Agent skill · software engineering · aiskillstore
skill-creator-ms
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.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific patterns and best practices for creating Azure SDK skills that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires azure-sdk installed locally. About 9k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Skill Creator Guide for creating skills that extend AI agent capabilities, with emphasis on Azure SDKs and Microsoft Foundry. Required Context: When creating SDK or API skills, users MUST provide the SDK package name, documentation URL, or repository reference for the skill to be based on. About Skills Skills are modular knowledge packages that transform general-purpose agents into specialized experts: 1. Procedural knowledge — Multi-step workflows for specific domains 2. SDK expertise — API patterns, authentication, error handling for Azure services 3. Domain context — Schemas, business logic, company-specific patterns 4. Bundled resources — Scripts, references, templates for complex tasks --- Core Principles 1. Concise is Key The context window is a shared resource. Challenge each piece: "Does this justify its token cost?" Default assumption: Agents are already capable. Only add what they don't already know. 2. Fresh Documentation First Azure SDKs change constantly. Skills should instruct agents to verify documentation: 3. Degrees of Freedom Match specificity to task fragility: Freedom When Example --------- ------ --------- High Multiple valid approaches Text guidelines Medium Preferred pattern with variation Pseudocode Low Must be exact Specific scripts 4. Progressive Disclosure Skills load in three levels: 1. Metadata (~100 words) — Always in context 2. SKILL.md body (<5k words) — When skill triggers 3. References (unlimited) — As needed Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines. Split into reference files when approaching this limit. --- Skill Structure SKILL.md Frontmatter: name and description. The description is the trigger mechanism. Body: Instructions loaded only after triggering. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/skill-creator-ms