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winmd-api-search

Find and explore Windows desktop APIs. Use when building features that need platform capabilities — camera, file access, notifications, UI controls, AI/ML, sensors, networking, etc. Discovers the right API for a task and retrieves full type details (methods, properties, events, enumeration values).

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill winmd-api-search

How to Install winmd-api-search

Quickly install winmd-api-search AI skill to your development environment via command line

  1. Open Terminal: Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.)
  2. Run Installation Command: Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill winmd-api-search
  3. Verify Installation: Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Source: github/awesome-copilot.

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This skill helps you find the right Windows API for any capability and get its full details. It searches a local cache of all WinMD metadata from:

Even on a fresh clone with no restore or build, you still get full Platform SDK + WinAppSDK coverage.

All query and search commands read from a local JSON cache. You must generate the cache before running any queries.

Find and explore Windows desktop APIs. Use when building features that need platform capabilities — camera, file access, notifications, UI controls, AI/ML, sensors, networking, etc. Discovers the right API for a task and retrieves full type details (methods, properties, events, enumeration values). Source: github/awesome-copilot.

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Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill winmd-api-search
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2026-03-04
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2026-03-10

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What is winmd-api-search?

Find and explore Windows desktop APIs. Use when building features that need platform capabilities — camera, file access, notifications, UI controls, AI/ML, sensors, networking, etc. Discovers the right API for a task and retrieves full type details (methods, properties, events, enumeration values). Source: github/awesome-copilot.

How do I install winmd-api-search?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill winmd-api-search Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenClaw

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot