skill-authoring
✓Guidelines for writing Agent Skills. TRIGGERS: create a skill, new skill, write a skill, skill template, skill structure, review skill, skill PR, skill compliance, agentskills spec, SKILL.md format, skill frontmatter, skill best practices
Installation
SKILL.md
This skill provides guidance for writing Agent Skills that comply with the agentskills.io specification.
Metadata (100 tokens) loads at startup. SKILL.md (<5000 tokens) loads on activation. References load only when explicitly linked (not on activation). Keep SKILL.md lean.
Guidelines for writing Agent Skills. TRIGGERS: create a skill, new skill, write a skill, skill template, skill structure, review skill, skill PR, skill compliance, agentskills spec, SKILL.md format, skill frontmatter, skill best practices Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill skill-authoring Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill skill-authoring- Category
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- First Seen
- 2026-02-05
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is skill-authoring?
Guidelines for writing Agent Skills. TRIGGERS: create a skill, new skill, write a skill, skill template, skill structure, review skill, skill PR, skill compliance, agentskills spec, SKILL.md format, skill frontmatter, skill best practices Source: microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure.
How do I install skill-authoring?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure --skill skill-authoring Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/microsoft/github-copilot-for-azure
Details
- Category
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- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05