Official agent skill

Multi Plan Search

by microsoft in microsoft/work-iq

Search for tasks across all your Planner plans by keyword, assignee, status, or priority — unified cross‑plan task discovery in one view.

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Install Multi Plan Search

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill multi-plan-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/work-iq multi-plan-search --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/workiq-productivity/skills/multi-plan-search .claude/skills/multi-plan-search && 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
multi-plan-search
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
770 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Search for tasks across all your Planner plans by keyword, assignee, status, or priority — unified cross‑plan task discovery in one view.

  • Works in 6 steps: Identify the User → Get All Plans → Resolve Search Targets → …
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Instructions, Output Format and Parameters, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Multi Plan Search is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Search for tasks across all your Planner plans by keyword, assignee, status, or priority — unified cross‑plan task discovery in one view.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: MCP Server and CLI for accessing Work IQ.

Example prompts

  • “/multi-plan-search”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the User
  2. Get All Plans
  3. Resolve Search Targets
  4. Search Tasks Across Plans
  5. Aggregate and Sort Results
  6. Present Unified Results

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

    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

Multi Plan Search loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 770 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

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 770 words (~2,327 tokens).

“Search for tasks across every Planner plan you have access to. Filter by keyword, assignee, status, priority, or due date to find specific tasks regardless of which plan they live in. Get a unified cross-plan view that brings together work…”

— opening of SKILL.md by microsoft, Custom licence
name
multi-plan-search

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/workiq-productivity/skills/multi-plan-search of microsoft/work-iq.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1060873

Compare with similar skills

Multi Plan Search 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.

Multi Plan Search compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Multi Plan Search this skillmicrosoft/work-iq1k—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Plannerpenpot/penpot61k—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMPL-2.0
Plancodewhale-hq/Codewhale41k—~213Automated safety check: PassMIT
Make A Planpenpot/penpot61k—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassMPL-2.0
Planningn8n-io/n8n207k—~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Planasgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks69k—~5.1kAutomated safety check: PassCC0-1.0

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Questions about Multi Plan Search

What does Multi Plan Search do?

Search for tasks across all your Planner plans by keyword, assignee, status, or priority — unified cross‑plan task discovery in one view. Multi Plan Search is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Search for tasks across all your Planner plans by keyword, assignee, status, or priority — unified cross‑plan task discovery in one view.

How do I install Multi Plan Search in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill multi-plan-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/workiq-productivity/skills/multi-plan-search in microsoft/work-iq) into .claude/skills/multi-plan-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Multi Plan Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill multi-plan-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/workiq-productivity/skills/multi-plan-search in microsoft/work-iq) into .agents/skills/multi-plan-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Multi Plan Search 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 multi-plan-search -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/multi-plan-search, .gemini/skills/multi-plan-search, .github/skills/multi-plan-search and .opencode/skills/multi-plan-search in your project.

What does Multi Plan Search need to run?

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

Does Multi Plan Search 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 Multi Plan Search 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 Multi Plan Search use?

Multi Plan Search 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 Multi Plan Search use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.3k 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 Multi Plan Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Multi Plan Search: Planner (penpot/penpot, 61k stars), Plan (codewhale-hq/Codewhale, 41k stars), Make A Plan (penpot/penpot, 61k stars) and Planning (n8n-io/n8n, 207k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Multi Plan Search?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/work-iq, which has 1,029 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.