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Official agent skill

Install Atk

by microsoft in microsoft/work-iq

Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Install Atk

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill install-atk -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/work-iq install-atk --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/work-iq.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit/skills/install-atk .claude/skills/install-atk && 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
install-atk
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~668 tokens
SKILL.md length
298 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension.

  • Works in 2 steps: Verify ATK CLI works → ATK VS Code Extension (if requested)
  • SKILL.md covers Telemetry Tagging, Triggers, Behavior and Commands, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls npx

What it does

Install Atk is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension. Triggers: "install atk", "update atk", "install agents toolkit", "update agents toolkit", "install the toolkit", "setup atk", "get atk", "install atk cli", "install atk extension", "install atk vsix", "update the vs code extension", "install latest atk", "upgrade atk"

Its SKILL.md is about 670 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 and Microsoft 365. The repository describes itself as: MCP Server and CLI for accessing Work IQ.

Example prompts

  • “install atk”
  • “update atk”
  • “install agents toolkit”
  • “/install-atk”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Verify ATK CLI works
  2. ATK VS Code Extension (if requested)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1060873. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Install Atk loads about 668 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 89 tokens; SKILL.md has 298 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~89
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~668

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 298 words (~668 tokens).

“Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and/or VS Code extension.”

— opening of SKILL.md by microsoft, Custom licence
name
install-atk

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit/skills/install-atk of microsoft/work-iq.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1060873

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in microsoft/work-iq, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Works with

Questions about Install Atk

What does Install Atk do?

Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension. Install Atk is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and VS Code extension.

How do I install Install Atk in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill install-atk -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit/skills/install-atk in microsoft/work-iq) into .claude/skills/install-atk in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Install Atk in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill install-atk -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/microsoft-365-agents-toolkit/skills/install-atk in microsoft/work-iq) into .agents/skills/install-atk in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Install Atk 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/work-iq --skill install-atk -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/install-atk, .gemini/skills/install-atk, .github/skills/install-atk and .opencode/skills/install-atk in your project.

What does Install Atk need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Install Atk needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Install Atk access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Install Atk 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 Install Atk use?

Install Atk has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Install Atk use?

About 668 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Install Atk?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Install Atk: Microsoft Skill Creator (MicrosoftDocs/mcp, 1.9k stars), Agent Browser CLI (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k stars), Electron App Automation (vercel-labs/agent-browser, 44k 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 Install Atk?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/work-iq, which has 1,027 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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