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Microsoft Skills

Microsoft Skills is a framework that RepoRadar is tracking in its Agent Frameworks section, currently rated Silver tier with a 'watch' verdict. Its strongest signal is workflow potential, scored 9.2 out of 10.

Score8.4
Popularity88.0
Riskconditional
TierSilver
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty7.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity7.9
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.2
Setup ease6.4

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for teams standardizing agent capabilities across prompts, services, and tool actions without inventing conventions for every app.

Who should use it

Microsoft ecosystem teams enterprise teams with governance requirements builders creating reusable skill packs

Who should skip it

Pass on Microsoft Skills if its scope or audience does not match what your team is building right now.

About this signal

Microsoft Skills is tracked by RepoRadar as a framework in the Agent Frameworks section. First seen 2026-06-17; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-17. The current verdict is 'watch' with a Silver tier and moderate setup difficulty. Across RepoRadar's eight signals, Microsoft Skills is strongest on workflow potential (9.2) and open-source/build quality (8.4) and weakest on setup ease (6.4) — a profile worth weighing against your own priorities. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The Microsoft Skills record combines a 8.4/10 composite score with separate popularity (88.0), risk (conditional), and setup (moderate) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to vet an AI agent or MCP server before you wire it in for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Official examples may assume Azure-linked permissions and account contexts; verify least-privilege before adapting.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
agent-framework skills microsoft reference mcp agent-patterns
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T20:20:15Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

48 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-17 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.4 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum9.3 current · +2.3 net
GitHub stars (observed)2,892 current · +155 net
GitHub stars2,892 exact observation
VersionNot reported by source
Last releaseNot reported by source
Maintenanceactive
Current riskconditional
Current verdictwatch
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineMicrosoft Azure, Model Context Protocol

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.49.32,892conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-128.49.32,882conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-118.49.32,874conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-108.49.32,873conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-098.49.32,870conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-088.49.32,868conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-078.49.32,855conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-068.47.0Not recordedconditionalwatchnot recorded
2026-08-058.47.0Not recordedconditionalwatchnot recorded
2026-08-048.49.32,855conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-038.49.32,855conditionalwatchactive
2026-08-028.49.32,851conditionalwatchactive

Why the record changed

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Source-observed stars changed: 2828 → 2830. This reports the retained observation delta and does not infer why the upstream change occurred.