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microsoft/publish-extension

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tools

Publish your Command Palette extension to the Microsoft Store or WinGet. Use when asked to publish, distribute, release, deploy to store, create MSIX packages, submit to WinGet, set up CI/CD for releases, or automate builds with GitHub Actions.

microsoft/add-fallback-commands

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tools

Add fallback commands to your Command Palette extension for catch-all search behavior. Use when asked to add search functionality, query matching, direct input handling, calculator-style evaluation, URL opening, command execution, or results that appear when no other extension matches. Used by 14 of 20 built-in extensions.

microsoft/add-extension-settings

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tools

Add a settings page to your Command Palette extension. Use when asked to add settings, preferences, configuration options, toggles, text inputs, dropdowns, or user-customizable behavior. Covers ToggleSetting, TextSetting, ChoiceSetSetting, and persistence.

microsoft/add-dock-band

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tools

Add dock band support to your Command Palette extension for persistent toolbar widgets. Use when asked to add dock support, toolbar buttons, persistent UI widgets, taskbar integration, live-updating status displays, quick-access buttons, or always-visible controls. Supports single buttons, multi-button strips, and live-updating content.

microsoft/add-adaptive-card-form

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Create form-based UI for your Command Palette extension using Adaptive Cards. Use when asked to add forms, user input fields, toggle switches, text inputs, dropdown menus, data entry, surveys, configuration dialogs, or interactive content pages. Supports the Adaptive Cards Designer for visual form building.

microsoft/.github/skills/wpf-to-winui3-migration

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development

--- name: wpf-to-winui3-migration description: Guide for migrating PowerToys modules from WPF to WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK). Use when asked to migrate WPF code, convert WPF XAML to WinUI, replace System.Windows namespaces with Microsoft.UI.Xaml, update Dispatcher to DispatcherQueue, replace DynamicResource with ThemeResource, migrate imaging APIs from System.Windows.Media.Imaging to Windows.Graphics.Imaging, convert WPF Window to WinUI Window, migrate .resx to .resw resources, migrate custom Obse

microsoft/winmd-api-search

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development

Find and explore Windows desktop APIs. Use when building features that need platform capabilities — camera, file access, notifications, UI controls, AI/ML, sensors, networking, etc. Discovers the right API for a task and retrieves full type details (methods, properties, events, enumeration values).

microsoft/release-note-generation

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Toolkit for generating PowerToys release notes from GitHub milestone PRs or commit ranges. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare release documentation, request Copilot reviews for PRs, update README for a new release, manage PR milestones, or collect PRs between commits/tags. Supports PR collection by milestone or commit range, milestone assignment, grouping by label, summarization with external contributor attribution, and README version bumping.

microsoft/playwright-cli

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tools

Automate browser interactions, test web pages and work with Playwright tests.

microsoft/fast-bug-report

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business

Generate a bug report issue for the FAST repository using the provided template.

microsoft/build-and-test

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development

How to build and test .NET projects in the Agent Framework repository. Use this when verifying or testing changes.

microsoft/release-note-writer

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development

Guidelines for writing and reviewing Insiders and Stable release notes for Visual Studio Code.

microsoft/release-note-reviewer

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development

Review VS Code release notes for style, structure, and completeness. Use for reviewing Insiders or Stable release notes against writing guidelines. Produces an actionable list of recommendations.

microsoft/frontmatter-description

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development

Check and optimize MetaDescription frontmatter fields in VS Code documentation. Use when auditing, adding, or improving page descriptions for SEO and discoverability. Apply this when making content changes to markdown articles.

microsoft/docs-product-alignment

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development

Audit and update docs/copilot/ documentation to accurately reflect current VS Code AI capabilities. Use when: competitive analysis reveals gaps, product launches new features, docs use outdated framing, or keyword coverage needs strengthening for discoverability by users and AI agents. Produces a gap analysis plus targeted edits across affected files.

microsoft/content-redirect

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development

Create and manage redirects in VS Code documentation when pages are moved, renamed, or deleted. Use when moving docs pages, renaming files, restructuring content, or when the user asks about redirects.

microsoft/rushstack-best-practices

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development

Provides best practices and guidance for working with Rush monorepos. Use when the user is working in a Rush-based repository, asks about Rush commands (install, update, build, rebuild), needs help with project selection, dependency management, build caching, subspace configuration, or troubleshooting Rush-specific issues.

microsoft/csharp-spector-coverage-gaps

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Discovers and implements gaps in Spector test coverage for the C# HTTP client emitter. Use when asked to find missing Spector scenarios, add Spector test coverage, or implement a specific Spector spec for the C# emitter.

microsoft/worktree-manager

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development

Create and manage Git worktrees for parallel development workflows. Use when multiple self-contained issues should NOT be fixed in a single branch, when human-Copilot iteration requires isolated environments with separate chat history and commits, or when parallel work items need independent build/test results. Triggers on requests involving branch isolation, work item separation, parallel development, or avoiding messy branch switching.

microsoft/triage-meeting-prep

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development

Prepare weekly triage meeting summary for WinAppSDK Needs-Triage issues. Use when preparing for triage meetings, reviewing Needs-Triage issues, generating diff reports since last triage, summarizing new or updated issues, or creating action item recommendations. Triggers on requests involving triage preparation, Needs-Triage review, meeting summary, triage diff, or weekly issue analysis.