 skills from Microsoft daily, every skill links back to its upstream GitHub source. Install with one command across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible tool.

Upstream: github.com/microsoft/skills

Installing a Microsoft skill

Pick a skill below, then run the install command for your AI coding tool. The skills-hub CLI writes the SKILL.md to the right directory and tracks the install in .skills.json so your team gets reproducible installs.

# Install a Microsoft skill
npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install <skill-slug>

# Browse all Microsoft skills via API
curl https://skills-hub.ai/api/v1/skills?source=microsoft

# Browse all sources
open https://skills-hub.ai/sources

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The most-installed skills from Microsoft, ranked by adoption.

  1. 01wiki-ado-convert

    1 installs

    Converts VitePress/GFM wiki markdown to Azure DevOps Wiki-compatible format. Generates a Node.js build script that transforms Mermaid syntax, strips front matter, fixes links, and outputs ADO-compatible copies to dist/ado-wiki/.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  2. 02teams-app-developer

    1 installs

    Builds, tests, and deploys Microsoft 365 apps and agents for Teams and Copilot. Includes sub-skills for project creation, local testing, cloud deployment, troubleshooting, and Slack-to-Teams migration. USE FOR: Teams agent, bot, tab, message extension, Declarative Agents, Custom Engine Agents, local testing, Agents Playground, Azure resource provision, remote deployment, Slack to Teams migration, cross-platform bot development, Block Kit to Adaptive Cards conversion. DO NOT USE FOR: general web development, non-bot/non-Teams projects.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  3. 03wiki-qa

    1 installs

    Answers questions about a code repository using source file analysis. Use when the user asks a question about how something works, wants to understand a component, or needs help navigating the codebase.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  4. 04microsoft-foundry

    Build, deploy, evaluate, optimize, fine-tune, and manage Microsoft Foundry agents, models, and resources end to end. USE FOR: foundry, azd ai agent, azd provision/deploy, hosted agent scaffold/develop/run/deploy/troubleshoot, prompt agent create, create agent, update agent, add tool to agent, invoke agent, agent.yaml, evaluate agent, batch eval, continuous eval, continuous monitoring, agent CI/CD, optimize prompt, improve prompt, prompt optimizer, optimize agent instructions, Agent Optimizer scaffold, dataset curation from traces, deploy model, model fine-tuning (SFT/DPO/RFT), Foundry project, RBAC, role assignment, permissions, quota, capacity, region, deployment failure, AI Services, create Foundry resource, knowledge index, customize deployment, onboard, availability, training-data, grader, distillation, large file upload. DO NOT USE FOR: Azure Functions, App Service, general Azure deploy (use azure-deploy), general Azure prep (use azure-prepare).

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  5. 05azure-messaging-webpubsubservice-py

    Azure Web PubSub Service SDK for Python. Use for real-time messaging, WebSocket connections, and pub/sub patterns. Triggers: "azure-messaging-webpubsubservice", "WebPubSubServiceClient", "real-time", "WebSocket", "pub/sub".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  6. 06azure-ai-agents-persistent-dotnet

    Azure AI Agents Persistent SDK for .NET. Low-level SDK for creating and managing AI agents with threads, messages, runs, and tools. Use for agent CRUD, conversation threads, streaming responses, function calling, file search, and code interpreter. Triggers: "PersistentAgentsClient", "persistent agents", "agent threads", "agent runs", "streaming agents", "function calling agents .NET".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  7. 07azure-resource-manager-postgresql-dotnet

    Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server SDK for .NET. Database management for PostgreSQL Flexible Server deployments. Use for creating servers, databases, firewall rules, configurations, backups, and high availability. Triggers: "PostgreSQL", "PostgreSqlFlexibleServer", "PostgreSQL Flexible Server", "Azure Database for PostgreSQL", "PostgreSQL database management", "PostgreSQL firewall", "PostgreSQL backup", "Postgres".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  8. 08azure-keyvault-py

