Install Atk Agent Skill

> Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension. "install the toolkit", "setup atk", "get atk", "install atk cli", "install atk extension", "install atk vsix", "update the vs code extension", "install latest atk", "upgrade atk"

669 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

960

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/work-iq --skill install-atk

The instruction itself

9 sections, as written by the author

Install ATK

Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and/or VS Code extension.

Telemetry Tagging

Before running any atk CLI commands, set the session environment variable so all CLI invocations are tagged as skill-initiated:

export ATK_CLI_SKILL=true

Run this once at the start of the session. All subsequent atk commands in the same terminal will inherit it.

Triggers

This skill activates when the user asks to:

Install or update ATK / Agents Toolkit / the toolkit
Install or update the ATK CLI
Install or update the ATK VS Code extension / VSIX
Set up ATK / get started with ATK

Behavior

ATK CLI commands use npx -y --package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli atk which automatically downloads and runs the latest version — no global installation is needed.

When triggered, determine what the user wants:

| User intent | Action |

|-------------|--------|

| Install/update everything or just "ATK" | Verify CLI works + install VSIX |

| Install/update CLI only | Verify CLI works (npx handles it automatically) |

| Install/update extension / VSIX only | Install VSIX only |

| Ambiguous | Verify CLI works + install VSIX |

Commands

Step 1: Verify ATK CLI works

npx -y --package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli atk --version

If this succeeds (prints a version): ATK CLI is available. The npx prefix automatically downloads the latest package on first use and caches it for subsequent runs.
If this fails: Check that Node.js 18+ and npm are installed. The npx command requires a working Node.js environment.

Step 2: ATK VS Code Extension (if requested)

code --install-extension TeamsDevApp.ms-teams-vscode-extension

Execution

Verify ATK CLI works by running npx -y --package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli atk --version
Report the result (version number / failure)
Install VS Code extension if requested
Explain that all ATK commands use the npx -y --package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli atk prefix — no global install needed

Safety Rules

MUST NOT skip errors — report failures clearly to the user
MUST use the exact package names and extension IDs above — do not substitute with other names or links

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take microsoft/work-iq-install-atk 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.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference npx. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.