Agent Skills

act-on-feedback

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Act on user feedback attached to the current session. Use when the user submits feedback on the session's changes via the Submit Feedback button.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

agent-customization

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Create, update, review, fix, or debug VS Code agent customization files (.instructions.md, .prompt.md, .agent.md, SKILL.md, copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md). USE FOR: saving coding preferences; troubleshooting why instructions/skills/agents are ignored or not invoked; configuring applyTo patterns; defining tool restrictions; creating custom agent modes or specialized workflows; packaging domain knowledge; fixing YAML frontmatter syntax. DO NOT USE FOR: general coding questions (use default agent); runtime debugging or error diagnosis; MCP server configuration (use MCP docs directly); VS Code extension development. INVOKES: file system tools (read/write customization files), ask-questions tool (interview user for requirements), subagents for codebase exploration. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: For quick YAML frontmatter fixes or creating a single file from a known pattern, edit the file directly — no skill needed.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

chronicle

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Analyze Copilot session history for standup reports, usage tips, session search, and session reindexing. Use when the user asks for a standup, daily summary, usage tips, workflow recommendations, wants to search or find past sessions by keyword/file/PR, wants to reindex their session store, or asks about deleting session data.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

code-review

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Perform a code review of the current session's changes. Use when the user requests a code review via the Run Code Review button in the Changes toolbar.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-agent

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a custom agent (.agent.md) for a specific job.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-canvas

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a project Copilot extension canvas for the current workspace.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-draft-pr

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a draft pull request for the current session. Use when the user wants to open a draft PR with the session's changes.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-hook

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a hook (.json) to enforce policy or automate agent lifecycle events.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-instructions

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create an instructions file (.instructions.md) for a project rule or convention.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-pr

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a pull request for the current session. Use when the user wants to open a PR with the session's changes.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-prompt

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a reusable prompt file (.prompt.md) for a common task.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

create-skill

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Create a reusable skill (SKILL.md) that packages a workflow.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

fix-ci

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Fix the failed CI checks for the current session. Use when the user requests a CI fix via the Fix Checks button in the Changes toolbar.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

generate-run-commands

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Generate or modify run commands for the current session. Use when the user wants to set up or update run commands that appear in the session's Run button.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

get-search-view-results

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Get the current search results from the Search view in VS Code

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

install-vscode-extension

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

How to install a VS Code extension from an extension ID. Useful when the user wants to add new capabilities to their VS Code environment by installing extensions.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

merge

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Merge changes from the topic branch to the merge base branch. Use when the user wants to merge their session's work back to the base branch.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

migrate-customizations

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Guide a safe, reversible migration of VS Code local agent customizations when launched from the Agent Customizations Migrations page with VS Code-generated migration context.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

project-setup-info-local

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Comprehensive setup steps to help the user create complete project structures in a VS Code workspace; this tool is designed for full project initialization and scaffolding, not for creating individual files. When to use this tool: user wants to create a new complete project from scratch; setting up entire project frameworks (TypeScript projects, React apps, Node.js servers, etc.); initializing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with full structure; creating VS Code extensions with proper scaffolding; setting up Next.js, Vite, or other framework-based projects; user asks for "new project", "create a workspace", "set up a [framework] project"; need to establish a complete development environment with dependencies, config files, and folder structure. When NOT to use this tool: creating single files or small code snippets; adding individual files to existing projects; making modifications to existing codebases; user asks to "create a file" or "add a component"; simple code examples or demonstrations; debugging or fixing existing code. This tool provides complete project setup including: folder structure creation; package.json and dependency management; configuration files (tsconfig, eslint, etc.); initial boilerplate code; development environment setup; build and run instructions. Use other file creation tools for individual files within existing projects.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

troubleshoot

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Investigate unexpected chat agent behavior by analyzing direct debug logs in JSONL files. Use when users ask why something happened, why a request was slow, why tools or subagents were used or skipped, or why instructions/skills/agents did not load.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

update-pr

✓★ 187,144

by microsoft

Update the pull request for the current session. Use when the user wants to push new changes to an existing PR.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/vscode

add-adaptive-card-form

✓★ 136,050

by microsoft

Create form-based UI for your Command Palette extension using Adaptive Cards. Use when asked to add forms, user input fields, toggle switches, text inputs, dropdown menus, data entry, surveys, configuration dialogs, or interactive content pages. Supports the Adaptive Cards Designer for visual form building.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/powertoys

add-dock-band

✓★ 136,050

by microsoft

Add dock band support to your Command Palette extension for persistent toolbar widgets. Use when asked to add dock support, toolbar buttons, persistent UI widgets, taskbar integration, live-updating status displays, quick-access buttons, or always-visible controls. Supports single buttons, multi-button strips, and live-updating content.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/powertoys

add-extension-settings

✓★ 136,050

by microsoft

Add a settings page to your Command Palette extension. Use when asked to add settings, preferences, configuration options, toggles, text inputs, dropdowns, or user-customizable behavior. Covers ToggleSetting, TextSetting, ChoiceSetSetting, and persistence.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/powertoys

add-fallback-commands

✓★ 136,050

by microsoft

Add fallback commands to your Command Palette extension for catch-all search behavior. Use when asked to add search functionality, query matching, direct input handling, calculator-style evaluation, URL opening, command execution, or results that appear when no other extension matches. Used by 14 of 20 built-in extensions.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/powertoys

publish-extension

✓★ 136,050

by microsoft

Publish your Command Palette extension to the Microsoft Store or WinGet. Use when asked to publish, distribute, release, deploy to store, create MSIX packages, submit to WinGet, set up CI/CD for releases, or automate builds with GitHub Actions.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/powertoys

playwright-trace

✓★ 92,271

by microsoft

Inspect Playwright trace files from the command line — list actions, view requests, console, errors, snapshots and screenshots.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/playwright

playwright-cli

✓★ 92,271

by microsoft

Automate browser interactions, test web pages and work with Playwright tests.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/playwright

playwright-cli

✓★ 11,813

by microsoft

Automate browser interactions, test web pages and work with Playwright tests.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/playwright-cli

rushstack-best-practices

✓★ 6,479

by microsoft

Provides best practices and guidance for working with Rush monorepos. Use when the user is working in a Rush-based repository, asks about Rush commands (install, update, build, rebuild), needs help with project selection, dependency management, build caching, subspace configuration, or troubleshooting Rush-specific issues.

🧰 Not standalone — ships with the tool in microsoft/rushstack