KQL

by microsoft

KQL is a Data skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in skills.

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Install KQL

Copy KQL 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/kql ~/.claude/skills/kql

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/kql/SKILL.md in microsoft/skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/kql
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Data — 668 skills

What KQL does

KQL provides language expertise for writing, debugging, and reviewing Kusto Query Language queries. It covers syntax gotchas, joins, dynamic types, datetime pitfalls, regex, serialization, and advanced functions to prevent common errors and retry cascades.

KQL is cataloged under Data on DirSkills. KQL comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agents, azure, foundry and mcp.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

KQL Mastery

Try it yourself: All ✅ examples in this skill can be run against the public help cluster: https://help.kusto.windows.net, database Samples (contains StormEvents, SimpleGraph_Nodes/Edges, nyc_taxi, and more).

1. KQL Basics

Kusto Query Language (KQL) is a pipe-forward query language for exploring data. It is the native query language for Azure Data Explorer (ADX), Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence (EventHouse), Azure Monitor Log Analytics, Microsoft Sentinel, and other Microsoft data services.

Pipe-forward syntax

KQL queries are a chain of operators separated by |. Data flows left to right:

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

Frequently asked about KQL

What else does microsoft publish alongside KQL?
KQL 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 KQL does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/skills page.
How does KQL compare to other Data skills?
KQL ranks #278 by stars among the 668 Data skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark Methodology, Jupyter Notebook and Solana. 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 KQL against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.