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Microsoft Skills

Name: Microsoft Skills MCP Server
Author: microsoft

Microsoft's home for first-party Skills, MCPs, custom agents, and Agents.md — the canonical place to ground coding agents in MS SDKs.

This repo collects Microsoft's official agent-grounding assets: skills for Azure SDKs, MCP servers for their products, custom agent prompts, and Agents.md files. Use it the way you used reference docs — but designed for agents.

▶ Watch demo 📦 Install 💡 Use Cases

Why use it

Key features

Skills for Microsoft SDKs (Azure, M365, Graph)
MCP servers reference
Custom agent prompts
Agents.md grounding files
Maintained by Microsoft DevDiv

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

ready

Install

Pick your client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-skills-mcp": {
      "_doc": "See per-skill install in the repo README. Most install via Claude Code marketplace or copy SKILL.md."
    }
  }
}

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Restart after saving.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-skills-mcp": {
      "_doc": "See per-skill install in the repo README. Most install via Claude Code marketplace or copy SKILL.md."
    }
  }
}

Cursor uses the same mcpServers schema as Claude Desktop. Project config wins over global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-skills-mcp": {
      "_doc": "See per-skill install in the repo README. Most install via Claude Code marketplace or copy SKILL.md."
    }
  }
}

Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar, then "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "microsoft-skills-mcp": {
      "_doc": "See per-skill install in the repo README. Most install via Claude Code marketplace or copy SKILL.md."
    }
  }
}

Same shape as Claude Desktop. Restart Windsurf to pick up changes.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "microsoft-skills-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  ]
}

Continue uses an array of server objects rather than a map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "microsoft-skills-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "args": []
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to context_servers. Zed hot-reloads on save.

claude mcp add microsoft-skills-mcp -- undefined

One-liner. Verify with claude mcp list. Remove with claude mcp remove.

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use Microsoft Skills

Ground Claude in Azure SDKs before code gen

👤 Developers ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

When to use: You're writing Azure-touching code and want Claude to use the current SDK shape.

Flow

Install relevant skill

Copy or install the Azure SDK skill.✓ Copied

→ Skill present
Trigger

Mention Azure in a prompt; skill activates.✓ Copied

→ SDK-aware completions

Outcome: Less hallucinated SDK; more code that compiles first try.

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

microsoft-skills-mcp + microsoft-mcp-catalog

Catalog of Microsoft MCPs; this for skills + grounding

Combine microsoft-skills-mcp with microsoft-mcp-catalog: Catalog of Microsoft MCPs; this for skills + grounding✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call	Cost
grounding-files	(see docs)	Markdown grounding, not callable tools	1 call

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: N/A
Tokens per call: 0 (static)
Monetary: Free
Tip: Pin a version — skills evolve and answers can shift

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: None

Data egress: None (local files)

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Skill not loading

Check the skill's SKILL.md frontmatter triggers

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