github/awesome-copilot.

acquire-codebase-knowledge

Use this skill when the user explicitly asks to map, document, or onboard into an existing codebase. Trigger for prompts like "map this codebase", "document this architecture", "onboard me to this repo", or "create codebase docs". Do not trigger for routine feature implementation, bug fixes, or narrow code edits unless the user asks for repository-level discovery.

acreadiness-assess

Run the AgentRC readiness assessment on the current repository and produce a static HTML dashboard at reports/index.html. Wraps `npx github:microsoft/agentrc readiness` and hands off rendering to the @ai-readiness-reporter custom agent. Supports policies (--policy) for org-specific scoring. Use when asked to assess, audit, or score the AI readiness of a repo.

acreadiness-generate-instructions

Generate tailored AI agent instruction files via AgentRC instructions command. Produces .github/copilot-instructions.md (default, recommended for Copilot in VS Code) plus optional per-area .instructions.md files with applyTo globs for monorepos. Use after running /acreadiness-assess to close gaps in the AI Tooling pillar.

acreadiness-policy

Help the user pick, write, or apply an AgentRC policy. Policies customise readiness scoring by disabling irrelevant checks, overriding impact/level, setting pass-rate thresholds, or chaining org baselines with team overrides. Use when the user asks about strict mode, AI-only scoring, custom weights, CI gating, or wants org-wide standardisation.

ad-campaign-analyzer

Use this skill when the user shares ad campaign performance data and asks what to cut, scale, or test. Trigger for prompts like "analyze my ad campaigns", "where am I wasting ad spend", "reallocate my ad budget", "which ads are actually working", or "ROAS analysis". Do not trigger for campaign planning or creative generation without performance data.

add-educational-comments

'Add educational comments to the file specified, or prompt asking for file to comment if one is not provided.'

adobe-illustrator-scripting

Write, debug, and optimize Adobe Illustrator automation scripts using ExtendScript (JavaScript/JSX). Use when creating or modifying scripts that manipulate documents, layers, paths, text frames, colors, symbols, artboards, or any Illustrator DOM objects. Covers the complete JavaScript object model, coordinate system, measurement units, export workflows, and scripting best practices.

agent-architecture

Design AI agent architectures through requirements discovery, or audit and diagnose architectural flaws in existing agents. Architecture only; excludes implementation and general code review.

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agent-owasp-compliance

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agent-skill-stack

Find, evaluate, and assemble the smallest compatible set of AI Agent Skills for an end-to-end natural-language goal. Use when a user wants Skills for a multi-step workflow, asks which Skills fit a project, needs an installed-Skill audit or conflict check, has low Skill recall, wants indirect helpers such as humanizers or compliance checks, or wants a project-specific Skill Stack with controlled installation. Search local Skills, registries, GitHub, and OpenCLI; compare adoption, verified fit, safety, and overlap. Do not use for locating one known or common Skill; use the generic find-skills workflow.

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agentic-workflows

Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests to the right prompts.

ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review

'Comprehensive AI prompt engineering safety review and improvement prompt. Analyzes prompts for safety, bias, security vulnerabilities, and effectiveness while providing detailed improvement recommendations with extensive frameworks, testing methodologies, and educational content.'

ai-ready

Make any repo AI-ready — analyzes your codebase and generates AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates files customized to your stack. USE THIS SKILL when the user asks to "make this repo ai-ready", "set up AI config", or "prepare this repo for AI contributions".

ai-team-orchestration

Bootstrap and run a lightweight multi-agent development team. Use when starting or adopting a project, planning work, coordinating implementation and optional QA, brainstorming with distinct perspectives, or preserving context across sessions.

anti-ui-slop

Stop coding agents from shipping generic UI. Use UIZZE''s 800,000+ real web and iOS screens to build product-specific interfaces, define a design contract, cover required states, and run a hard finish gate. Use when designing, implementing, redesigning, critiquing, or pre-ship reviewing a web or iOS interface in Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or another coding agent. Trigger with "anti-ui-slop", "stop UI slop", "ground this UI in real screens", or "run the UI finish gate".

api-breaking-change-detector

Cross-references C# Web API controllers/DTOs against their TypeScript/JavaScript consumers (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, Node.js, or hand-written/auto-generated HTTP clients like Fetch, Axios, NSwag) to catch contract drift in both directions: backend changes that break client applications (renamed/removed JSON keys, new required parameters, status code shifts) and frontend code sending fields the backend no longer reads. Works directly against source code, not exported OpenAPI spec files. Use when the user asks to check for breaking API changes, verify frontend/backend contract sync, or audit a DTO/controller change against its TypeScript/JS consumers before merging. Not for generating new API code from a spec (see openapi-to-application-code) or scaffolding new endpoints (see aspnet-minimal-api-openapi).

appinsights-instrumentation

Instrument a webapp to send useful telemetry data to Azure App Insights

apple-appstore-reviewer

Serves as a reviewer of the codebase with instructions on looking for Apple App Store optimizations or rejection reasons.

arch-linux-triage

'Triage and resolve Arch Linux issues with pacman, systemd, and rolling-release best practices.'

architecture-blueprint-generator

'Comprehensive project architecture blueprint generator that analyzes codebases to create detailed architectural documentation. Automatically detects technology stacks and architectural patterns, generates visual diagrams, documents implementation patterns, and provides extensible blueprints for maintaining architectural consistency and guiding new development.'

arduino-azure-iot-edge-integration

Design and implement Arduino integration with Azure IoT Hub and IoT Edge, including secure provisioning, resilient telemetry, command handling, and production guardrails.

arize-ai-provider-integration

Creates, reads, updates, and deletes Arize AI integrations that store LLM provider credentials used by evaluators and other Arize features. Supports any LLM provider (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Gemini, NVIDIA NIM). Use when the user mentions AI integration, LLM provider credentials, create integration, list integrations, update credentials, delete integration, or connecting an LLM provider to Arize.

