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127 skills covering Azure SDKs, AI Foundry, and Microsoft developer tools skills-hub.ai mirrors 209 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. 01frontend-design-review

    3 installs

    Review and create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality and design system compliance. Evaluates using three pillars: frictionless insight-to-action, quality craft, and trustworthy building. USE FOR: PR reviews, design reviews, accessibility audits, design system compliance checks, creative frontend design, UI code review, component reviews, responsive design checks, theme testing, and creating memorable UI. DO NOT USE FOR: Backend API reviews, database schema reviews, infrastructure or DevOps work, pure business logic without UI, or non-frontend code.

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  2. 02azure-ai-translation-document-py

    2 installs

    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".

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  3. 03teams-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.

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  4. 04wiki-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.

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  5. 05wiki-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/.

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  6. 06microsoft-docs

    1 installs

    Understand Microsoft technologies by querying official documentation. Use whenever the user asks how something works, wants tutorials, needs configuration options, limits, quotas, or best practices for any Microsoft technology (Azure, .NET, M365, Windows, Power Platform, etc.)—even if they don't mention "docs." If the question is about understanding a concept rather than writing code, this is the right skill.

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  7. 07azure-eventhub-ts

    1 installs

    Build event streaming applications using Azure Event Hubs SDK for JavaScript (@azure/event-hubs). Use when implementing high-throughput event ingestion, real-time analytics, IoT telemetry, or event-driven architectures with partitioned consumers.

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  8. 08azure-ai-translation-text-py

    1 installs

    Azure AI Text Translation SDK for real-time text translation, transliteration, language detection, and dictionary lookup. Use for translating text content in applications. Triggers: "text translation", "translator", "translate text", "transliterate", "TextTranslationClient".

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  9. 09declarative-agent-developer

    Create, build, deploy, and localize declarative agents for M365 Copilot and Teams. USE THIS SKILL for ANY task involving a declarative agent — including localization, scaffolding, editing manifests, adding capabilities, and deploying. Localization requires tokenized manifests and language files that only this skill knows how to produce. Triggers: "create agent", "create a declarative agent", "new declarative agent", "scaffold an agent", "new agent project", "add a capability", "add a plugin", "configure my agent", "deploy my agent", "fix my agent manifest", "edit my agent", "localize my agent", "add localization", "translate my agent", "multi-language agent", "add an API plugin", "add an MCP plugin", "add OAuth to my plugin", "review instructions", "improve instructions", "fix my instructions"

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  10. 10capacity

    Discovers available Azure OpenAI model capacity across regions and projects. Analyzes quota limits, compares availability, and recommends optimal deployment locations based on capacity requirements. USE FOR: find capacity, check quota, where can I deploy, capacity discovery, best region for capacity, multi-project capacity search, quota analysis, model availability, region comparison, check TPM availability. DO NOT USE FOR: actual deployment (hand off to preset or customize after discovery), quota increase requests (direct user to Azure Portal), listing existing deployments.

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  11. 11azure-ai-openai-dotnet

    Azure OpenAI SDK for .NET. Client library for Azure OpenAI and OpenAI services. Use for chat completions, embeddings, image generation, audio transcription, and assistants. Triggers: "Azure OpenAI", "AzureOpenAIClient", "ChatClient", "chat completions .NET", "GPT-4", "embeddings", "DALL-E", "Whisper", "OpenAI .NET".

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  12. 12cost-estimation

    Forecast Azure spend and price planned resources or workloads. WHEN: "forecast Azure spending", "project next month cost", "compare forecast to my planning target", "how much will Azure cost", "estimate VM cost", "compare storage tiers", "compare Azure regions", "retail price", "EA rate card", "negotiated pricesheet". DO NOT USE FOR: configured budget health or alerts, bill analysis, cost spikes, rightsizing, or commitments.

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  13. 13azure-eventhub-java

    Build real-time streaming applications with Azure Event Hubs SDK for Java. Use when implementing event streaming, high-throughput data ingestion, or building event-driven architectures.

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  14. 14azure-keyvault-keys-ts

    Manage cryptographic keys using Azure Key Vault Keys SDK for JavaScript (@azure/keyvault-keys). Use when creating, encrypting/decrypting, signing, or rotating keys.

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  15. 15azure-servicebus-py

    Azure Service Bus SDK for Python messaging. Use for queues, topics, subscriptions, and enterprise messaging patterns. Triggers: "service bus", "ServiceBusClient", "queue", "topic", "subscription", "message broker".

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  16. 16azure-ai-contentsafety-java

    Build content moderation applications with Azure AI Content Safety SDK for Java. Use when implementing text/image analysis, blocklist management, or harm detection for hate, violence, sexual content, and self-harm.

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  17. 17kql

    KQL language expertise for writing correct, efficient Kusto Query Language queries. Covers syntax gotchas, join patterns, dynamic types, datetime pitfalls, regex patterns, serialization, memory management, result-size discipline, and advanced functions (geo, vector, graph). USE THIS SKILL whenever writing, debugging, or reviewing KQL queries — even simple ones — because the gotchas section prevents the most common errors that waste tool calls and cause expensive retry cascades. Trigger on: KQL, Kusto, ADX, Azure Data Explorer, Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, EventHouse, Log Analytics, log analysis, data exploration, time series, anomaly detection, summarize, where clause, join, extend, project, let statement, parse operator, extract function, any mention of pipe-forward query syntax.

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  18. 18azure-security-keyvault-secrets-java

    Azure Key Vault Secrets Java SDK for secret management. Use when storing, retrieving, or managing passwords, API keys, connection strings, or other sensitive configuration data.

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  19. 19copilot-sdk

    Build applications powered by GitHub Copilot using the Copilot SDK. Use when creating programmatic integrations with Copilot across Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, or .NET. Covers session management, custom tools, streaming, hooks, MCP servers, BYOK providers, session persistence, custom agents, skills, and deployment patterns. Requires GitHub Copilot CLI installed and a GitHub Copilot subscription (unless using BYOK).

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  20. 20azure-mgmt-apicenter-dotnet

    Azure API Center SDK for .NET. Centralized API inventory management with governance, versioning, and discovery. Use for creating API services, workspaces, APIs, versions, definitions, environments, deployments, and metadata schemas. Triggers: "API Center", "ApiCenterService", "ApiCenterWorkspace", "ApiCenterApi", "API inventory", "API governance", "API versioning", "API catalog", "API discovery".

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  21. 21aks-gpu-inference

    Diagnose Day-2 AKS GPU and KAITO incidents using profile-aware, read-only evidence. WHEN: 'Insufficient nvidia.com/gpu', GPU pod Pending, model-load OOM, DCGM/VRAM, KAITO Workspace not ready, or GPU autoscaling. DO NOT USE FOR: setup (airunway-aks-setup), non-GPU incidents (aks-troubleshooting), standalone VM quota (azure-quotas), or generic cost (cost-analysis or cost-optimization from the optional azure-cost plugin).

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  22. 22debugview

    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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  23. 23azure-mgmt-applicationinsights-dotnet

    Azure Application Insights SDK for .NET. Application performance monitoring and observability resource management. Use for creating Application Insights components, web tests, workbooks, analytics items, and API keys. Triggers: "Application Insights", "ApplicationInsights", "App Insights", "APM", "application monitoring", "web tests", "availability tests", "workbooks".

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  24. 24azure-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".

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skills-hub.ai mirrors skills from 90+ official GitHub repositories every day. Each imported skill is parsed from a SKILL.md file in the source repo, gets a security scan and quality score on import, and links back to its upstream source of truth.

Last sync: Oct 13, 2026, 4:27 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 209 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.