Guide for creating effective skills for AI coding agents working with Azure SDKs and Microsoft Foundry services. Use when creating new skills or updating existing skills.
Install
npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill skill-creatornpx skills add microsoft/skills --skill skill-creator -a claude-code -gnpx skills add microsoft/skills --skill skill-creator -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills.git --path .github/skills/skill-creatorgh skill install microsoft/skills skill-creatorgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/skills /tmp/microsoft__skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__skills/.github/skills/skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/skill-creator # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/microsoft__skills/.github/skills/skill-creator ~/.agents/skills/skill-creator # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode