azure-devops SKILL.md skillA
azure-devops from microsoftdocs/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-devops@git:20261005.ba74e8fPins git:20261005.ba74e8f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoftdocs/agent-skills
- Path
skills/azure-devops/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 9
- Latest version
- git:20261005.ba74e8f, committed Oct 5, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 3, 2026
- Size
- 48,583 bytes
- Repository stars
- 803
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Expert knowledge for Azure DevOps development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when managing org/projects, repos, pipelines, work items, dashboards/analytics, or Azure DevOps Server deployments, and other Azure DevOps related development tasks. Not for Azure Boards (use azure-boards), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure Repos…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Azure DevOps Skill This skill provides expert guidance for Azure DevOps. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities. ## How to Use This Skill > **IMPORTANT for Agent**: Use the **Category Index** below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., `L35-L120`), use `read_file` with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., `[security.md](security.md)`), use `read_file` on the linked reference file > **IMPORTANT for Agent**: If `metadata.generated_at` is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If `mcp_microsoftdocs` tools are not available, suggest the user install it: [Installation Guide](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp/blob/main/README.md) This skill requires **network access** to fetch documentation content: - **Preferred**: Use `mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch` with query string `from=learn-agent-skill`. Returns Markdown. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-devops@sha256:a8631f4e28b34910The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.ba74e8f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bt4zqxtexup4tzat)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 9 versions of this file, between Aug 3, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 8 days.
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| git:20261005.ba74e8f latest | 2026-10-05 | ba74e8f | 48,583 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260928.326540f | 2026-09-28 | 326540f | 48,578 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.1e593dd | 2026-09-22 | 1e593dd | 48,404 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260914.d5ad464 | 2026-09-14 | d5ad464 | 48,398 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.90ec55f | 2026-09-07 | 90ec55f | 48,192 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.9fc50b0 | 2026-08-31 | 9fc50b0 | 48,421 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260817.c579bb4 | 2026-08-17 | c579bb4 | 47,954 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260810.54b4e19 | 2026-08-10 | 54b4e19 | 48,591 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260803.baf3ca1 | 2026-08-03 | baf3ca1 | 48,243 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (48583 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
microsoftdocs/agent-skills · 803 stars · license CC-BY-4.0 · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bt4zqxtexup4tzat GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoftdocs/agent-skills/azure-devops GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a8631f4e28b34910240d67f9ea40633e8929b7f3adc10a15242b9ae9a41f6c48
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