Nori Workflow

by microsoft

Nori Workflow is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in FluidFramework.

4.9K stars583 forkson microsoft/FluidFrameworkAdded 2026/07/19Repository updated 2026/08/06

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Install Nori Workflow

Copy Nori Workflow 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/FluidFramework/tree/main/.agency/plugins/nori/skills/starting-nori ~/.claude/skills/starting-nori

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/FluidFramework.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .agency/plugins/nori/skills/starting-nori/SKILL.md in microsoft/FluidFramework
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/starting-nori
Collection: One of 31 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 3670 skills

What Nori Workflow does

Defines a structured workflow for AI coding agents: checks for protected branches, sets operating modes (full-send or copilot), enforces research, planning, TDD, documentation, and strict coding guidelines.

Nori Workflow is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Nori Workflow comes from a repository tagged collaboration, crdt, datastructure, distributed and fluid.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

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

Frequently asked about Nori Workflow

What else does microsoft publish alongside Nori Workflow?
Nori Workflow is one of 31 skills that DirSkills catalogs from microsoft/FluidFramework, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Changes Review, Brainstorming and Building UI/UX. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Nori Workflow does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/FluidFramework page.
How does Nori Workflow compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Nori Workflow ranks #509 by stars among the 3670 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 Nori Workflow against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.