# Azure Boards (agent 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.

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).

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills |
| Skill path | skills/azure-boards/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | azure-boards |
| GitHub stars | 775 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Skills in repo | 1 |
| Plugin marketplace | microsoft-agent-skills |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | DevOps & cloud |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |

## 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.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

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

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
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
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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