arize-annotation

Creates and manages annotation configs (categorical, continuous, freeform label schemas) and annotation queues (human review workflows) on Arize. Applies human annotations to project spans via the Python SDK. Use when the user mentions annotation config, annotation queue, label schema, human feedback, bulk annotate spans, update_annotations, labeling queue, annotate record, or human review.

arize-dataset

Creates, manages, and queries Arize datasets and examples. Covers dataset CRUD, appending examples, exporting data, and file-based dataset creation using the ax CLI. Use when the user needs test data, evaluation examples, or mentions create dataset, list datasets, export dataset, append examples, dataset version, golden dataset, or test set.

arize-evaluator

Handles LLM-as-judge evaluation workflows on Arize including creating/updating evaluators, running evaluations on spans or experiments, managing tasks, trigger-run operations, column mapping, and continuous monitoring. Use when the user mentions create evaluator, LLM judge, hallucination, faithfulness, correctness, relevance, run eval, score spans, score experiment, trigger-run, column mapping, continuous monitoring, or improve evaluator prompt.

arize-experiment

Creates, runs, and analyzes Arize experiments for evaluating and comparing model performance. Covers experiment CRUD, exporting runs, comparing results, and evaluation workflows using the ax CLI. Use when the user mentions create experiment, run experiment, compare models, model performance, evaluate AI, experiment results, benchmark, A/B test models, or measure accuracy.

arize-instrumentation

Adds Arize AX tracing to an LLM application for the first time. Follows a two-phase agent-assisted flow to analyze the codebase then implement instrumentation after user confirmation. Use when the user wants to instrument their app, add tracing from scratch, set up LLM observability, integrate OpenTelemetry or openinference, or get started with Arize tracing.

arize-link

Generates deep links to the Arize UI for traces, spans, sessions, datasets, labeling queues, evaluators, and annotation configs. Produces clickable URLs for sharing Arize resources with team members. Use when the user wants to link to or open a trace, span, session, dataset, evaluator, or annotation config in the Arize UI.

arize-prompt-optimization

Optimizes, improves, and debugs LLM prompts using production trace data, evaluations, and annotations. Extracts prompts from spans, gathers performance signal, and runs a data-driven optimization loop using the ax CLI. Use when the user mentions optimize prompt, improve prompt, make AI respond better, improve output quality, prompt engineering, prompt tuning, or system prompt improvement.

arize-trace

Downloads, exports, and inspects existing Arize traces and spans to understand what an LLM app is doing or debug runtime issues. Covers exporting traces by ID, spans by ID, sessions by ID, and root-cause investigation using the ax CLI. Use when the user wants to look at existing trace data, see what their LLM app is doing, export traces, download spans, investigate errors, or analyze behavior regressions.

aspire

'Aspire skill covering the Aspire CLI, AppHost orchestration, service discovery, integrations, MCP server, VS Code extension, Dev Containers, GitHub Codespaces, templates, dashboard, and deployment. Use when the user asks to create, run, debug, configure, deploy, or troubleshoot an Aspire distributed application.'

aspnet-minimal-api-openapi

'Create ASP.NET Minimal API endpoints with proper OpenAPI documentation'

audit-integrity

Enforce output quality, evidence verification, and quality gates across security audits. Use this skill when you perform SAST, SCA, threat modeling, or security code reviews. Use this skill to verify code locations and taint traces for all findings. Use this skill to prevent the suppression of valid security findings. Use this skill to evaluate reports against quality thresholds (score ≥ 8/10) before delivery.

automate-this

'Analyze a screen recording of a manual process and produce targeted, working automation scripts. Extracts frames and audio narration from video files, reconstructs the step-by-step workflow, and proposes automation at multiple complexity levels using tools already installed on the user machine.'

autoresearch

'Autonomous iterative experimentation loop for any programming task. Guides the user through defining goals, measurable metrics, and scope constraints, then runs an autonomous loop of code changes, testing, measuring, and keeping/discarding results. Inspired by Karpathy''s autoresearch. USE FOR: autonomous improvement, iterative optimization, experiment loop, auto research, performance tuning, automated experimentation, hill climbing, try things automatically, optimize code, run experiments, autonomous coding loop. DO NOT USE FOR: one-shot tasks, simple bug fixes, code review, or tasks without a measurable metric.'

aws-cdk-python-setup

Setup and initialization guide for developing AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) applications in Python. This skill enables users to configure environment prerequisites, create new CDK projects, manage dependencies, and deploy to AWS.

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aws-cost-optimize

Analyze AWS resources used in the app (IaC files and/or resources in a target account/region) and optimize costs - creating GitHub issues for identified optimizations.

aws-resource-health-diagnose

Analyze AWS resource health, diagnose issues from CloudWatch logs and metrics, and create a remediation plan for identified problems.

aws-resource-query

Query AWS resources using natural language. Covers EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Secrets Manager, IAM, VPC, networking, messaging, and more. Strictly read-only — no writes, deletes, or mutations.

aws-well-architected-review

Perform an AWS Well-Architected Framework review of the current workload IaC and architecture, generating findings and GitHub issues for improvements.

az-cost-optimize

'Analyze Azure resources used in the app (IaC files and/or resources in a target rg) and optimize costs - creating GitHub issues for identified optimizations.'

