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AI EngineeringTypeScript

Using Skills

by microsoft

Using Skills 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
collaborationcrdtdatastructuredistributedfluidfluid-frameworkmicrosoftrealtime
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Install Using Skills
Copy Using Skills 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/using-skills ~/.claude/skills/using-skills

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/using-skills/SKILL.md in microsoft/FluidFramework
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/using-skills
Collection
One of 31 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering3670 skills

What Using Skills does

Provides instructions for effectively using skills in Claude Code, including how to read, announce, and apply skill workflows. Use this meta-skill before any conversation to ensure proper skill usage.

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

Documentation

README

  1. Use Read tool to read the skill.
  2. If the skill is relevant, announce you are using the skill.
  3. Create TodoWrite todos for checklists.

Common Failure Modes: AVOID

  1. Don't rationalize. Always read the current skill.

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

Frequently asked about Using Skills

  • What else does microsoft publish alongside Using Skills?

    Using Skills 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 Using Skills does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/FluidFramework page.

  • How does Using Skills compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    Using Skills ranks #510 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 Using Skills against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

More from microsoft/FluidFramework

Using Skills is one of 31 skills cataloged on DirSkills from microsoft/FluidFramework.

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