A refined collection of Hypervelocity Engineering components (instructions, prompts, agents, and skills) to start your project off right, or upgrade your existing projects to get the most out of GitHub Copilot
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npx skills add microsoft/hve-coregh skill install microsoft/hve-coregit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/hve-coreSkills in this collection
- AccessibilityMicrosoftOfficialConsolidated accessibility skill entrypoint for WCAG 2.2, ARIA Authoring Practices, cognitive accessibility, Section 508, EN 301 549, design intent verification, and the Accessibility Planner workflow.
- Accessibility Coverage MatrixMicrosoftOfficialBuild, refresh, report, or probe an accessibility coverage matrix across criteria, surfaces, and evidence methods. Use when assessing coverage with the accessibility runtime harness and generated evidence bundle.
- Adr AuthorMicrosoftOfficialAuthoring skill for Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) supporting capture, from-planner-handoff, and adopt-template entry modes with selectable Y-Statement or MADR v4.0.0 output templates, supersession lineage, and ASR trigger evaluation.
- Analysis AuthoringMicrosoftOfficialAuthoring conventions for exploratory data analysis notebooks and analytical dashboards, covering section sequence, visualization selection, scale thresholds, caching and state, and dashboard validation budgets. Use when composing or reviewing an EDA notebook, an analytical dashboard, or a dashboard test pass.
- Architecture DiagramsMicrosoftOfficialArchitecture diagram authoring for cloud infrastructure and declared data catalogs. Use when rendering Azure IaC or DS_CATALOG_V1 relationships as caller-selected ASCII or Mermaid diagrams.
- Architecture ReviewMicrosoftOfficialCreate a durable Architecture Review Record from a confirmed System Architecture Reviewer scope, evidence, pillar analysis, trade-offs, and dispositions
- Backlog ExecuteMicrosoftOfficialMutating backlog execution for Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Jira. Use to create one item or apply a reviewed handoff to a confirmed tracker.
- Backlog ManagementMicrosoftOfficialShared backlog conventions for Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Jira. Use for platform resolution, autonomy tiers, sanitization guards, and story quality, and for Azure DevOps pull request creation and build status or log retrieval.
- Backlog PlanMicrosoftOfficialRead-only backlog planning for Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Jira. Use to discover, triage, sprint-plan, or resume without mutating a tracker.
- Backlog TemplatesMicrosoftOfficialShared work-item templates and conventions for ADO and GitHub backlog handoff across the RAI, Security, SSSC, Accessibility, and Privacy planners
- C4 ArchitectureMicrosoftOfficialModel and document existing or planned software architectures with the C4 model across System Context, Container, and Component levels plus deployment diagrams, then emit diagrams through a selected renderer. Use when an architect needs audience-appropriate software architecture documentation; use the 'architecture-diagrams' skill for infrastructure topology.
- CavemanMicrosoftOfficialUltra-compressed response style that reduces output token count while preserving technical accuracy, with intensity levels and auto-clarity safety rules
- Code ReviewMicrosoftOfficialReview code changes from multiple perspectives with context bootstrap, depth-tier rigor, and structured findings output.
- Copilot Otel MetricsMicrosoftOfficialSet up GitHub Copilot OpenTelemetry capture: configure the VS Code export settings, generate a local Grafana stack and dashboard, or generate the Azure collector, infrastructure, and dashboard for an organization.
- Cspell ConfigMicrosoftOfficialCreate or update project cspell configuration by resolving the loaded config, active dictionaries, curated words, ignore paths, and validation evidence. Use when spell-check configuration needs project words or ignores.
- Customer Card RenderMicrosoftOfficialGenerate customer-card PowerPoint content YAML from Design Thinking canonical artifacts and build using the shared PowerPoint skill pipeline
- Data CatalogMicrosoftOfficialCreate and enrich durable data catalogs using the native DS_CATALOG_V1 Markdown contract, declared entity relationships, privacy citation fields, and stable relationship IDs. Use when inventorying engagement data, recording semantic relationships, or preparing a catalog for ERD rendering.
- Data Science Engineering FoundationMicrosoftOfficialState, resume, reconstruction, job-lifecycle, transition, and flow-state mechanics for the Data Science and Engineering Coach. Loaded by the coach; not a user entry point.
- DataopsMicrosoftOfficialDataOps and DS/MLOps testing reference for data tiering, Bronze-to-Silver validation placement, pipeline invariants, pytest categories, and validation-versus-drift. Use when designing, reviewing, or generating data pipelines, transformation code, data validation, or data-science test suites.
- Demo SetupMicrosoftOfficialRepeatable HVE Core demo setup that simulates DT Coach sessions with a customer persona and scaffolds a hi-fi prototype - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core
- Demo VideoMicrosoftOfficialAssemble ordered frames or clips with narration and optional synchronized scene transitions into an MP4 via FFmpeg
- DocumentationMicrosoftOfficialCanonical documentation capability for audit, drift, validate, and author modes in hve-core.
