Copilot SDK

by microsoft

Copilot SDK is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in skills.

2.9K stars331 forkson microsoft/skillsAdded 2026/08/17+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/14

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Install Copilot SDK

Copy Copilot SDK into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/skills/copilot-sdk ~/.claude/skills/copilot-sdk

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/microsoft/skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .github/skills/copilot-sdk/SKILL.md in microsoft/skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/copilot-sdk
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Copilot SDK does

Copilot SDK builds applications powered by GitHub Copilot across Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET. Use it for programmatic Copilot integrations with session management, custom tools, streaming, hooks, MCP servers, and BYOK.

Copilot SDK is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Copilot SDK comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agents, azure, foundry and mcp.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

GitHub Copilot SDK

Build applications that programmatically interact with GitHub Copilot. The SDK wraps the Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC, providing session management, custom tools, hooks, MCP server integration, and streaming across Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET.

Prerequisites

GitHub Copilot CLI installed and authenticated (copilot --version)
GitHub Copilot subscription (Individual, Business, or Enterprise) — not required for BYOK
Runtime: Node.js 18+ / Python 3.8+ / Go 1.21+ / .NET 8.0+

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Copilot SDK

What else does microsoft publish alongside Copilot SDK?
Copilot SDK is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from microsoft/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Application Insights Web, Azure AI Agents Persistent .NET and Azure AI Document Intelligence .NET. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Copilot SDK does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/skills page.
How does Copilot SDK compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Copilot SDK ranks #711 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Copilot SDK against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.