win-dev-skills

Agent plugins for building Windows apps with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and more.

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Multi-agent — Targets three or more agents

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9 skills (9 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
37 forks (37 forks)
2d ago last update (Last updated 2d ago)

Install

Skills CLI

npx skills add microsoft/win-dev-skills

Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add microsoft/win-dev-skills --skill pr-review — add -g for every project.

Claude Code

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/win-dev-skillscp -r "win-dev-skills/.github/skills/pr-review" ~/.claude/skills/

Copies the pr-review skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.

Plugin

/plugin marketplace add microsoft/win-dev-skills

Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.

Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.

What it does

Filter skills

In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.

pr-review

Multi-dimensional review of a PR or feature branch in microsoft/win-dev-skills. Activate on "review my PR / changes / branch", "vet before pushing", "PR review", "is this ready to merge". Fans out parallel sub-agents over skill content, the skill-vs-tool boundary (solution hierarchy), tool correctness, payload/provenance/tests, docs & manifest sync, plus a multi-model cross-check. Reports finding…
.github/skills/pr-review/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-code-review

Code quality review for WinUI 3 apps — MVVM compliance, x:Bind correctness, accessibility, theming, security, and performance. Use before committing to catch issues that the compiler and UI tests won't find.
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-code-review/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-design

Use when designing, reviewing, or fixing WinUI 3: sample and control discovery with winapp find-ui, layout planning, control choice, Fluent Design alignment, Light/Dark/High Contrast theming, typography, spacing, brushes, accessibility, and XAML data-binding design. Load before authoring new XAML, reviewing UI PRs, migrating desktop UI to WinUI, or choosing between WinUI controls/patterns. Also u…
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-design/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-dev-workflow

Build and run workflow for WinUI 3 apps with WinApp CLI 0.6+ — project creation with winapp new, project-mode winapp run, BuildAndRun.ps1 analyzer integration, crash diagnosis, and prerequisites. Use when creating, building, running, or fixing build errors in a WinUI 3 project.
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-dev-workflow/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-packaging

MSIX packaging, code signing, and distribution for WinUI 3 apps — build for release, certificate generation (winapp cert generate), certificate trust, code signing (winapp sign), self-contained deployment, CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and Microsoft Store submission. Use when preparing for release, creating MSIX installers, managing certificates, setting up CI/CD packaging, or publishing to the Micr…
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-packaging/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-session-report

Analyze the current or a recent agent session (GitHub Copilot CLI or Claude Code) and generate a diagnostic report. Use only when the user explicitly asks for session feedback, agent debugging, or a review of what happened during a build session. Do not inspect session data automatically.
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-session-report/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-setup

Install and verify the prerequisites the win-dev-skills WinUI 3 toolchain depends on — .NET SDK 8.0.100+, WinApp CLI 0.6+, and Developer Mode. Use only when the user explicitly asks to set up or repair the toolchain. Do not invoke automatically when another skill reports a missing prerequisite; tell the user what is missing and ask them to invoke this skill.
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-setup/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-ui-testing

Automated UI testing for Windows desktop apps — generate a batch test script with the `winapp ui` UI Automation harness, run all tests in one pass, read results. Covers element assertions, interactions, value checking (TextBox, ComboBox, ToggleSwitch), keyboard shortcuts and typing (send-keys), hover, drag-and-drop, touch and pen input, file pickers, flyouts, dialogs, persistence, accessibility a…
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-ui-testing/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
winui-wpf-migration

Migrate WPF applications to WinUI 3 — namespace replacement (System.Windows → Microsoft.UI.Xaml), control mapping (DataGrid→ListView, WrapPanel→ItemsRepeater, TabControl→TabView), threading (Dispatcher→DispatcherQueue), imaging (System.Drawing→BitmapImage), MVVM conversion to CommunityToolkit.Mvvm, and DynamicResource→ThemeResource. Use when converting WPF code, replacing WPF namespaces, or fixin…
plugins/winui/agent-plugin/skills/winui-wpf-migration/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Review before you install

A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.

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