The official FastAPI skill, bundled with the package, teaching agents to write code for the installed version
Skills and MCP servers for GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI assistant in the editor: code suggestions, chat and an agent mode. Supports MCP servers and extensions.
Download GitHub Copilot
Links checked
- Command lineGitHub (opens in a new tab)
- VS CodeVS Code Marketplace (opens in a new tab)
- JetBrains IDEsJetBrains Marketplace (opens in a new tab)
Official sources only: the developer site and app stores. No mirrors or third-party builds.
How to connect to GitHub Copilot
What the agent reads
- SKILL.md
- MCP
- AGENTS.md
Where skills go
- In the project folder
.github/skills/
Install with one command
The SkillFoxx CLI does not install into GitHub Copilot yet. Every entry page has manual steps.
Skills
All 126A frontend design skill with 23 commands, live browser iteration and 61 detector rules for common AI-generated UI tells
A skill that builds editable PPTX decks from PDF, DOCX, URLs and Markdown with native shapes, charts and animations
A skill that gathers the last 30 days of discussion on a topic from Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket and GitHub into one brief
A skill that draws editorial diagrams as standalone HTML and SVG files: architecture, flowcharts, ER, funnels and about forty more types
166 skills for scientific work: bioinformatics, cheminformatics, clinical data, geospatial analysis and 100+ databases
MCP servers
All 115Local context compression for agents: tool outputs, logs, files and RAG chunks shrink before reaching the LLM. Proxy, CLI, library and MCP
A long-term memory system for AI agents: the agent stores experience and facts, then retrieves them through a built-in MCP server
The Chrome DevTools team's official MCP server: the agent drives a live Chrome, reads network and console, and records performance traces
GitHub's official MCP server: code, issues, pull requests, Actions and security alerts straight from the agent
Local persistent memory for coding agents: hooks record every session, and Claude Code, Codex or Cursor recall past decisions through 54 MCP tools
The official draw.io MCP server: an agent builds diagrams from XML or Mermaid and opens them in the draw.io editor
CLI tools
All 92GitHub toolkit for spec-driven development: the specify CLI adds agent commands and skills to a project, from principles to implementation
skills (npx skills)
skills
A skill package manager: installs, finds, updates and removes SKILL.md packages from GitHub and other git hosts across many agents
The bd issue tracker with a dependency graph on Dolt: long-term memory and a work plan for agents instead of Markdown lists
Token and cost reports for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and other agents from local logs, by day, month and session
Playwright CLI
playwright-cli
Microsoft's official Playwright CLI with an agent skill: drive a browser through short commands without heavy MCP schemas
The GitHub Copilot terminal agent with access to repositories, issues and pull requests, plus MCP support
Plugins
All 66A skills library that gives coding agents a development process: brainstorming, planning, TDD, subagents and code review
A plugin from Every: a brainstorm, plan, build, review and capture loop so each next task gets easier
Official skills and agents from the .NET team: performance, MSBuild, NuGet, upgrades, testing, ASP.NET Core, Blazor and MAUI
Expo's official agent skills: building, deploying, updating and debugging Expo and EAS apps
Cloudflare's official agent skills: Workers, Durable Objects, wrangler, Pages, storage and an MCP server
Azure Skills
Azure Skills Plugin
Microsoft's official plugin: Azure skills plus the Azure MCP Server and Foundry MCP wired in for real cloud actions
Workflows
All 7Job search inside your coding agent: scores each listing against your CV from 1 to 5, tailors a PDF resume, drafts letters and tracks applications
Spec-driven development for coding agents: proposal, requirements, design and tasks come before any code
Agentic video studio for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: script, voiceover, images, stock footage, music, subtitles and render
A spec-driven development framework for coding agents: a discuss, plan, execute, verify and ship loop run in fresh contexts
A visual workflow builder for agents: draw a flow on a canvas and export it as skills and commands for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others
Ten AI agents in tmux panes: a manager hands tasks to seven workers, progress shows on a dashboard, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode supported
Prompts
The Chinese edition of agency-agents: hundreds of expert roles for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and other agents, including China-market roles
PnP Copilot Prompts
copilot-prompts
Sample prompts and agent instructions for Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot from the PnP community. Examples are demonstrations
In short
GitHub Copilot can be extended with various skills and MCP servers from the catalog to enhance coding, project management, and cloud integration tasks. Key types include skills for coding assistance like FastAPI skill, MCP servers such as GitHub MCP Server for repository data access, and CLI tools like GitHub Copilot CLI for terminal-based interactions. Plugins add structured development workflows and cloud platform capabilities.
FAQ
how to connect an MCP server to GitHub Copilot?
Use the GitHub MCP Server to provide direct access to code, issues, pull requests, and security alerts within GitHub Copilot. Connect it via the MCP protocol supported by the agent.
which skill is recommended for coding with FastAPI in GitHub Copilot?
The official FastAPI skill is bundled with the package and teaches the agent to write code for the installed FastAPI version.
are there official plugins for cloud integration with GitHub Copilot?
Yes, Microsoft’s Azure Skills plugin and Cloudflare Skills plugin provide official cloud platform capabilities and MCP servers for GitHub Copilot.