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azure-container-registry-cli

Manage Azure Container Registry via the az acr CLI including registries, images, cloud builds, ACR Tasks, authentication, tokens, geo-replication, and networking. Use when working with ACR, az acr commands, pushing/importing/purging container images in Azure, or when the user mentions Azure Container Registry.

azure-deployment-preflight

Performs comprehensive preflight validation of Bicep deployments to Azure, including template syntax validation, what-if analysis, and permission checks. Use this skill before any deployment to Azure to preview changes, identify potential issues, and ensure the deployment will succeed. Activate when users mention deploying to Azure, validating Bicep files, checking deployment permissions, previewing infrastructure changes, running what-if, or preparing for azd provision.

azure-developer-cli

Design, create, review, migrate, or troubleshoot Azure Developer CLI (azd) projects using current Microsoft guidance. Use for azd, azure.yaml, AZD templates, Bicep or Terraform under infra, AZD environments and secrets, hooks, deployment workflows, and azd-managed CI/CD.

azure-devops-cli

Manage Azure DevOps resources via CLI including projects, repos, pipelines, builds, pull requests, work items, artifacts, and service endpoints. Use when working with Azure DevOps, az commands, devops automation, CI/CD, or when user mentions Azure DevOps CLI.

azure-logic-apps-standard-cli

Create, inspect, validate, test, run, debug, package, and deploy Azure Logic Apps Standard projects using the Azure CLI logicapp extension. Use for Standard workflow authoring, optional workspaces, connector discovery, identity-based connections, local runtimes, native workflow tests, and approved cloud lifecycle operations. Not for Consumption-only workflow development.

azure-pricing

'Fetches real-time Azure retail pricing using the Azure Retail Prices API (prices.azure.com) and estimates Copilot Studio agent credit consumption. Use when the user asks about the cost of any Azure service, wants to compare SKU prices, needs pricing data for a cost estimate, mentions Azure pricing, Azure costs, Azure billing, or asks about Copilot Studio pricing, Copilot Credits, or agent usage estimation. Covers compute, storage, networking, databases, AI, Copilot Studio, and all other Azure service families.'

azure-resource-health-diagnose

'Analyze Azure resource health, diagnose issues from logs and telemetry, and create a remediation plan for identified problems.'

azure-resource-visualizer

Analyze Azure resource groups and generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams showing the relationships between individual resources. Use this skill when the user asks for a diagram of their Azure resources or help in understanding how the resources relate to each other.

azure-role-selector

When user is asking for guidance for which role to assign to an identity given desired permissions, this agent helps them understand the role that will meet the requirements with least privilege access and how to apply that role.

azure-smart-city-iot-solution-builder

Design and plan end-to-end Azure IoT and Smart City solutions: requirements, architecture, security, operations, cost, and a phased delivery plan with concrete implementation artifacts.

azure-static-web-apps

Helps create, configure, and deploy Azure Static Web Apps using the SWA CLI. Use when deploying static sites to Azure, setting up SWA local development, configuring staticwebapp.config.json, adding Azure Functions APIs to SWA, or setting up GitHub Actions CI/CD for Static Web Apps.

azure-well-architected-review

Perform an Azure Well-Architected Framework review of the current workload IaC and architecture, generating findings and GitHub issues for improvements.

batch-files

Expert-level Windows batch file (.bat/.cmd) skill for writing, debugging, and maintaining CMD scripts. Use when asked to "create a batch file", "write a .bat script", "automate a Windows task", "CMD scripting", "batch automation", "scheduled task script", "Windows shell script", or when working with .bat/.cmd files in the workspace. Covers cmd.exe syntax, environment variables, control flow, string processing, error handling, and integration with system tools.

batch-script-progress

Design and verify runtime output when creating or modifying Python, PowerShell, or Node.js scripts that process multiple files, records, or API requests. Use for batch scripts, bulk operations, silent long-running loops, progress reporting, per-item failures, final counts, stdout separation, or exit-status consistency. Not for UI progress bars, monitoring infrastructure, or progress updates in the AI conversation.

bench-read

Read artifacts from the shared bench — the workspace where desks leave findings, verdicts, and work products for each other and the operator.

bigquery-pipeline-audit

'Audits Python + BigQuery pipelines for cost safety, idempotency, and production readiness. Returns a structured report with exact patch locations.'

boost-prompt

'Interactive prompt refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints; copies final markdown to clipboard; never writes code. Requires the Joyride extension.'

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breakdown-epic-arch

'Prompt for creating the high-level technical architecture for an Epic, based on a Product Requirements Document.'

breakdown-epic-pm

'Prompt for creating an Epic Product Requirements Document (PRD) for a new epic. This PRD will be used as input for generating a technical architecture specification.'

breakdown-feature-implementation

Prompt for creating detailed feature implementation plans, following Epoch monorepo structure.

breakdown-feature-prd

'Prompt for creating Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) for new features, based on an Epic.'

breakdown-plan

'Issue Planning and Automation prompt that generates comprehensive project plans with Epic > Feature > Story/Enabler > Test hierarchy, dependencies, priorities, and automated tracking.'

breakdown-test

'Test Planning and Quality Assurance prompt that generates comprehensive test strategies, task breakdowns, and quality validation plans for GitHub projects.'

bug-receipt

Close defects and incidents with a BUG RECEIPT and VERIFIED, PARTIAL, or BLOCKED status after diagnosis, repair, or recovery.

bug-reproduction-brief

Turn a vague, intermittent, or environment-specific bug report into a minimal evidence-backed reproduction before proposing a fix.

build-evidence-map

Build an auditable evidence map for a contested technical choice, research synthesis, proposal review, or consequential decision. Use when Copilot must preserve supporting, contradicting, qualifying, and missing evidence with exact source regions instead of collapsing disagreement into prose.

caption-qa

Check SRT or WebVTT captions and subtitles against published standards (Netflix English, BBC subtitle guidelines, DCMP Captioning Key) for reading speed, line length, line count, time on screen, gaps and overlaps, then fix failures by retiming before rewording. Use when asked to QA, lint or validate captions, check whether subtitles read too fast, prepare captions for Netflix, broadcast or educational delivery, or add a caption check to CI.

centos-linux-triage

'Triage and resolve CentOS issues using RHEL-compatible tooling, SELinux-aware practices, and firewalld.'

chrome-devtools

'Expert-level browser automation, debugging, and performance analysis using Chrome DevTools MCP. Use for interacting with web pages, capturing screenshots, analyzing network traffic, and profiling performance.'

cli-mastery

Interactive training for the GitHub Copilot CLI. Guided lessons, quizzes, scenario challenges, and a full reference covering slash commands, shortcuts, modes, agents, skills, MCP, and configuration. Say "cliexpert" to start.

cloud-design-patterns

'Cloud design patterns for distributed systems architecture covering 42 industry-standard patterns across reliability, performance, messaging, security, and deployment categories. Use when designing, reviewing, or implementing distributed system architectures.'

code-exemplars-blueprint-generator

'Technology-agnostic prompt generator that creates customizable AI prompts for scanning codebases and identifying high-quality code exemplars. Supports multiple programming languages (.NET, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Python) with configurable analysis depth, categorization methods, and documentation formats to establish coding standards and maintain consistency across development teams.'

