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Official agent skill

Create Al Project

by microsoft in microsoft/AL

Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code.

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Install Create Al Project

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/AL --skill create-al-project -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/AL create-al-project --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/AL.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/create-al-project .claude/skills/create-al-project && 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
create-al-project
GitHub stars
884
Token cost
~183 tokens
SKILL.md length
81 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code.

  • Works in 7 steps: Invoke verify-prerelease-altool. → Create the project under… → Write app.json with a new GUID, name,… → …
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Create Al Project is an agent skill from microsoft/AL, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code.

Its SKILL.md is about 180 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Visual Studio Code. The repository describes itself as: Home of the Dynamics 365 Business Central AL Language extension for Visual Studio Code. Used to track issues regarding the latest version of the AL compiler and developer tools… The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “Use the create-al-project skill to create the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code”
  • “/create-al-project”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Invoke verify-prerelease-altool.
  2. Create the project under $env:RUNNER_TEMP, never inside the repository checkout.
  3. Write app.json with a new GUID, name, publisher, version, target, runtime, and the smallest ID
  4. Add platform, application, and dependencies only when the scenario needs them.
  5. Add only the AL source and analyzer settings required by the reported steps.
  6. If symbol references exist, invoke download-al-symbols.
  7. Compile with compile-al-app.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 872adad. 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

Create Al Project loads about 183 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 28 tokens; SKILL.md has 81 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~28
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~183

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/AL at commit 872adad, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 81 words, ~183 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/create-al-project/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
create-al-project
description
Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code.
argument-hint
<project-name>
  1. Invoke verify-prerelease-altool.
  2. Create the project under $env:RUNNER_TEMP, never inside the repository checkout.
  3. Write app.json with a new GUID, name, publisher, version, target, runtime, and the smallest ID range needed by the report.
  4. Add platform, application, and dependencies only when the scenario needs them.
  5. Add only the AL source and analyzer settings required by the reported steps.
  6. If symbol references exist, invoke download-al-symbols.
  7. Compile with compile-al-app.

Do not launch VS Code or invoke AL: Go!.

© 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

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/create-al-project of microsoft/AL.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 872adad

Compare with similar skills

Create Al Project next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Microsoft Skill CreatorMicrosoftDocs/mcp1.9k3 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0
Evals Contextzgsm-ai/costrict4.4k1 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Ketch1broseidon/ketch7001 repos~3.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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  • Publish Al App

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  • Run Al Code Analysis

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  • Run Al MCP Tool

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  • Run Al Tests

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  • Compile Al App

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Works with

Questions about Create Al Project

What does Create Al Project do?

Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code. Create Al Project is an agent skill from microsoft/AL, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Creates the smallest temporary AL project needed to reproduce a public issue without VS Code.

How do I install Create Al Project in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Create Al Project in Codex?

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

Can I use Create Al Project 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/AL --skill create-al-project -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-al-project, .gemini/skills/create-al-project, .github/skills/create-al-project and .opencode/skills/create-al-project in your project.

What does Create Al Project need to run?

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

Does Create Al Project 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 Create Al Project 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 Create Al Project use?

Create Al Project 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 Create Al Project use?

About 183 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 732 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Create Al Project?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Al Project: Agent Browser CLI (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Electron App Automation (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Microsoft Skill Creator (MicrosoftDocs/mcp, 1.9k stars) and Evals Context (zgsm-ai/costrict, 4.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Al Project?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/AL, which has 884 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 16, 2026.

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