Official agent skill

Agentic Workflows

by microsoft in microsoft/testfx

Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts.

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Install Agentic Workflows

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/testfx --skill agentic-workflows -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/testfx agentic-workflows --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/testfx.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/agentic-workflows .claude/skills/agentic-workflows && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
agentic-workflows
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
406 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
54
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts.

  • SKILL.md covers Repository runtime contracts and Upstream routing
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Agentic Workflows is an agent skill from microsoft/testfx, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/runtime-contracts.md`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: This repository holds the source code of Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP), a lightweight alternative to VSTest, as well as MSTest adapter and framework. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/agentic-workflows”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7226b0c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Agentic Workflows loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 406 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from microsoft/testfx at commit 7226b0c, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 406 words, ~1,433 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
agentic-workflows
description
Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts.

Agentic Workflows Router

Use this skill when a user asks to design, create, update, debug, or upgrade GitHub Agentic Workflows in this repository.

This skill is a dispatcher: identify the task type, load the matching workflow prompt/skill file, and follow it directly. Keep responses concise and ask a clarifying question if the correct prompt is unclear.

Repository overlay (optional):

  • If .github/aw/instructions.md exists, load it with @.github/aw/instructions.md after loading the matched prompt/skill.
  • Precedence: repository overlay instructions override upstream defaults when they conflict.

Repository runtime contracts

For workflow design, creation, updates, or runtime debugging, also load references/runtime-contracts.md. Before editing, map each trigger through trusted pre-agent work, agent sandbox execution, queued safe-output application, and later reconciliation. Check the actual tool, credential, network, source/artifact identity, and output timing in each phase.

Strict compilation and action-pin auditing remain required for workflow source changes; neither proves runtime semantics. Use the reference's path matrix to check normal, empty, partial, failure, and manual-trigger behavior. Keep changes scoped to the requested workflow; do not expand privileges or upgrade the toolchain to paper over a runtime failure.

Upstream routing

Read only the files you need: Load these files from github/gh-aw (they are not available locally).

  • .github/aw/action-container-substitutions.md
  • .github/aw/agent-runtime-instructions.md
  • .github/aw/agentic-chat.md
  • .github/aw/agentic-workflows-mcp.md
  • .github/aw/asciicharts.md
  • .github/aw/campaign.md
  • .github/aw/charts-trending.md
  • .github/aw/charts.md
  • .github/aw/cli-commands.md
  • .github/aw/compat.md
  • .github/aw/configure-agentic-engine.md
  • .github/aw/context.md
  • .github/aw/create-agentic-workflow-trigger-details.md
  • .github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/dependabot.md
  • .github/aw/deployment-status.md
  • .github/aw/designer-mappings.md
  • .github/aw/designer.md
  • .github/aw/drive-memory.md
  • .github/aw/enclaves.md
  • .github/aw/evals.md
  • .github/aw/experiments.md
  • .github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md
  • .github/aw/github-mcp-server-pagination.md
  • .github/aw/github-mcp-server-tools.md
  • .github/aw/github-mcp-server.md
  • .github/aw/instructions.md
  • .github/aw/intent.md
  • .github/aw/jobs.md
  • .github/aw/linter-workflows.md
  • .github/aw/llms.md
  • .github/aw/loop.md
  • .github/aw/lsp.md
  • .github/aw/maintainer.md
  • .github/aw/mcp-clis.md
  • .github/aw/memory-stateful-patterns.md
  • .github/aw/memory.md
  • .github/aw/messages.md
  • .github/aw/multi-agent-research.md
  • .github/aw/network.md
  • .github/aw/optimize-agentic-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/patterns.md
  • .github/aw/playwright.md
  • .github/aw/pr-reviewer.md
  • .github/aw/release-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/report.md
  • .github/aw/reuse.md
  • .github/aw/safe-outputs-automation.md
  • .github/aw/safe-outputs-content.md
  • .github/aw/safe-outputs-management.md
  • .github/aw/safe-outputs-runtime.md
  • .github/aw/safe-outputs.md
  • .github/aw/serena-tool.md
  • .github/aw/shared-safe-jobs.md
  • .github/aw/skills.md
  • .github/aw/subagents.md
  • .github/aw/syntax-agentic.md
  • .github/aw/syntax-core.md
  • .github/aw/syntax-engine.md
  • .github/aw/syntax-tools-imports.md
  • .github/aw/syntax.md
  • .github/aw/test-coverage.md
  • .github/aw/test-expression.md
  • .github/aw/token-optimization-caching-budgets.md
  • .github/aw/token-optimization-observability.md
  • .github/aw/token-optimization.md
  • .github/aw/triggers.md
  • .github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md
  • .github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md
  • .github/aw/visual-regression.md
  • .github/aw/work-queue.md
  • .github/aw/workflow-constraints.md
  • .github/aw/workflow-editing.md
  • .github/aw/workflow-patterns.md
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After loading the matching workflow prompt or skill, follow it directly:

  • Design workflows from scratch via interview: .github/aw/designer.md
  • Create new workflows: .github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md
  • Configure or add declarative engines: .github/aw/configure-agentic-engine.md
  • Update existing workflows: .github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md
  • Debug, audit, or investigate workflows: .github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md
  • Upgrade workflows and fix deprecations: .github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md
  • Create shared components or MCP wrappers: .github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md
  • Create report-generating workflows: .github/aw/report.md
  • Fix Dependabot manifest PRs: .github/aw/dependabot.md
  • Analyze coverage workflows: .github/aw/test-coverage.md
  • Render compact markdown charts: .github/aw/asciicharts.md
  • Map CLI commands to MCP usage: .github/aw/cli-commands.md
  • Choose workflow architecture and patterns: .github/aw/patterns.md
  • Optimize token usage and cost: .github/aw/token-optimization.md
  • Design long-running multi-agent research workflows: .github/aw/multi-agent-research.md
  • Add skills or agent plugins requested by the user (skills: / plugins: frontmatter, never on-the-fly installs): .github/aw/skills.md

When the task involves OTEL, OTLP, traces, observability backends, or telemetry-driven analysis, also read and follow skills/otel-queries/SKILL.md after loading the matching workflow prompt or skill.

© microsoft, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .github/skills/agentic-workflows of microsoft/testfx.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/runtime-contracts.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7226b0c

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Works with

Questions about Agentic Workflows

What does Agentic Workflows do?

Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts. Agentic Workflows is an agent skill from microsoft/testfx, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Route gh-aw workflow design/create/debug/upgrade requests and check runtime execution contracts.

How do I install Agentic Workflows in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/testfx --skill agentic-workflows -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/agentic-workflows in microsoft/testfx) into .claude/skills/agentic-workflows in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Agentic Workflows in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/testfx --skill agentic-workflows -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/agentic-workflows in microsoft/testfx) into .agents/skills/agentic-workflows in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Agentic Workflows in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add microsoft/testfx --skill agentic-workflows -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agentic-workflows, .gemini/skills/agentic-workflows, .github/skills/agentic-workflows and .opencode/skills/agentic-workflows in your project.

What does Agentic Workflows need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Agentic Workflows is instructions for the agent only.

Does Agentic Workflows access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Agentic Workflows safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Agentic Workflows use?

Agentic Workflows is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Agentic Workflows use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Agentic Workflows?

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Who maintains Agentic Workflows?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/testfx, which has 1,047 GitHub stars. The repository holds 54 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: microsoft/testfx on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.