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Azure Boards

Azure Boards is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills. Expert knowledge for Azure Boards development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 775 GitHub stars.

github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/skills/azure-boards (opens in a new tab)

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills
/plugin install azure-agent-skills@microsoft-agent-skills

In the Claude apps, zip the azure-boards folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git
cp -r Agent-Skills/skills/azure-boards .agents/skills/azure-boards   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills.git
cp -r Agent-Skills/skills/azure-boards .cursor/skills/azure-boards   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Expert knowledge for Azure Boards development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when managing work items, Agile/Scrum processes, WIQL queries, Excel/Office integrations, or GitHub links, and other Azure Boards related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure Repos (use azure-repos), Azure Test Plans (use azure-test-plans).

When it triggers

  • Use when managing work items, Agile/Scrum processes, WIQL queries, Excel/Office integrations, or GitHub links, and other Azure Boards related development tasks.

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FAQ

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What is the Azure Boards skill?

Azure Boards is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills. Expert knowledge for Azure Boards development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, limits & quotas, security, configuration, and integrations & coding patterns. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 775 GitHub stars. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills/skills/azure-boards.

How do I install the Azure Boards skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills and then /plugin install azure-agent-skills@microsoft-agent-skills. For Codex or Cursor, copy the azure-boards folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Azure Boards skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the CC-BY-4.0 license.

Is Azure Boards maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 5, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.