skills

MCP server by microsoft · ★ 3.1k · updated today

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Skills, MCP servers, Custom Agents, Agents.md for SDKs to ground Coding Agents

Install skills

Choose your AI client and copy the config.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json — macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Then restart Claude.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "skills",
        "add",
        "microsoft/skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to Cursor

Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skills": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "skills",
        "add",
        "microsoft/skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install in VS Code

Or add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "servers": {
    "skills": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "skills",
        "add",
        "microsoft/skills"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add skills -- npx skills add microsoft/skills

Run the server directly:

npx skills add microsoft/skills

Before you install: Install command taken from the project README. The README mentions API keys or tokens — you'll likely need to add them as environment variables ("env") in the config.

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