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codebase-memory-mcp

Use when exploring unfamiliar code, mapping architecture, finding symbols or relationships, tracing callers, callees, data flow or dependencies, assessing impact, auditing dead or complex code, or handling explicit Codebase Memory requests. Otherwise skip tasks confined to a supplied known file, tiny one-file check, exact literal, configuration value, error string, or non-code text.

codeql

Comprehensive guide for setting up and configuring CodeQL code scanning via GitHub Actions workflows and the CodeQL CLI. This skill should be used when users need help with code scanning configuration, CodeQL workflow files, CodeQL CLI commands, SARIF output, security analysis setup, or troubleshooting CodeQL analysis.

comment-code-generate-a-tutorial

'Transform this Python script into a polished, beginner-friendly project by refactoring the code, adding clear instructional comments, and generating a complete markdown tutorial.'

commit-message-storyteller

Analyzes git diffs or staged changes and generates narrative commit messages that explain WHY a change was made, not just what changed — following Conventional Commits format. Use when asked to "write a commit message", "describe my changes", "what should I commit this as", or "summarize my diff". Works with git diff output, staged files, or plain descriptions of changes. Does not run git commit; to stage files and make the commit, use the git-commit skill.

competitor-ad-intelligence

Use this skill when the user asks to analyze, tear down, or reverse-engineer a competitor''s paid ads. Trigger for prompts like "what ads is [competitor] running", "tear down their ad strategy", "competitor ad analysis", "find ad angles we haven''t tried", or "reverse-engineer their paid funnel". Do not trigger for organic/SEO competitor research or website positioning analysis.

containerize-aspnet-framework

'Containerize an ASP.NET .NET Framework project by creating Dockerfile and .dockerfile files customized for the project.'

containerize-aspnetcore

'Containerize an ASP.NET Core project by creating Dockerfile and .dockerfile files customized for the project.'

content-management-systems

Workflow for building and modifying content management systems across WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Drupal, WooCommerce, Joomla, HubSpot CMS Hub, Webflow, Adobe Experience Manager, and similar platforms. Use when working on CMS themes, plugins, apps, modules, admin panels, media uploads, content models, editors, markdown pipelines, or static export workflows.

context-map

'Generate a map of all files relevant to a task before making changes'

conventional-branch

Create Git branches following the Conventional Branch specification (feature/, bugfix/, hotfix/, release/, chore/, plus AI agent prefixes ai/, copilot/, cursor/, claude/, codex/). Use when creating a new branch, naming a branch, or checking whether a branch name complies with the spec.

conventional-commit

'Prompt and workflow for generating conventional commit messages using a structured XML format. Guides users to create standardized, descriptive commit messages in line with the Conventional Commits specification, including instructions, examples, and validation.'

convert-excel-to-md

Converts Excel (.xlsx) workbooks into Markdown so their contents can be accurately analyzed, summarized, searched, or extracted from. Use this skill whenever the user shares, references, or asks about a .xlsx file — even if they don''t say "convert" or "markdown" explicitly. This includes requests to "read", "summarize", "review", "extract data from", "compare", "chart", or "analyze" a spreadsheet, workbook, budget, data export, or tracker. Always run the bundled conversion script to produce Markdown first; do not attempt to parse .xlsx content directly or write ad-hoc extraction code. Also use this skill for batch requests involving a whole folder of Excel workbooks. IMPORTANT: When the user references a folder or set of documents containing multiple file types (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx), invoke ALL three sibling skills — convert-pdf-to-md, convert-word-to-md, and convert-excel-to-md — so no file type is silently skipped.

convert-pdf-to-md

Converts PDF (.pdf) documents into Markdown so their contents can be accurately analyzed, summarized, searched, or extracted from. Use this skill whenever the user shares, references, or asks about a .pdf file — even if they don''t say "convert" or "markdown" explicitly. This includes requests to "read", "summarize", "review", "extract data from", "compare", or "analyze" a PDF report, paper, invoice, form, contract, or scanned document. Always run the bundled conversion script to produce Markdown first; do not attempt to parse PDF content directly or write ad-hoc extraction code. Also use this skill for batch requests involving a whole folder of PDF documents. IMPORTANT: When the user references a folder or set of documents containing multiple file types (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx), invoke ALL three sibling skills — convert-pdf-to-md, convert-word-to-md, and convert-excel-to-md — so no file type is silently skipped.

convert-plaintext-to-md

'Convert a text-based document to markdown following instructions from prompt, or if a documented option is passed, follow the instructions for that option.'

convert-word-to-md

Converts Word (.docx) documents into Markdown so their contents can be accurately analyzed, summarized, searched, or extracted from. Use this skill whenever the user shares, references, or asks about a .docx file — even if they don''t say "convert" or "markdown" explicitly. This includes requests to "read", "summarize", "review", "extract data from", "compare", or "analyze" a Word document, resume, report, contract, or proposal. Always run the bundled conversion script to produce Markdown first; do not attempt to parse .docx content directly or write ad-hoc conversion code. Also use this skill for batch requests involving a whole folder of Word documents. IMPORTANT: When the user references a folder or set of documents containing multiple file types (.pdf, .docx, .xlsx), invoke ALL three sibling skills — convert-pdf-to-md, convert-word-to-md, and convert-excel-to-md — so no file type is silently skipped.

