Agent-Skills: what it is, how to install & alternatives

by MicrosoftDocs · Codex Skill · ★ 775

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About Agent-Skills

☁️ Azure Agent Skills 🚀 Agentic Skills for Azure Development Supercharge your AI coding assistant with curated, production-ready skills for Microsoft Azure. Works seamlessly with: 🟣 Claude Code 🌸 AdaL CLI [![AdaL CLI](https://img.shields.io/

How to install Agent-Skills

git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/agent-skills.git

Taken from the project's README on GitHub. Check the security audit before running it.

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 66/100

No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →

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Quick Facts

Stars775
Forks124
CategoryCodex Skill
LicenseCC-BY-4.0
Quality Score65.8449754911654/100
Open Issues2
Last Updated2026-10-05
Created2026-01-27
Platformsclaude-code, codex, k8s
Est. Tokens~20k

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Agent-Skills?

Agent-Skills is Curated Agent Skills for Microsoft & Azure – giving AI coding assistants structured, real-time expertise from Microsoft Learn docs.. It is categorized as a Codex Skill with 775 GitHub stars.

How do I install or use Agent-Skills?

The README on GitHub (github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills) gives: git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/agent-skills.git. Usage details are in the same README.

What license does Agent-Skills use?

Agent-Skills is released under the CC-BY-4.0 license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to Agent-Skills?

The top alternatives to Agent-Skills on Agent Skills Hub include Mysti, claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, ai-devkit. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

How this security grade is produced

Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.

The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.

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