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SKILLS

MicrosoftDocs Agent Skills

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Overview

Microsoft-authored Azure Agent Skills catalog built from Microsoft Learn documentation for agent-enabled coding tools.

Details

Azure Agent Skills is a first-party, Microsoft-authored catalog of static Agent Skills. The MicrosoftDocs/agent-skills repository publishes curated Microsoft and Azure agent skills built from Microsoft Learn documentation, with install support referenced for VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, and other coding assistants. Microsoft Agent Framework documentation describes Agent Skills as portable packages of instructions, scripts, and resources, and VS Code documentation explains that skills are folders GitHub Copilot can load when relevant.

When to Use

Use when you want Microsoft-authored Agent Skills for Microsoft or Azure workflows grounded in Microsoft Learn documentation. Use when you need portable skill folders for agent-enabled coding assistants such as VS Code/GitHub Copilot Claude Code Codex or similar tools. Use when you want static Azure Agent Skills that Microsoft Learn says require no authentication and have no charge to use.

Getting Started

  1. Open the Azure Agent Skills page on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/support/agent-skills
  2. Review the catalog in the MicrosoftDocs/agent-skills repository: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/agent-skills/blob/main/docs/CATALOG.md
  3. Choose a relevant Microsoft or Azure skill from the catalog.
  4. Install the skill using the repository or tool-specific documentation; VS Code docs describe supported skill locations such as .github/skills and ~/.copilot/skills.

Key Features

  • •First-party
  • •Microsoft-authored Azure Agent Skills catalog.
  • •Curated Microsoft and Azure skills built from Microsoft Learn documentation.
  • •Static skills with no authentication required according to Microsoft Learn.
  • •Install support referenced for VS Code
  • •Claude Code
  • •Codex
  • •and other coding assistants.
  • •Uses Agent Skills packaging concepts such as SKILL.md
  • •instructions
  • •scripts
  • •and resources.

Capabilities

  • •agent skills
  • •Azure workflow assistance
  • •Microsoft Learn-grounded coding guidance
  • •VS Code/GitHub Copilot skill folders
  • •portable instruction packages

Last updated Jul 16, 2026