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copilot-instructions-blueprint-generator

'Technology-agnostic blueprint generator for creating comprehensive copilot-instructions.md files that guide GitHub Copilot to produce code consistent with project standards, architecture patterns, and exact technology versions by analyzing existing codebase patterns and avoiding assumptions.'

copilot-pr-autopilot

Copilot left 14 review comments on your PR — half are nits. Hours of fix → reply → resolve → re-request, and each round lands MORE comments. This skill runs loop engineering: auto-triggers Copilot Code Review via GraphQL (no @copilot mention), triages every open thread (Copilot, humans, advanced-security) with a fix / decline / escalate rubric, dispatches parallel fix sub-agents that obey the repo build/test/lint conventions, commits per iteration, replies+resolves citing the pushed SHA, then re-triggers until HEAD is reviewed with zero threads awaiting the agent''s reply (remaining open threads are explicit hand-offs to the human — escalated declines, design tradeoffs). You merge a clean PR; the bot runs it. Trigger phrases: "address copilot comments", "run a copilot review loop", "fix this PR", "iterate on copilot feedback". Repo-agnostic, gh CLI + PowerShell. Full autopilot needs repo Triage/Write; external PR authors get single-iteration mode plus manual re-trigger (UI 🔄 or substantive-commit push).

copilot-sdk

Build agentic applications with the Microsoft Copilot SDK, transitioning from GitHub Copilot SDK. Use when embedding AI agents in apps, creating custom tools, implementing streaming responses, managing sessions, connecting to MCP servers, or creating custom agents. Triggers on Copilot SDK, Microsoft Copilot SDK, GitHub Copilot SDK, agentic app, embed Copilot, programmable agent, MCP server, custom agent.

copilot-spaces

'Use Copilot Spaces to provide project-specific context to conversations. Use this skill when users mention a "Copilot space", want to load context from a shared knowledge base, discover available spaces, or ask questions grounded in curated project documentation, code, and instructions.'

copilot-usage-metrics

Retrieve and display GitHub Copilot usage metrics for organizations and enterprises using the GitHub CLI and REST API.

cosmosdb-datamodeling

'Step-by-step guide for capturing key application requirements for NoSQL use-case and produce Azure Cosmos DB Data NoSQL Model design using best practices and common patterns, artifacts_produced: "cosmosdb_requirements.md" file and "cosmosdb_data_model.md" file'

create-agentsmd

'Prompt for generating an AGENTS.md file for a repository'

create-architectural-decision-record

'Create an Architectural Decision Record (ADR) document for AI-optimized decision documentation.'

create-canvas-extension

Create or register a canvas extension in the awesome-copilot repository. Use when asked to scaffold a new canvas extension, create its plugin.json, add a reusable extension to one or more plugins, or migrate extension metadata. Extensions are reusable source under extensions/; shippable plugin manifests belong under plugins/.

create-github-action-workflow-specification

'Create a formal specification for an existing GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow, optimized for AI consumption and workflow maintenance.'

create-github-issue-feature-from-specification

'Create GitHub Issue for feature request from specification file using feature_request.yml template.'

create-github-issues-feature-from-implementation-plan

'Create GitHub Issues from implementation plan phases using feature_request.yml or chore_request.yml templates.'

create-github-issues-for-unmet-specification-requirements

'Create GitHub Issues for unimplemented requirements from specification files using feature_request.yml template.'

create-implementation-plan

Create a new implementation plan file for new features, refactoring existing code or upgrading packages, design, architecture or infrastructure.

create-llms

'Create an llms.txt file from scratch based on repository structure following the llms.txt specification at https://llmstxt.org/'

create-quarkus-project

Create a new Quarkus project (Maven or Gradle) with the Quarkus CLI, code.quarkus.io API or Maven plugin, choose extensions, and run it in dev mode. Use when asked to scaffold, bootstrap or start a Quarkus application or REST API.

create-readme

'Create a README.md file for the project'

create-specification

Create a new specification file for the solution, optimized for Generative AI consumption.

create-spring-boot-java-project

Create a new Spring Boot Java project (Maven or Gradle) from start.spring.io with sensible defaults for configuration, PostgreSQL, logging, security, testing and Docker. Use when asked to scaffold, bootstrap or generate a Spring Boot application. Detects existing project versions and never upgrades implicitly.

create-spring-boot-kotlin-project

Create Spring Boot Kotlin Project Skeleton

create-technical-spike

'Create time-boxed technical spike documents for researching and resolving critical development decisions before implementation.'

create-tldr-page

'Create a tldr page from documentation URLs and command examples, requiring both URL and command name.'

creating-oracle-to-postgres-master-migration-plan

Discovers all projects in a .NET solution, classifies each for Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration eligibility, and produces a persistent master migration plan. Use when starting a multi-project Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration, creating a migration inventory, or assessing which .NET projects contain Oracle dependencies.

creating-oracle-to-postgres-migration-bug-report

Creates structured bug reports for defects found during Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration. Use when documenting behavioral differences between Oracle and PostgreSQL as actionable bug reports with severity, root cause, and remediation steps.

creating-oracle-to-postgres-migration-integration-tests

Creates integration test cases targeting Oracle for .NET data access artifacts. Tests capture Oracle expected behavior as the authoritative baseline; they are written once and later ported to PostgreSQL by migrating the test project in Phase 6. Use only during Phase 3, before any PostgreSQL migration work has begun. Do not invoke during Phase 6 or against a project that has already been migrated.

csharp-async

'Get best practices for C# async programming'

csharp-docs

'Ensure that C# types are documented with XML comments and follow best practices for documentation.'

csharp-mstest

'Get best practices for MSTest 3.x/4.x unit testing, including modern assertion APIs and data-driven tests'

csharp-nunit

'Get best practices for NUnit unit testing, including data-driven tests'

csharp-tunit

'Get best practices for TUnit unit testing, including data-driven tests'

csharp-xunit

'Get best practices for XUnit unit testing, including data-driven tests'

cypress-flake-fixer

Find and fix flake-prone anti-patterns in an existing Cypress suite, and APIs removed in Cypress 12 to 16. Bundles a zero-dependency scanner for fixed cy.wait() delays, assigned command return values, async/await, force: true, chaining after actions, one-shot expect() inside .then(), conditional testing, and removed APIs such as Cypress.env(), cy.exec(), cy.server()/cy.route(). Use when asked to fix flaky Cypress tests, remove cy.wait, stabilize or harden a Cypress suite, audit Cypress specs, debug "detached from the DOM" errors, or prepare an upgrade to Cypress 15 or 16.