- Dt Coaching FoundationMicrosoftOfficialDesign Thinking coaching foundation knowledge: coach identity and philosophy, quality and fidelity constraints, method sequencing, coaching state schema, and the canonical deck workflow
- Dt CurriculumMicrosoftOfficialDesign 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
- Dt Figma ExportMicrosoftOfficialExport Design Thinking artifacts to a FigJam board or Figma Design file through the Figma MCP server. Use when a team wants collaborative visual review of Method 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6 artifacts, or accepts a DT Coach board-export offer.
- Dt MethodsMicrosoftOfficialDesign 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 IntegrationMicrosoftOfficialDesign Thinking handoff knowledge for research-ready rpi-research inputs and DT-aware rpi-plan, rpi-implement, and rpi-review context
- Engagement Report Council CritiqueMicrosoftOfficialRun one independent Council critique against engagement-report research evidence. Use as the manual separate-session fallback when independent critic agents are unavailable.
- Engagement ReportingMicrosoftOfficialCreates source-grounded internal or external weekly engagement status reports with optional Outlook draft creation.
- Evaluation DesignMicrosoftOfficialDesign evaluation datasets and supporting documentation for AI systems and agents, covering the scoping interview, difficulty distribution, dataset contract, sample review, and metric and tooling selection. Use when building or reviewing an evaluation set for a conversational agent, assistant, or retrieval-grounded AI system.
- Experiment DesignMicrosoftOfficialExperiment design reference for problem-class framing, Minimum Viable Experiment coaching, hypothesis formation, vetting and red flags, and experiment readiness. Use when translating a stated business outcome into candidate data-science problem classes, or when framing, vetting, scoping, or evaluating an experiment of any kind, including data feasibility, architecture, LLM, performance…
- FeasibilityMicrosoftOfficialAuthor and validate durable data and ML feasibility studies using the Feasibility Study Interchange Profile, constrained YAML authority, UUID URN identity, lifecycle lineage, and evidence traceability. Use when assessing whether available data and technical evidence support a proposed outcome.
- Functional PlannerMicrosoftOfficialRead-only PRD-to-work-item hierarchy planning. Use to turn a PRD into a validated Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jira handoff.
- Gh Code ScanningMicrosoftOfficialRetrieves and groups GitHub code scanning alerts by rule and severity using the gh CLI
- Git CommitMicrosoftOfficialStage user-selected paths, confirm the exact staged set, and create one local Conventional Commit, or generate a commit message for staged changes without committing. Use when you want a guarded commit or a ready-to-paste message.
- Git MergeMicrosoftOfficialCoordinate Git merge, rebase, and rebase --onto workflows with conflict resolution, optional review pauses, and a completion summary. Use when integrating a branch locally and resolving conflicts without pushing.
- Git SetupMicrosoftOfficialAudit Git configuration with one read-only baseline command, then propose confirmed, non-destructive fixes for identity, editor, and diff and merge tooling, with signing and safe.directory help only on request. Use when setting up or checking Git on a workstation.
- GitlabMicrosoftOfficialManage GitLab merge requests and pipelines with a Python CLI
- Hve Artifact AuthoringMicrosoftOfficialCreate and validate HVE Core agents, prompts, instructions, and skills with current frontmatter, package membership, delegation, tracking, documentation, and validation conventions. Use when authoring a GitHub Copilot customization artifact in this repository.
- Hve BuilderMicrosoftOfficialCreate, improve, refactor, replace, review, or validate prompts, instructions, agents, subagents, and skills. Use for Copilot customization cleanup, extending HVE workflows with project-specific capabilities, and parent-owned correction of material review findings.
- Hve Core InstallerMicrosoftOfficialDecision-driven HVE-Core installer with multiple clone-based and extension install methods, environment detection, and selective component installation
- Hve Demo MaterialMicrosoftOfficialCreate levelled demo decks and narrated MP4s for any repository topic, with HVE Core as the default in the hve-core repository. Use when training or demo material is needed for L100 through L400 audiences.
- Hve SlidesMicrosoftOfficialCreate, update or review presentation-first HTML slide decks about HVE Core under slides/. Use for slide content research, deck styling, VS Code-style walkthroughs, presenter controls, or single-file HTML sharing in this repository.
- Incident ResponseMicrosoftOfficialRun a structured Azure incident response workflow for triage, diagnosis, mitigation, and root cause analysis. Use when operations or security teams need guided incident handling for Azure service symptoms.
- JiraMicrosoftOfficialJira issue workflows for search, issue updates, transitions, comments, field discovery, and interactive credential setup via the Jira REST API. Use when you need to configure Jira access, search with JQL, inspect an issue, create or update work items, move an issue between statuses, post comments, or discover required fields for issue creation.
- McsbMicrosoftOfficialMicrosoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB v2) control-domain taxonomy and NIST 800-53 / CIS Controls crosswalk for planning and reviewing Azure cloud resources.
- Ml ExperimentationMicrosoftOfficialMachine learning experimentation reference for model-experimentation conventions, experiment tracking and reproducibility, dataset and model abstractions, ML engagement fundamentals, and model-production readiness. Use when standing up ML experimentation infrastructure or assessing whether a trained model is ready for production.
- MuralMicrosoftOfficialMural 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.