Agent Skills
Instruction packs that give your AI agent know-how. Three different kinds — pick the right one below.
✦ Standalone skills4,610
Self-contained. Install one into any project and it works on its own — no other software needed.
🧰 Tool add-ons1,006
Come bundled with a specific tool and only work together with it — they teach your agent how to operate that tool.
Development · Official
963 standalone skillsdt-rpi-integration
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Design Thinking to RPI handoff knowledge covering the DT-to-RPI handoff contract, DT-aware research/planning/implement/review contexts, subagent handoff workflow, and Method 5 image prompt generation
documentation
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Canonical documentation capability for audit, drift, validate, and author modes in hve-core.
backlog-templates
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Shared work-item templates and conventions for ADO and GitHub backlog handoff across the RAI, Security, SSSC, Accessibility, and Privacy planners
dt-methods
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Design Thinking method coaching knowledge across all nine methods including per-method techniques, deep expertise, and industry context (energy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and social impact, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, professional services, public sector, retail and CPG)
privacy-standards
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Privacy planning reference for data-flow reasoning, standards mapping, and DPIA thresholds
prompt-analyze
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Execute prompt evaluation for existing prompt artifacts and produce an analysis report without modifying files.
rai-planner
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
On-demand RAI planner reference pack covering Phase 1 capture, Phase 2 risk classification, Phase 5 impact assessment, and Phase 6 review and backlog handoff.
rai-standards
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Consolidated Responsible AI standards reference: NIST AI RMF 1.0, AI STRIDE threat-modeling overlay, EU AI Act risk tiers, and an open-standards catalog with phase mapping
requirements-author
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Requirements authoring guide for BRD and PRD across Discover, Define, and Govern with canonical templates and handoff contracts
rpi-plan
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Create implementation-ready planning artifacts and validation evidence for RPI tasks.
rpi-quick
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Umbrella RPI playbook that sequences Research, Plan, Implement, Review, and Discover for one-shot task execution with quality gates.
rpi-research
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Research-only RPI playbook that gathers task evidence, writes dated research artifacts under .copilot-tracking/research/, and hands off planning-ready findings. Use when the user needs evidence, alternatives, or task framing first.
rpi-review
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Review-only RPI playbook that validates implementation evidence, checks phase completion, and closes the loop with explicit next steps. Use when the user needs review coverage or acceptance evidence.
security-planning
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Security planning reference set for operational buckets, STRIDE analysis, standards mapping, NIST control families, and backlog scaffolding.
tts-voiceover
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Text-to-speech voice-over generation from YAML speaker notes using Azure Speech SDK with SSML pronunciation control
vex
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
OpenVEX v0.2.0 specification reference plus VEX management playbooks - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core.
single-cell-rna-qc
✓★ 507by anthropic
Performs quality control on single-cell RNA-seq data (.h5ad or .h5 files) using scverse best practices with MAD-based filtering and comprehensive visualizations. Use when users request QC analysis, filtering low-quality cells, assessing data quality, or following scverse/scanpy best practices for single-cell analysis.
scientific-problem-selection
✓★ 507by anthropic
This skill should be used when scientists need help with research problem selection, project ideation, troubleshooting stuck projects, or strategic scientific decisions. Use this skill when users ask to pitch a new research idea, work through a project problem, evaluate project risks, plan research strategy, navigate decision trees, or get help choosing what scientific problem to work on. Typical requests include "I have an idea for a project", "I'm stuck on my research", "help me evaluate this
scvi-tools
✓★ 507by anthropic
Deep learning for single-cell analysis using scvi-tools. This skill should be used when users need (1) data integration and batch correction with scVI/scANVI, (2) ATAC-seq analysis with PeakVI, (3) CITE-seq multi-modal analysis with totalVI, (4) multiome RNA+ATAC analysis with MultiVI, (5) spatial transcriptomics deconvolution with DestVI, (6) label transfer and reference mapping with scANVI/scArches, (7) RNA velocity with veloVI, or (8) any deep learning-based single-cell method. Triggers inclu
clinical-trial-protocol-skill
✓★ 507by anthropic
Generate clinical trial protocols for medical devices or drugs. This skill should be used when users say "Create a clinical trial protocol", "Generate protocol for [device/drug]", "Help me design a clinical study", "Research similar trials for [intervention]", or when developing FDA submission documentation for investigational products.
test-site
✓★ 413by microsoft
Tests a deployed, activated Power Pages site at runtime using browser-based navigation, page crawling, and API request verification via Playwright. Use when the user wants to test, verify, or smoke-test their deployed site.
create-webroles
✓★ 413by microsoft
Creates and configures web roles for a Power Pages code site. Web roles control access and permissions for site users, including authenticated and anonymous roles. Use when the user wants to create, add, set up, or manage web roles for their site.
configure-canvas-mcp
✓★ 413by microsoft
Configure the Canvas Authoring MCP server for the current coauthoring session. USE WHEN "configure MCP", "set up MCP server", "MCP not working", "connect Canvas Apps MCP", "canvas-authoring not available", "MCP not configured", "set up canvas apps". DO NOT USE WHEN prerequisites are missing — direct the user to install .NET 10 SDK first.
add-cloud-flow
✓★ 413by microsoft
Integrates Power Automate cloud flows into a Power Pages site. Lists available flows, suggests relevant ones based on intent, identifies scenarios and web roles, creates metadata files, and generates client-side code to call flows. Handles both new flow registration and adding already-registered flows to additional pages without re-creating metadata. Use when the user wants to add, connect, register, or link a Power Automate cloud flow to their site.
activate-site
✓★ 413by microsoft
Activates and provisions a Power Pages website in a Power Platform environment via the Power Platform REST API. Use when the user wants to activate, provision, turn on, or enable a Power Pages website or portal.
setup-auth
✓★ 413by microsoft
Use when the user asks to "set up authentication", "add login", "add logout", "add sign in", "enable auth", "add role-based access", "add authorization", "protect routes", "configure identity provider", "configure Entra ID", "configure Entra External ID", "configure OpenID Connect", "add OIDC", "set up SAML", "set up WS-Federation", "set up local login", "add username password", "add Facebook login", "add Google sign in", "add Microsoft Account", "set up invitation login", or otherwise wants to
audit-permissions
✓★ 413by microsoft
Audits existing table permissions on a Power Pages site by analyzing them against site code and Dataverse metadata. Generates an HTML audit report with findings grouped by severity (critical, warning, info, pass) and suggests fixes for issues found. Use when the user wants to review, verify, or check table permissions for security issues.
deploy-site
✓★ 413by microsoft
Deploys an existing Power Pages code site to a Power Pages environment using PAC CLI. Handles tooling verification, authentication, environment confirmation, building, and uploading. Use when the user wants to deploy, upload, or publish their code site.
setup-datamodel
✓★ 413by microsoft
Creates Dataverse tables, columns, and relationships for a Power Pages site based on a data model proposal. Use when the user wants to set up the data model, create database tables, or build the Dataverse schema for their site.
scan-site
✓★ 413by microsoft
Runs a security scan on a deployed Power Pages site, fetches the latest scan report, and produces a plain-language summary. Scans the live site's public surface for vulnerabilities and surfaces issues by severity. Use when the user wants to scan, check, test, audit, or assess a published site, find vulnerabilities on production, view the latest scan report, see previous scan results, run a security audit, or asks "how safe is my live site?", "is my site vulnerable?", "audit my production site" —