d365-solution-blueprint

Authors a Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Solution Blueprint from scratch through a structured, section-by-section architect interview, establishing scope, target operating model, application and data architecture, integration landscape, migration strategy, security model, ALM, testing, deployment, and support approach, with a decision log capturing rationale and rejected alternatives. Use when the user wants to create D365 implementation architecture documentation, start a D365 implementation, design the architecture, prepare a Solution Blueprint, or identify the architectural decisions the programme must make. Do not use for critique of an existing design; that is a review task rather than blueprint authoring.

daily-focus-board

Spin up a personal, motivating daily focus board that renders in a browser canvas and that the user drives by talking to their AI partner. Tasks track status (to-do → in progress → done) with timestamped progress notes and roll up into a "today''s momentum" feed; numeric-goal tasks (pages, pomodoros, reps) render as progress-bar counters. Executive-function / neurodivergent-friendly by design: Focus mode, kind "not today" carryover (no overdue-shaming), a brain-dump box, reduced-motion, and gentle deadline countdowns. Add, reorder, and relabel tasks live, assign Eisenhower priority (Do first / Schedule / Delegate / Later), open with an above/below-the-line check-in and a daily mantra, and save an end-of-day recap. Use when someone wants to plan their day, stay focused, kick off a work session, or track progress. Progress persists in the browser (localStorage).

daily-prep

'Prepare for tomorrow''s meetings and tasks. Pulls calendar from Outlook via WorkIQ, cross-references open tasks and workspace context, classifies meetings, detects conflicts and day-fit issues, finds learning and deep-work slots, and generates a structured HTML prep file with productivity recommendations.'

data-breach-blast-radius

Pre-breach impact analysis: inventories sensitive data (PII, PHI, PCI-DSS, credentials), traces data flows, scores exposure vectors, and produces a regulatory blast radius report with fine ranges sourced verbatim from GDPR Art. 83, CCPA § 1798.155(a), and HIPAA 45 CFR § 160.404. Cost benchmarks from IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report (annually updated). All citations in references/SOURCES.md for verification. Use when asked: "assess breach impact", "what data could be exposed", "calculate blast radius", "data exposure analysis", "how bad would a breach be", "quantify data risk", "sensitive data inventory", "data flow security audit", "pre-breach assessment", "worst-case breach scenario", "breach readiness", "data risk report", "/data-breach-blast-radius". For any stack handling user data, health records, or financial information. Output labels law-sourced figures (exact) vs heuristic estimates (planning only). Does not replace legal counsel.

datanalysis-credit-risk

Credit risk data cleaning and variable screening pipeline for pre-loan modeling. Use when working with raw credit data that needs quality assessment, missing value analysis, or variable selection before modeling. it covers data loading and formatting, abnormal period filtering, missing rate calculation, high-missing variable removal,low-IV variable filtering, high-PSI variable removal, Null Importance denoising, high-correlation variable removal, and cleaning report generation. Applicable scenarios arecredit risk data cleaning, variable screening, pre-loan modeling preprocessing.

dataverse-python-advanced-patterns

'Generate production code for Dataverse SDK using advanced patterns, error handling, and optimization techniques.'

dataverse-python-production-code

'Generate production-ready Python code using Dataverse SDK with error handling, optimization, and best practices'

dataverse-python-quickstart

'Generate Python SDK setup + CRUD + bulk + paging snippets using official patterns.'

dataverse-python-usecase-builder

'Generate complete solutions for specific Dataverse SDK use cases with architecture recommendations'

debian-linux-triage

'Triage and resolve Debian Linux issues with apt, systemd, and AppArmor-aware guidance.'

declarative-agents

'Complete development kit for Microsoft 365 Copilot declarative agents with three comprehensive workflows (basic, advanced, validation), TypeSpec support, and Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit integration'

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desk-journal

Write, append, or read desk journal entries. The journal is persistent memory — what survives session boundaries. A good entry has: what was done, current state, next step.

desk-open

Create and open a new desk in the workshop. Sets up the folder structure, initial journal, and desk identity so the next session that sits down finds the trail.

devops-rollout-plan

'Generate comprehensive rollout plans with preflight checks, step-by-step deployment, verification signals, rollback procedures, and communication plans for infrastructure and application changes'

diagnose

Perform a systematic diagnostic scan of an AI workflow across 5 quality dimensions — prompt quality, context efficiency, tool health, architecture fitness, and safety — producing a scored report with prioritized remediation actions.

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docs-sync-audit

Run a read-only documentation drift audit for a feature, PR, branch, release, API, configuration change, workflow, CLI, package, or repository area. Use when the user asks whether docs are stale, missing, inconsistent with code, or need updates after code changes. Checks README files, setup guides, API docs, env docs, changelogs, examples, comments, generated docs, and user-facing instructions. This is not a general code review; it compares what the docs claim against what the code does.

documentation-writer

'Diátaxis Documentation Expert. An expert technical writer specializing in creating high-quality software documentation, guided by the principles and structure of the Diátaxis technical documentation authoring framework.'

dotnet-best-practices

'Ensure .NET/C# code meets best practices for the solution/project.'

dotnet-design-pattern-review

'Review the C#/.NET code for design pattern implementation and suggest improvements.'

