backport
Backport changes (the current branch, a PR, another branch, or specific commits/SHAs) onto a target branch — typically a short-lived release branch such as `release/0.10.1`. Use when the user says "backport this", "backport PR
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telemetry-best-practices
Reviews and authors telemetry code in this extension. Use when adding, modifying, or reviewing any `callWithTelemetryAndErrorHandling` call, any `context.telemetry.properties`/`measurements` assignment, or any helper that reports stats to telemetry. Ensures no PII/EUII is emitted, that property vs. measurement usage is correct, and that event/property names are consistent.
backport
Backport changes (current branch, a PR, a branch, or specific commits/SHAs) onto a target branch (typically a release branch like `rel/*`). Use when the user says "backport this", "backport PR ...", "cherry-pick to <branch>", or asks to port commits to another branch. Handles stashing uncommitted work, branch creation, cherry-picking with conflict handling, pushing, and opening a PR.
install-vscode-extension
How to install a VS Code extension from an extension ID. Useful when the user wants to add new capabilities to their VS Code environment by installing extensions.
get-search-view-results
Get the current search results from the Search view in VS Code
msresearch-bioemu
Microsoft Research's BioEmu — generates protein conformational ensembles from amino acid sequence on a local GPU. Use when users mention BioEmu by name, want to predict protein dynamics or flexibility from sequence, or are setting up / running / troubleshooting BioEmu locally.
evaluate-new-port
Audit a vcpkg port locally. Reads the port metadata and build recipe, installs the port, inspects extracted sources and installed files, and produces a report covering license risks, vendored code, optional dependencies, and other port review suggestions.
pnpm-format
Format the codebase with pnpm and recover from common formatting failures.
minimal-repro
Help create a minimal reproduction for a TypeSpec compiler or emitter bug. Use when a user provides TypeSpec source (pasted code or a GitHub URL) and describes an issue. Reproduces locally and reduces to a single-file repro.
resolve-project-references
Guide for interpreting ResolveProjectReferences time in MSBuild performance summaries. Activate when ResolveProjectReferences appears as the most expensive target and developers are trying to optimize it directly. Explains that the reported time includes wait time for dependent project builds and is misleading. Guides users to focus on task self-time instead. Do not activate for general build performance -- use build-perf-diagnostics instead.
property-patterns
MSBuild property definition patterns: conditional defaults, composition/concatenation, path normalization, trailing slash handling, TFM detection helpers, and property evaluation order. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing MSBuild property definition issues in .props or .csproj files, reviewing and fixing shared property configuration anti-patterns, fixing DefineConstants or NoWarn being overwritten instead of appended, fixing unconditional property assignments that prevent project-level overrides, fixing unquoted conditions that fail when properties are empty, fixing hardcoded paths that break cros
incremental-build
Guide for optimizing MSBuild incremental builds. USE FOR: builds slower than expected on subsequent runs, 'nothing changed but it rebuilds anyway', diagnosing why targets re-execute unnecessarily, fixing broken no-op builds. Covers 8 common causes: missing Inputs/Outputs on custom targets, volatile properties in output paths (timestamps/GUIDs), file writes outside tracked Outputs, missing FileWrites registration, glob changes, Visual Studio Fast Up-to-Date Check (FUTDC) issues. Key diagnostic: look for 'Building target completely' vs 'Skipping target' in binlog. DO NOT USE FOR: first-time buil
check-bin-obj-clash
Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath. USE FOR: builds failing with 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists', 'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process', intermittent build failures that succeed on retry, missing outputs in multi-project builds, multi-targeting builds where project.assets.json conflicts. Diagnoses when multiple projects or TFMs write to the same bin/obj directories due to shared OutputPath, missing AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath, or extra global properties like PublishReadyToRun creat
build-parallelism
Guide for optimizing MSBuild build parallelism and multi-project scheduling. USE FOR: builds not utilizing all CPU cores, speeding up multi-project solutions, evaluating graph build mode (/graph), build time not improving with -m flag, understanding project dependency topology. Note: /maxcpucount default is 1 (sequential) — always use -m for parallel builds. Covers /maxcpucount, graph build for better scheduling and isolation, BuildInParallel on MSBuild task, reducing unnecessary ProjectReferences, solution filters (.slnf) for building subsets. DO NOT USE FOR: single-project builds, incrementa
binlog-failure-analysis
Analyze MSBuild binary logs to diagnose build failures. USE FOR: build errors that are unclear from console output, diagnosing cascading failures across multi-project builds, tracing MSBuild target execution order, and generally any MSBuild build issues. Requires an existing .binlog file. DO NOT USE FOR: generating binlogs (use binlog-generation), non-MSBuild build systems.
github-issue-creator
Convert raw notes, error logs, voice dictation, or screenshots into crisp GitHub-flavored markdown issue reports. Use when the user pastes bug info, error messages, or informal descriptions and wants a structured GitHub issue. Supports images/GIFs for visual evidence.
wiki-researcher
Conducts multi-turn iterative deep research on specific topics within a codebase with zero tolerance for shallow analysis. Use when the user wants an in-depth investigation, needs to understand how something works across multiple files, or asks for comprehensive analysis of a specific system or pattern.
wiki-page-writer
Generates rich technical documentation pages with dark-mode Mermaid diagrams, source code citations, and first-principles depth. Use when writing documentation, generating wiki pages, creating technical deep-dives, or documenting specific components or systems.
wiki-changelog
Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Use when the user asks about recent changes, wants a changelog, or needs to understand what changed in the repository.
git-integration-operations-cli
Runs the Fabric Git integration lifecycle through fab api or az rest, including connecting a workspace to Azure DevOps or GitHub, committing, updating from Git, reading sync status, resolving conflicts, disconnecting a connected workspace, and automating sync with a service principal. For stage promotion use deployment-pipelines-authoring-cli. Branch switching, fab deploy, fabric-cicd and cross-workspace rebinding are out of scope.
fabriciq-ontology-cli
Manages Fabric IQ Ontology items, including entity and relationship types, data bindings, and definition updates, plus schema, lineage, grounding, and graph-walk exploration. Use for ontology modelling and traversal. For natural-language questions over a Power BI report use fabriciq.
eventstream-cli
Owns Fabric Eventstream items end to end: sources, operators, destinations, routing, retention, throughput and connection strings, plus read-only topology checks. Pick it for anything that names an Eventstream, creating and listing included. Where the rows finally land is eventhouse-cli.
skillopt-sleep
Reference-only OpenClaw adaptation of SkillOpt-Sleep. Use it to study or port the contributed DeepSeek wrapper, not as a ready-to-run installation.
tom-operations
Guide for working with the TOM (Tabular Object Model) wrapper. Use this when modifying semantic models programmatically.