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cosmosdb-nosql-query-generation

Generate, explain, edit, and fix Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL (SQL API) queries. Use whenever you need to produce a syntactically correct, safe Cosmos DB NoSQL query — for example when the user asks to generate, write, edit, fix, or explain a Cosmos DB NoSQL query. Provides the NoSQL dialect rules, safety rules, and few-shot examples. Covers SELECT/VALUE/DISTINCT/TOP, array-unwind JOINs, subqueries, WHERE/BETWEEN/IN/LIKE, GROUP BY and aggregates, ORDER BY and ORDER BY RANK, OFFSET/LIMIT, the full built-in function reference, and how Cosmos DB NoSQL differs from T-SQL / PostgreSQL / MySQL.

Databases

cosmosdb-nosql-query-editor

Drive the active Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL Query Editor in VS Code from natural language. Use whenever the user asks in natural language to show / find / list / count / filter data "in this container", "in my container", or in the active Cosmos DB Query Editor (for example: "show me all trucks in this container", "find active users", "count documents by type"), or to generate, edit, or explain a query for the active editor. This skill orchestrates the VS Code Language Model tools that read editor context, sample the container schema, apply a query, and run it; it delegates all Cosmos DB NoSQL

Cloud Platforms

cosmosdb-best-practices

Azure Cosmos DB performance optimization and best practices guidelines for NoSQL, partitioning, queries, and SDK usage. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code that interacts with Azure Cosmos DB, designing data models, optimizing queries, or implementing high-performance database operations.

Databases

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.

Developer Tools

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.

Developer Tools

accessibility-aria-expert

Detects and fixes accessibility issues in React/Fluent UI webviews. Use when reviewing code for screen reader compatibility, fixing ARIA labels, ensuring keyboard navigation, adding live regions for status messages, or managing focus in dialogs.

UI Design

troubleshoot

Investigate unexpected chat agent behavior by analyzing direct debug logs in JSONL files. Use when users ask why something happened, why a request was slow, why tools or subagents were used or skipped, or why instructions/skills/agents did not load.

AI Agents

project-setup-info-local

Comprehensive setup steps to help the user create complete project structures in a VS Code workspace; this tool is designed for full project initialization and scaffolding, not for creating individual files. When to use this tool: user wants to create a new complete project from scratch; setting up entire project frameworks (TypeScript projects, React apps, Node.js servers, etc.); initializing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with full structure; creating VS Code extensions with proper scaffolding; setting up Next.js, Vite, or other framework-based projects; user asks for "new project", "c

AI Agents

project-setup-info-context7

Comprehensive setup steps to help the user create complete project structures in a VS Code workspace. This tool is designed for full project initialization and scaffolding, not for creating individual files. When to use this tool: when the user wants to create a new complete project from scratch; when setting up entire project frameworks (TypeScript projects, React apps, Node.js servers, etc.); when initializing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with full structure; when creating VS Code extensions with proper scaffolding; when setting up Next.js, Vite, or other framework-based projects; wh

AI Agents

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.

Developer Tools

get-search-view-results

Get the current search results from the Search view in VS Code

Developer Tools

agent-customization

**WORKFLOW SKILL** — Create, update, review, fix, or debug VS Code agent customization files (.instructions.md, .prompt.md, .agent.md, SKILL.md, copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md). USE FOR: saving coding preferences; troubleshooting why instructions/skills/agents are ignored or not invoked; configuring applyTo patterns; defining tool restrictions; creating custom agent modes or specialized workflows; packaging domain knowledge; fixing YAML frontmatter syntax. DO NOT USE FOR: general coding questions (use default agent); runtime debugging or error diagnosis; MCP server configuration (use MCP d

AI Agents

launch

Launch and automate VS Code Insiders with the Copilot Chat extension using agent-browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol. Use when you need to interact with the VS Code UI, automate the chat panel, test the extension UI, or take screenshots. Triggers include 'automate VS Code', 'interact with chat', 'test the UI', 'take a screenshot', 'launch with debugging'.

AI Agents

anthropic-sdk-upgrader

Use this agent when the user needs to upgrade Anthropic SDK packages. This includes: upgrading @anthropic-ai/sdk or @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk to newer versions, migrating between SDK versions, resolving SDK-related dependency conflicts, updating SDK types and interfaces, or asking about SDK upgrade procedures. Examples: 'Upgrade the Anthropic SDK to the latest version', 'Help me migrate to the latest claude-agent-sdk', 'What's the process for upgrading Anthropic packages?'

Backend

msresearch-promptions

Promptions — Microsoft Research's dynamic prompt middleware that turns a user's prompt into ephemeral UI controls (sliders, toggles, selects) they can adjust and replay to steer model output without rewriting instructions. Use for integrating Promptions, designing control schemas, rendering controls in React/Fluent UI, or showcasing the hosted ImageGen Workbench demo (the recommended first-look) or the self-hosted `promptions-chat` reference app.

AI Agents

msresearch-mattergen

MatterGen workflows for property-conditioned inorganic crystal generation, MatterSim triage, adapter fine-tuning, and Azure AI Foundry hosted deployment. Use when users ask about MatterGen, materials discovery, crystal generation, property-conditioned diffusion (bulk modulus, band gap, magnetic density, HHI), MatterSim evaluation, or Azure AI Foundry materials deployment.

Cloud Platforms

msresearch-dayhoff

Microsoft Research's Dayhoff — generates novel protein sequences and scores variants using hybrid Mamba+Transformer models trained on the 3.34B-sequence Dayhoff Atlas. Use when users mention Dayhoff by name, want to generate protein sequences from scratch or from a prompt, score mutations / variants / fitness without experimental data, design sequences in a protein family from homologs, scaffold sequences around a motif, or are setting up / running / troubleshooting the Dayhoff prototype locally.

AI Agents

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.

Developer Tools

msresearch-aurora

Aurora — Microsoft's foundation model for the Earth system. Use this skill for both inference (regional weather/climate forecasting, Norway example, ERA5/CDS data, wind/temperature/pressure mapping) and fine-tuning Aurora on new variables, regions, or domains (training, evaluation, checkpoint extension, gradient/loss debugging). Triggers on Aurora, Microsoft Aurora, foundation models for Earth systems, ERA5/CDS/NetCDF weather data, weather forecast validation, and adapting Aurora to new use cases.

Testing

review-vcpkg-prs-today

Review open non-draft microsoft/vcpkg pull requests updated in the last 30 days. Use when asked for batch triage, per-PR review reports, an index grouped by verdict, or grouping competing PRs that modify the same port.

Testing

review-vcpkg-pr

Review a microsoft/vcpkg pull request end-to-end.

Testing

fetch-vcpkg-ci-logs

Fetch vcpkg Azure DevOps metadata, failed-step logs, and selected artifacts. Use for acquiring CI evidence, not diagnosing or reporting regressions; use analyze-ci-failures for those tasks. Skip when supplied logs are sufficient.

Cloud Platforms

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.

Developer Tools

analyze-ci-failures

Analyze collected vcpkg CI failure evidence, classify regressions and known failures, identify root causes, recommend actions, and generate a report by package and triplet. USE FOR: explicit requests for CI regression triage, a failure inventory, baseline classification, action recommendations, or a formal CI failure report. DO NOT USE FOR: fetching logs as the final output, targeted debugging of one failure, answering a one-off question about logs the user pasted or pointed at, general coding, creating ports, or modifying portfiles. When requested analysis lacks local evidence, run fetch-vcpk

Cloud Platforms

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.

Developer Tools