Prepare

microsoft/prepare

18k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

1352

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill prepare

66 408 bytes besides the instruction

references/deploy-strategy.md

references/mcp-tools.md

references/naming-patterns.md

references/prepare-schemas.ts

references/pricing-guide-services.md

references/pricing-guide.md

references/service-mapping.md

references/sku-matrix.md

references/sku-quota-validation.md

references/subagent-pricing.md

references/subagent-quota.md

references/validation-rubric.md

same content, different owner

microsoft/azure-skills open on GitHub →

microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure open on GitHub →

Copy the folder

Take microsoft/prepare from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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.