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GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/napkin/SKILL.md
Visual whiteboard collaboration for Copilot CLI. Creates an interactive whiteboard that opens in your browser — draw, sketch, add sticky notes, then share everything back with Copilot. Copilot sees your drawings and text, and responds with analysis, suggestions, and ideas.
7 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/next-intl-add-language/SKILL.md
Add new language to a Next.js + next-intl application
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/noob-mode/SKILL.md
Plain-English translation layer for non-technical Copilot CLI users. Translates every approval prompt, error message, and technical output into clear, jargon-free English with color-coded risk indicators.
3 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/npm-trusted-publishing/SKILL.md
Set up or fix npm trusted publishing (OIDC) in GitHub Actions and remove NPM_TOKEN. Use for ENEEDAUTH, E404 on PUT, E422 repository.url, or migrating off 2FA-bypass tokens before January 2027.
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/nuget-manager/SKILL.md
Manage NuGet packages in .NET projects/solutions. Use this skill when adding, removing, or updating NuGet package versions. It enforces using `dotnet` CLI for package management and provides strict procedures for direct file edits only when updating versions.
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/onboard-context-matic/SKILL.md
Interactive onboarding tour for the context-matic MCP server. Walks the user through what the server does, shows all available APIs, lets them pick one to explore, explains it in their project language, demonstrates model_search and endpoint_search live, and ends with a menu of things the user can ask the agent to do. USE FOR: first-time setup; "what can this MCP do?"; "show me the available APIs"; "onboard me"; "how do I use the context-matic server"; "give me a tour". DO NOT USE FOR: actually integrating an API end-to-end (use integrate-context-matic instead).
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/on-device-delegate/SKILL.md
Saves cloud-model context by briefing one bounded, read-heavy sub-task (more than about 25 KB of prose, or many files that no single command can answer) to the local-coding plugin''s on-device worker, which runs on the local MAI Code 1.1 Flash model. Use for log and test triage, summarizing many files, or extracting facts from large inputs. When the user names this skill, call the skill tool in the same response as your first other tool call, never as a separate step.
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/oo-component-documentation/SKILL.md
Create or update standardized object-oriented component documentation using a shared template plus mode-specific guidance for new and existing docs.
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubReads credentialsSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/openapi-to-application-code/SKILL.md
Generate a complete, production-ready application from an OpenAPI specification
2 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/openapi-to-application-java-spring-boot/SKILL.md
Generate a Spring Boot (Java) application from an OpenAPI 3 specification using the spec-first approach: openapi-generator (Maven or Gradle) produces API interfaces and DTOs, you implement controllers, services, persistence, security and tests. Use when asked to build, scaffold or implement a Spring Boot API from an OpenAPI/Swagger file.
No other project uses it yet
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/optimize-simplicite-logs/SKILL.md
capability to parse Simplicité logs from a raw `.txt` file, filter fields to reduce noise, and output the result as structured JSON.
No other project uses it yet
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/pdftk-server/SKILL.md
Skill for using the command-line tool pdftk (PDFtk Server) for working with PDF files. Use when asked to merge PDFs, split PDFs, rotate pages, encrypt or decrypt PDFs, fill PDF forms, apply watermarks, stamp overlays, extract metadata, burst documents into pages, repair corrupted PDFs, attach or extract files, or perform any PDF manipulation from the command line.
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/penpot-uiux-design/SKILL.md
Comprehensive guide for creating professional UI/UX designs in Penpot using MCP tools. Use this skill when: (1) Creating new UI/UX designs for web, mobile, or desktop applications, (2) Building design systems with components and tokens, (3) Designing dashboards, forms, navigation, or landing pages, (4) Applying accessibility standards and best practices, (5) Following platform guidelines (iOS, Android, Material Design), (6) Reviewing or improving existing Penpot designs for usability. Triggers: "design a UI", "create interface", "build layout", "design dashboard", "create form", "design landing page", "make it accessible", "design system", "component library".
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/performance-review-writer/SKILL.md
Draft performance reviews, self-assessments, peer reviews, and upward feedback in your own voice. Analyzes your contributions, emails, and meeting history via WorkIQ, then produces honest, impact-focused drafts using the STAR format. USE FOR: write my performance review, draft self-assessment, peer review, 360 feedback, annual review, mid-year review, upward feedback, write review for colleague, performance appraisal.
1 project uses a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/pester-migration/SKILL.md
Pester migration skill for upgrading PowerShell Pester test suites across major versions — v3→v4, v4→v5, and v5→v6. Covers the Discovery/Run two-phase model, moving setup into BeforeAll, $PSScriptRoot vs $MyInvocation, mock changes (Assert-MockCalled → Should -Invoke, removed fall-through), Invoke-Pester parameters → PesterConfiguration, data-driven -ForEach/-TestCases, and the v6 breaking changes. Use when the user asks to upgrade, migrate, or modernize Pester tests, fix *.Tests.ps1 files that broke after bumping the Pester version, or convert legacy Should / Invoke-Pester syntax.
No other project uses it yet
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/pester-should-migration/SKILL.md
Experimental (preview) Pester skill for migrating classic Should -Be (v5) assertion syntax to the new Should-* (v6) assertions (note the hyphen, no space), e.g. `Should -Be` -> `Should-Be`, `Should -Not -Be` -> `Should-NotBe`. Tracks Pester 6, which is still a release candidate, so this guidance may change; verified against Pester 6.0.0-rc2. Use when converting Pester v5 assertions to Pester v6 Should-* operators, modernizing a Pester test suite, or when a user asks to migrate, convert, or rewrite `Should -...` calls in .Tests.ps1 / PowerShell files.
No other project uses it yet
GitHubReads credentialsSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/phoenix-cli/SKILL.md
Debug LLM applications using the Phoenix CLI. Fetch traces, analyze errors, structure trace review with open coding and axial coding, inspect datasets, review experiments, query annotation configs, and use the GraphQL API. Use whenever the user is analyzing traces or spans, investigating LLM/agent failures, deciding what to do after instrumenting an app, building failure taxonomies, choosing what evals to write, or asking "what's going wrong", "what kinds of mistakes", or "where do I focus" — even without naming a technique.
4 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/phoenix-evals/SKILL.md
Build and run evaluators for AI/LLM applications using Phoenix.
2 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/phoenix-tracing/SKILL.md
OpenInference semantic conventions and instrumentation for Phoenix AI observability. Use when implementing LLM tracing, creating custom spans, or deploying to production.
2 projects use a version of this
GitHubSkillgithub/awesome-copilot/skills/php-mcp-server-generator/SKILL.md
Generate a complete PHP Model Context Protocol server project with tools, resources, prompts, and tests using the official PHP SDK
No other project uses it yet
Plain text files in a repository that tell a coding agent how the project works: commands to run, conventions to follow and things to avoid. CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, cursor rules and skills are the common kinds.
CLAUDE.md is read by Claude Code. AGENTS.md is an open format that Codex, Cursor and other agents read. Many projects keep one and point the other at it.
A folder with a SKILL.md that describes one capability, such as filling PDFs or reviewing code. The agent loads it only when the task calls for it.
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