    Azure Key Vault SDK for Python. Use for secrets, keys, and certificates management with secure storage. Triggers: "key vault", "SecretClient", "KeyClient", "CertificateClient", "secrets", "encryption keys".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  9. 09azure-ai-translation-document-py

    Azure AI Document Translation SDK for batch translation of documents with format preservation. Use for translating Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, and other document formats at scale. Triggers: "document translation", "batch translation", "translate documents", "DocumentTranslationClient".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  10. 10azure-kubernetes-app-deploy

    Use when deploying an existing web application or API to an already-running Azure Kubernetes Service cluster. Detects the framework, generates a Dockerfile and Kubernetes manifests, validates against AKS Deployment Safeguards, and deploys with verification. WHEN: deploy app to AKS, deploy to existing AKS cluster, containerize app for Kubernetes, generate K8s manifests for Azure, set up CI/CD for AKS, my AKS deployment is failing safeguard checks, I have a Django/Express/Spring Boot app to run on AKS. DO NOT USE FOR: creating or provisioning an AKS cluster (use azure-kubernetes), assessing migration to AKS Automatic (use azure-kubernetes-automatic-readiness), or deploying to non-AKS targets like Web Apps, Container Apps, or Functions.

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  11. 11azure-compute-batch-java

    Azure Batch SDK for Java. Run large-scale parallel and HPC batch jobs with pools, jobs, tasks, and compute nodes. Triggers: "BatchClient java", "azure batch java", "batch pool java", "batch job java", "HPC java", "parallel computing java".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  12. 12azure-eventhub-dotnet

    Azure Event Hubs SDK for .NET. Use for high-throughput event streaming: sending events (EventHubProducerClient, EventHubBufferedProducerClient), receiving events (EventProcessorClient with checkpointing), partition management, and real-time data ingestion. Triggers: "Event Hubs", "event streaming", "EventHubProducerClient", "EventProcessorClient", "send events", "receive events", "checkpointing", "partition".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  13. 13azure-app-onboard

    End-to-end orchestrator: from a business idea, app idea, or existing app to running Azure deployment with cost estimates and pre-deploy approval. Analyzes your app, auto-detects the right Azure services, scaffolds infrastructure code, and deploys — tailored to your app, not a template. Handles moving existing apps to Azure without rewriting or with minimal changes. WHEN: bring your app to Azure, plan my app, cost to run, is my code ready to deploy, deploy my app to the cloud, deploy all my services, what Azure services do I need, plan my Azure deployment, deploy my new app to Azure, one-click deploy, I have an app and want it on Azure, migrate my app to Azure, help me get started, build an app, no code yet, starter project. DO NOT USE FOR: use azd for deployment(use azure-deploy), optimizing existing costs (use azure-cost), code readiness checks only (use azure-app-onboard-prereq).

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  14. 14azure-storage-queue-py

    Azure Queue Storage SDK for Python. Use for reliable message queuing, task distribution, and asynchronous processing. Triggers: "queue storage", "QueueServiceClient", "QueueClient", "message queue", "dequeue".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  15. 15azure-maps-search-dotnet

    Azure Maps SDK for .NET. Location-based services including geocoding, routing, rendering, geolocation, and weather. Use for address search, directions, map tiles, IP geolocation, and weather data. Triggers: "Azure Maps", "MapsSearchClient", "MapsRoutingClient", "MapsRenderingClient", "geocoding .NET", "route directions", "map tiles", "geolocation".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  16. 16azure-mgmt-mongodbatlas-dotnet

    Manage MongoDB Atlas Organizations as Azure ARM resources using Azure.ResourceManager.MongoDBAtlas SDK. Use when creating, updating, listing, or deleting MongoDB Atlas organizations through Azure Marketplace integration. This SDK manages the Azure-side organization resource, not Atlas clusters/databases directly.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  17. 17wiki-llms-txt

    Generates llms.txt and llms-full.txt files for LLM-friendly project documentation following the llms.txt specification. Use when the user wants to create LLM-readable summaries, llms.txt files, or make their wiki accessible to language models.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  18. 18azure-enterprise-infra-planner

