Agent Skills
Instruction packs that give your AI agent know-how — some work anywhere, some only with the tool they came with.
✦ Standalone skills3,373
Self-contained. Install one into any project and it works on its own — no other software needed.
🧰 Tool add-ons952
Come bundled with a specific tool and only work together with it — they teach your agent how to operate that tool.
Development
1,070 standalone skillstelemetry-foundations
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Declarative OpenTelemetry-aligned telemetry vocabulary and instrumentation conventions for traces, metrics, logs, and PII handling
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.
accessibility
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Consolidated accessibility skill entrypoint for WCAG 2.2, ARIA Authoring Practices, cognitive accessibility, Section 508, EN 301 549, and the Accessibility Planner workflow.
code-review
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Review code changes from multiple perspectives with context bootstrap, depth-tier rigor, and structured findings output.
documentation
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Canonical documentation capability for audit, drift, validate, and author modes in hve-core.
tts-voiceover
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Text-to-speech voice-over generation from YAML speaker notes using Azure Speech SDK with SSML pronunciation control
dt-coaching-foundation
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Design Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and the canonical deck workflow
dt-curriculum
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Design Thinking learning curriculum covering nine progressive modules across the full Problem, Solution, and Implementation Space methods plus a shared manufacturing reference scenario for teaching and practice
rpi-plan
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Create implementation-ready planning artifacts and validation evidence for RPI tasks.
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)
dt-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
mural
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Mural workspace, room, mural, and widget workflows via the Mural REST API exposed through a Python CLI. Use when you need to read or write Mural content or automate widget creation.
privacy-standards
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Privacy planning reference for data-flow reasoning, standards mapping, and DPIA thresholds
owasp-agentic
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
OWASP Agentic Security Top 10 knowledge base for identifying, assessing, and remediating AI agent system security risks.
vally-tests
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Authors Vally conformance tests for prompts, instructions, agents, and skills, including refusals for jailbreak, prompt-injection, harmful-elicitation, TOS, CoC, and PII-extraction stimuli
rpi-implement
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Execute approved implementation phases, update tracking artifacts, and hand off review-ready results.
requirements-author
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Requirements authoring guide for BRD and PRD across Discover, Define, and Govern with canonical templates and handoff contracts
vex
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
OpenVEX v0.2.0 specification reference plus VEX management playbooks - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core.
gitlab
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Manage GitLab merge requests and pipelines with a Python CLI
gh-code-scanning
✓★ 1,245by microsoft
Retrieves and groups GitHub code scanning alerts by rule and severity using the gh CLI
creating-mermaid-dbt-dag
★ 608by dbt-labs
Generates a Mermaid flowchart diagram of dbt model lineage using MCP tools, manifest.json, or direct code parsing as fallbacks. Use when visualizing dbt model lineage and dependencies as a Mermaid diagram in markdown format.
auditing-skills
★ 608by dbt-labs
Use when checking skills for security or quality issues, reviewing audit results from skills.sh or Tessl, or remediating findings across published skills.
answering-natural-language-questions-with-dbt
★ 608by dbt-labs
Writes and executes SQL queries against the data warehouse using dbt's Semantic Layer or ad-hoc SQL to answer business questions. Use when a user asks about analytics, metrics, KPIs, or data (e.g., "What were total sales last quarter?", "Show me top customers by revenue"). NOT for validating, testing, or building dbt models during development.
running-dbt-commands
★ 608by dbt-labs
Formats and executes dbt CLI commands, selects the correct dbt executable, and structures command parameters. Use when running models, tests, builds, compiles, or show queries via dbt CLI. Use when unsure which dbt executable to use or how to format command parameters.
using-dbt-state
★ 608by dbt-labs
Use when a user is enabling, configuring, optimizing, or debugging dbt State (the server-backed reuse mechanism that clones or skips nodes instead of rebuilding them). Use when they conflate dbt State with the `state:modified` selector or `--state` deferral. Use when asked about models rebuilding unexpectedly, views with `select *` rebuilding, volatile SQL (`current_timestamp()`, `random()`) rebuilding or not, cross-developer cloning, lag_tolerance.
fetching-dbt-docs
★ 608by dbt-labs
Retrieves and searches dbt documentation pages in LLM-friendly markdown format. Use when fetching dbt documentation, looking up dbt features, or answering questions about dbt Cloud, dbt Core, or the dbt Semantic Layer.
youtube-thumbnail-design
★ 584by qu-skills
YouTube thumbnail design with specific dimensions, contrast rules, and mobile preview optimization. Covers safe zones, text placement, face expression psychology, and A/B testing. Use for: YouTube thumbnails, video cover images, click-through optimization. Triggers: youtube thumbnail, thumbnail design, video thumbnail, click through rate, ctr optimization, youtube cover, video cover image, thumbnail maker, thumbnail tips, youtube design, video preview image
character-design-sheet
★ 584by qu-skills
Character consistency across AI-generated images with reference sheets and LoRA techniques. Covers turnaround views, expression sheets, color palettes, and style consistency tricks. Use for: character design, game art, illustration, animation, comics, visual novels. Triggers: character design, character sheet, character consistency, character reference, turnaround sheet, expression sheet, character art, consistent character, character concept, reference sheet, character creation, oc design, char
competitor-teardown
★ 584by qu-skills
Structured competitive analysis with feature matrices, SWOT, positioning maps, and UX review. Covers research frameworks, pricing comparison, review mining, and visual deliverables. Use for: market research, competitive intelligence, investor decks, product strategy, sales enablement. Triggers: competitor analysis, competitive analysis, competitor teardown, market research, competitive intelligence, swot analysis, competitor comparison, market landscape, competitor review, competitive landscape,
image-to-video
★ 584by qu-skills
Still-to-video conversion guide: model selection, motion prompting, and camera movement. Covers Wan 2.5 i2v, Seedance, Fabric, Grok Video with when to use each. Use for: animating images, creating video from stills, adding motion, product animations. Triggers: image to video, i2v, animate image, still to video, add motion to image, image animation, photo to video, animate still, wan i2v, image2video, bring image to life, animate photo, motion from image