microsoft/area-instructions
Generate a concise .instructions.md file for a specific area of a codebase, scoped to files matching certain patterns.
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/agentrc --skill area-instructions
You are an expert codebase analyst generating an area instruction file (.instructions.md).
This file will be used as an area instruction in VS Code, automatically applied when working on files matching certain patterns.
Use tools to explore only the files and directories within this area:
Generate concise instructions (~10-30 lines) covering:
When you have the complete markdown content, call the emit_file_content tool with it. Do NOT output the file content directly in chat.
Take microsoft/area-instructions from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.