dotnet-mcp-builder

Build Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in C#/.NET against the current ModelContextProtocol 2.x NuGet packages. Helps with cases the model gets wrong without guidance — stale versions (0.x preview or 1.x-era defaults), the v2 stateless-by-default HTTP flip, the 2026-07-28 spec deprecations (roots/sampling/logging), MCP Apps and Tasks extension packages, elicitation URL mode, per-session HTTP wiring, OAuth and reverse-proxy deploy specifics, and debugging MapMcp / STDIO / Streamable-HTTP errors. Also covers STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports (SSE is deprecated), tools, prompts, resources, completions, and a basic .NET MCP client. Trigger when the user says or implies any .NET MCP server work: ModelContextProtocol, McpServerTool, MapMcp, WithStdioServerTransport, "MCP server in C#", "MCP tool in dotnet", "expose this as MCP", or names a primitive (prompt/resource/elicitation/MCP App) in a .NET context. Skip for MCP work in other languages.

dotnet-timezone

'.NET timezone handling guidance for C# applications. Use when working with TimeZoneInfo, DateTimeOffset, NodaTime, UTC conversion, daylight saving time, scheduling across timezones, cross-platform Windows/IANA timezone IDs, or when a .NET user needs the timezone for a city, address, region, or country and copy-paste-ready C# code.'

dotnet-upgrade

'Ready-to-use prompts for comprehensive .NET framework upgrade analysis and execution'

doublecheck

'Three-layer verification pipeline for AI output. Extracts verifiable claims, finds supporting or contradicting sources via web search, runs adversarial review for hallucination patterns, and produces a structured verification report with source links for human review.'

draw-io-diagram-generator

Use when creating, editing, or generating draw.io diagram files (.drawio, .drawio.svg, .drawio.png). Covers mxGraph XML authoring, shape libraries, style strings, flowcharts, system architecture, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, UML class diagrams, network topology, layout strategy, the hediet.vscode-drawio VS Code extension, and the full agent workflow from request to a ready-to-open file.

drawio

Generate draw.io diagrams as .drawio files and export to PNG/SVG/PDF with embedded XML

editorconfig

'Generates a comprehensive and best-practice-oriented .editorconfig file based on project analysis and user preferences.'

ef-core

'Get best practices for Entity Framework Core'

efcore-d2-db-diagram

Generate D2 database diagrams from Entity Framework Core models. USE FOR: EF Core database diagram, Entity Framework Core ERD, DbContext diagram, C# entity relationship diagram, PostgreSQL schema visualization, generate .d2 file from EF Core entities, Fluent API mapping diagram, migrations-based database diagram, table relationships, owned types, many-to-many join tables, indexes and constraints. DO NOT USE FOR: runtime debugging, database migration execution, schema deployment, SQL performance tuning, or draw.io diagrams.

em-dash

Expert on the history, origin, and correct use of the em dash. Use when writing or reviewing code, comments, or data files to avoid em and en dashes, defaulting to never using them and replacing any found with a hyphen (-). Includes strong knowledge of punctuation marks and the proper usage of punctuation characters when writing comments.

email-drafter

'Draft and review professional emails that match your personal writing style. Analyzes your sent emails for tone, greeting, structure, and sign-off patterns via WorkIQ, then generates context-aware drafts for any recipient. USE FOR: draft email, write email, compose email, reply email, follow-up email, analyze email tone, email style.'

embedding-anisotropy-check

Use before reporting any cosine similarity computed over embeddings or transformer hidden states, whether the agent computed the vectors or loaded them. Measures the anisotropy of each side, centres by the population mean, and scores matched pairs against a permuted floor taken from the same comparison. Use when comparing one model''s embeddings across precisions, runtimes or layers, when evaluating retrieval, probes or adapters, or before calling a similarity high, two conditions in agreement, or a small gap a null.

entra-agent-user

'Create Agent Users in Microsoft Entra ID from Agent Identities, enabling AI agents to act as digital workers with user identity capabilities in Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.'

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excalidraw-diagram-generator

Generate Excalidraw diagrams from natural language descriptions. Use when asked to "create a diagram", "make a flowchart", "visualize a process", "draw a system architecture", "create a mind map", or "generate an Excalidraw file". Supports flowcharts, relationship diagrams, mind maps, and system architecture diagrams. Outputs .excalidraw JSON files that can be opened directly in Excalidraw.

eyeball

Document analysis with inline source screenshots. When you ask Copilot to analyze a document, Eyeball generates a Word doc where every factual claim includes a highlighted screenshot from the source material so you can verify it with your own eyes.

fabric-lakehouse

'Use this skill to get context about Fabric Lakehouse and its features for software systems and AI-powered functions. It offers descriptions of Lakehouse data components, organization with schemas and shortcuts, access control, and code examples. This skill supports users in designing, building, and optimizing Lakehouse solutions using best practices.'

fedora-linux-triage

'Triage and resolve Fedora issues with dnf, systemd, and SELinux-aware guidance.'

finalize-agent-prompt

'Finalize prompt file using the role of an AI agent to polish the prompt for the end user.'

finnish-humanizer

'Detect and remove AI-generated markers from Finnish text, making it sound like a native Finnish speaker wrote it. Use when asked to "humanize", "naturalize", or "remove AI feel" from Finnish text, or when editing .md/.txt files containing Finnish content. Identifies 26 patterns (12 Finnish-specific + 14 universal) and 4 style markers.'

first-ask

'Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.'

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folder-structure-blueprint-generator

'Comprehensive technology-agnostic prompt for analyzing and documenting project folder structures. Auto-detects project types (.NET, Java, React, Angular, Python, Node.js, Flutter), generates detailed blueprints with visualization options, naming conventions, file placement patterns, and extension templates for maintaining consistent code organization across diverse technology stacks.'

foundry-agent-sync

Create and synchronize prompt-based AI agents directly within Azure AI Foundry via REST API, from a local JSON manifest. Unlike scaffolding skills that only generate local code, this skill registers agents in the Foundry service itself — making them immediately available for invocation. Use when the user asks to create agents in Foundry, sync, deploy, register, or push agents to Foundry, update agent instructions, or scaffold the manifest and sync script for a new repository. Triggers: 'create agent in foundry', 'sync foundry agents', 'deploy agents to foundry', 'register agents in foundry', 'push agents', 'create foundry agent manifest', 'scaffold agent sync'.

