MicrosoftSkillarchitectural-proposals
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/architectural-proposals/SKILL.md
How to write comprehensive architectural proposals that drive alignment before code is written
Claude skills and agent skills
Skills real projects publish on GitHub, most starred first. Each one says what it will make an agent do before you copy it.
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MicrosoftSkillMicrosoftSkillci-validation-gates
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/ci-validation-gates/SKILL.md
Defensive CI/CD patterns: semver validation, token checks, retry logic, draft detection — earned from v0.8.22
MicrosoftSkillclient-compatibility
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/client-compatibility/SKILL.md
Platform detection and adaptive spawning for CLI vs VS Code vs other surfaces
MicrosoftSkillcli-wiring
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/cli-wiring/SKILL.md
Bug class: Commands implemented in packages/squad-cli/src/cli/commands/ but never routed in cli-entry.ts. Use dynamic await import() for command modules to keep startup fast (lazy loading).
MicrosoftSkillcross-machine-coordination
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/cross-machine-coordination/SKILL.md
Enables squad agents on different machines to share work via git-based task queuing
MicrosoftSkilldistributed-mesh
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/distributed-mesh/SKILL.md
How to coordinate with squads on different machines using git as transport
MicrosoftSkilldocs-standards
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/docs-standards/SKILL.md
Microsoft Style Guide + Squad-specific documentation patterns
MicrosoftSkille2e-template-testing
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/e2e-template-testing/SKILL.md
End-to-end validation of coordinator and agent template changes
MicrosoftSkilleconomy-mode
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/economy-mode/SKILL.md
Shifts Layer 3 model selection to cost-optimized alternatives when economy mode is active.
MicrosoftSkillexternal-comms
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/external-comms/SKILL.md
PAO workflow for scanning, drafting, and presenting community responses with human review gate
MicrosoftSkillfact-checking
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/fact-checking/SKILL.md
Review and validate claims using counter-hypothesis testing. Use when verifying technical content, checking references, validating API endpoints, or performing quality assurance on deliverables.
MicrosoftSkillgh-auth-isolation
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/gh-auth-isolation/SKILL.md
Safely manage multiple GitHub identities (EMU + personal) in agent workflows
MicrosoftSkillgithub-multi-account
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/github-multi-account/SKILL.md
Detect and set up account-locked gh aliases for multi-account GitHub. The AI reads this skill, detects accounts, asks the user which is personal/work, and runs the setup automatically.
MicrosoftSkillhistory-hygiene
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/history-hygiene/SKILL.md
Record final outcomes to history.md, not intermediate requests or reversed decisions
MicrosoftSkillhumanizer
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/humanizer/SKILL.md
Tone enforcement patterns for external-facing community responses
MicrosoftSkillinit-mode
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/init-mode/SKILL.md
Team initialization flow (Phase 1 proposal + Phase 2 creation)
MicrosoftSkillmodel-selection
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/model-selection/SKILL.md
Determines which LLM model to use for each agent spawn
MicrosoftSkillnap
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/nap/SKILL.md
Context hygiene — compress, prune, archive .squad/ state
MicrosoftSkillnotification-routing
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/notification-routing/SKILL.md
Route agent notifications to specific channels by type — prevent alert fatigue from single-channel flooding
MicrosoftSkillpersonal-squad
microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet/.squad/templates/skills/personal-squad/SKILL.md
User-level AI agents that travel with you across projects
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