    Architect and provision enterprise Azure infrastructure from workload descriptions. For cloud architects and platform engineers planning networking, identity, security, compliance, and multi-resource topologies with WAF alignment. Generates Bicep or Terraform directly (no azd). WHEN: 'plan Azure infrastructure', 'architect Azure landing zone', 'design hub-spoke network', 'plan multi-region DR topology', 'set up VNets firewalls and private endpoints', 'subscription-scope Bicep deployment', 'Azure Backup for VM workloads'. PREFER azure-prepare FOR app-centric workflows.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  19. 19wiki-changelog

    Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Use when the user asks about recent changes, wants a changelog, or needs to understand what changed in the repository.

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  20. 20azure-search-documents-py

    Azure AI Search SDK for Python. Use for vector search, hybrid search, semantic ranking, indexing, and skillsets. Triggers: "azure-search-documents", "SearchClient", "SearchIndexClient", "vector search", "hybrid search", "semantic search".

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  21. 21azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts

    Instrument applications with Azure Monitor and OpenTelemetry for JavaScript (@azure/monitor-opentelemetry). Use when adding distributed tracing, metrics, and logs to Node.js applications with Application Insights.

    Buildfrom Microsoft
  22. 22azure-resource-manager-playwright-dotnet

    Azure Resource Manager SDK for Microsoft Playwright Testing in .NET. Use for MANAGEMENT PLANE operations: creating/managing Playwright Testing workspaces, checking name availability, and managing workspace quotas via Azure Resource Manager. NOT for running Playwright tests - use Azure.Developer.MicrosoftPlaywrightTesting.NUnit for that. Triggers: "Playwright workspace", "create Playwright Testing workspace", "manage Playwright resources", "ARM Playwright", "PlaywrightWorkspaceResource", "provision Playwright Testing".

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  23. 23debugview

    Sysinternals DebugView CLI (DbgViewCli) for capturing and analyzing usermode and kernel-mode Windows debug output from the command line. USE FOR: capturing OutputDebugString output, kernel DbgPrint/KdPrint capture, boot-time debug logging, remote debug monitoring, filtering debug output by PID or process name, crash dump analysis, automated debug capture with bounded execution. DO NOT USE FOR: non-Windows platforms, application-level logging frameworks (log4j, serilog), Azure Monitor or cloud telemetry, ETW tracing (use WPR/xperf instead), user-mode crash dumps (use WinDbg). Triggers: "debug output", "DbgView", "DebugView", "kernel debug", "capture debug logs", "boot logging", "OutputDebugString", "DbgPrint", "KdPrint", "remote debug monitor", "debug capture CLI".

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  24. 24azure-ai-voicelive-java

    Azure AI VoiceLive SDK for Java. Real-time bidirectional voice conversations with AI assistants using WebSocket. Triggers: "VoiceLiveClient java", "voice assistant java", "real-time voice java", "audio streaming java", "voice activity detection java".

    Buildfrom Microsoft

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Last sync: Sep 13, 2026, 4:16 PM (success).

Microsoft skills, frequently asked

What are Microsoft skills?

Microsoft skills are AI coding skills published by Microsoft (127 skills covering Azure SDKs, AI Foundry, and Microsoft developer tools) and mirrored daily on skills-hub.ai. They are SKILL.md files that follow the open Agent Skills standard, so they work in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Windsurf, Copilot, and any MCP-compatible tool.

How many Microsoft skills are available?

skills-hub.ai indexes 196 skills from Microsoft, synced daily from the upstream GitHub repository (https://github.com/microsoft/skills).

How do I install a Microsoft skill?

Run `npx @skills-hub-ai/cli install <skill-slug>` in your project. The CLI writes the SKILL.md to the right directory for your AI tool and adds it to your `.skills.json` lockfile so your team gets the same skills at the same versions.

Are these official Microsoft skills?

Yes. Every skill from this source is mirrored from Microsoft's own GitHub repository (https://github.com/microsoft/skills). Each skill page links back to the upstream source of truth, so you can verify the original.