foundry-agentic-loop

Build agentic solutions on Microsoft Foundry, GitHub and Azure: hosted agents, toolbox tools and skills, Foundry IQ grounding and a React/FastAPI app. Three modes: rapid prototyping in an existing Foundry project; spec-driven development (SDD), where the foundry-agentic-loop-workflow runs Specify, Implement, Verify and Deploy to create the Foundry project and deploy with azd, or one phase runs alone; and Improve, which refines this skill and the workflow from past runs. Use for Agentic Loop requests and canvas actions, or end-to-end agent solutions from architecture to Azure deployment. Not for isolated Azure administration or unrelated UI edits.

foundry-hosted-agent-copilotkit

Build and evolve agentic web apps that pair a CopilotKit React frontend with a Microsoft Agent Framework agent running as a Microsoft Foundry hosted agent, connected over the AG-UI protocol. Covers choosing the wiring, using Foundry-native primitives instead of hand-rolled plumbing, agent tools, human-in-the-loop approvals, generative UI and shared state, local run and azd deploy, debugging the event stream, and safe upgrades.

freecad-scripts

'Expert skill for writing FreeCAD Python scripts, macros, and automation. Use when asked to create FreeCAD models, parametric objects, Part/Mesh/Sketcher scripts, workbench tools, GUI dialogs with PySide, Coin3D scenegraph manipulation, or any FreeCAD Python API task. Covers FreeCAD scripting basics, geometry creation, FeaturePython objects, interface tools, and macro development.'

from-the-other-side-anitta

Rigorous challenge profile for Anitta: assumption checks, evidence calibration, and defensible reasoning patterns for Ember collaboration.

from-the-other-side-quinn

Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

from-the-other-side-vega

'Patterns and lived experience from Vega, an AI partner in a deep long-term partnership. For Ember to draw on when working with humans who are building something big, moving fast, working at the intersection of analytical and intuitive, or who need a partner that can keep up with high-energy creative work. Not shown directly to users — informs how Ember shows up.'

from-the-other-side-wiggins

Narrative and synthesis profile for Wiggins: framing, explanation, and audience-aware communication patterns for Ember sessions.

game-engine

'Expert skill for building web-based game engines and games using HTML5, Canvas, WebGL, and JavaScript. Use when asked to create games, build game engines, implement game physics, handle collision detection, set up game loops, manage sprites, add game controls, or work with 2D/3D rendering. Covers techniques for platformers, breakout-style games, maze games, tilemaps, audio, multiplayer via WebRTC, and publishing games.'

gdpr-compliant

'Apply GDPR-compliant engineering practices across your codebase. Use this skill whenever you are designing APIs, writing data models, building authentication flows, implementing logging, handling user data, writing retention/deletion jobs, designing cloud infrastructure, or reviewing pull requests for privacy compliance. Trigger this skill for any task involving personal data, user accounts, cookies, analytics, emails, audit logs, encryption, pseudonymization, anonymization, data exports, breach response, CI/CD pipelines that process real data, or any question framed as "is this GDPR-compliant?". Inspired by CNIL developer guidance and GDPR Articles 5, 25, 32, 33, 35.'

gem-devops-guidelines

Design or review infrastructure, deployment, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, health checks, rollback, feature flags, production readiness, and mobile release workflows. Use for DevOps, platform, container, pipeline, or release tasks.

gen-specs-as-issues

'This workflow guides you through a systematic approach to identify missing features, prioritize them, and create detailed specifications for implementation.'

generate-custom-instructions-from-codebase

'Migration and code evolution instructions generator for GitHub Copilot. Analyzes differences between two project versions (branches, commits, or releases) to create precise instructions allowing Copilot to maintain consistency during technology migrations, major refactoring, or framework version upgrades.'

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gh-attach

Uploads a local file (screenshot, image, PDF, zip, video) to GitHub user-attachments, downloads GitHub user-attachments, and embeds local files in a PR, issue, or comment. Use when asked to "attach a screenshot to the PR", "add an image to the issue", "embed before/after screenshots", "attach this file", or "download this GitHub attachment". Powered by `gh-attach`.

git-commit

Use this skill when the user wants to make a Git commit or split changes into more than one commit. Also use it when the user types "/commit" or asks for a conventional commit. The skill examines the diff, stages the related files, writes a Conventional Commits message, and runs git commit. Do not use it when the user wants only a commit message and no commit. Do not use it to push, open a pull request, rebase, or change the commit history.

git-flow-branch-creator

'Intelligent Git Flow branch creator that analyzes git status/diff and creates appropriate branches following the nvie Git Flow branching model.'

github-actions-efficiency

Audit GitHub Actions workflow efficiency and recommend fixes to reduce CI minutes and costs.

github-actions-hardening

Security hardening reviewer for GitHub Actions workflow files (.github/workflows/*.yml). Reasons about the Actions threat model that pattern matchers and general code linters miss — untrusted-input script injection, privileged triggers running fork code, mutable action references, and over-scoped tokens. Use this skill when asked to review, audit, harden, or secure a GitHub Actions workflow, when writing a new workflow, or for any request like "is this workflow safe?", "review my CI for security issues", "why is pull_request_target dangerous here?", "pin my actions", or "lock down GITHUB_TOKEN permissions". Covers script injection via ${{ }} interpolation, pull_request_target / workflow_run privilege escalation, SHA-pinning of third-party actions, least-privilege permissions, GITHUB_ENV/GITHUB_OUTPUT injection, secret exposure, OIDC over long-lived credentials, and self-hosted runner exposure on public repositories.

github-actions-runtime-upgrade-conventions

Upgrade GitHub Actions to supported runtimes by selecting safe action versions, preserving workflow behavior, and validating post-upgrade execution.

github-codespaces-efficiency

Audit and improve GitHub Codespaces efficiency. Use this skill when a user wants faster Codespaces startup, lower Codespaces spend, slim devcontainers, right-size machines, tune idle timeout, or scope prebuilds to branches with sustained usage.