Official agent skill

Publish Al App

by microsoft in microsoft/AL

Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool.

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Install Publish Al App

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/AL --skill publish-al-app -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/AL publish-al-app --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/publish-al-app .claude/skills/publish-al-app && 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
publish-al-app
GitHub stars
884
Token cost
~221 tokens
SKILL.md length
41 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool.

  • Works in 5 steps: Invoke verify-prerelease-altool. → Compile project inputs with… → Publish non-interactively → …
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Publish Al App is an agent skill from microsoft/AL, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool.

Its SKILL.md is about 220 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: 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 publish-al-app skill to publish one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool”
  • “/publish-al-app”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Invoke verify-prerelease-altool.
  2. Compile project inputs with compile-al-app; use the emitted .app path.
  3. Publish non-interactively
  4. Use --forceupgrade, ForceSync, or Recreate only when required by the reported scenario.
  5. Preserve output and exit code. Do not call /dev/apps directly.

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 (its code samples are powershell).

    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

Publish Al App loads about 221 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 41 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~221

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). 41 words, ~221 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/publish-al-app/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
publish-al-app
description
Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool.
argument-hint
<app-path> [project-folder]
  1. Invoke verify-prerelease-altool.
  2. Compile project inputs with compile-al-app; use the emitted .app path.
  3. Publish non-interactively:
    powershell
    & $env:ALTOOL_PATH publishapp $appPath `
        --project $projectPath `
        --server $env:BC_SERVER_URL `
        --serverinstance $env:BC_SERVER_INSTANCE `
        --port $env:BC_SERVER_PORT `
        --tenant $env:BC_TENANT `
        --authentication $env:BC_AUTHENTICATION `
        --environmenttype OnPrem `
        --schemaupdatemode Synchronize
  4. Use --forceupgrade, ForceSync, or Recreate only when required by the reported scenario.
  5. Preserve output and exit code. Do not call /dev/apps directly.

© 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/publish-al-app of microsoft/AL.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 872adad

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Social Publishingwshobson/agents40k—~914Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Questions about Publish Al App

What does Publish Al App do?

Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool. Publish Al App is an agent skill from microsoft/AL, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Publishes one compiled AL app to the provisioned BCInsider sandbox through the public prerelease ALTool.

How do I install Publish Al App in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Publish Al App in Codex?

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

Can I use Publish Al App 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 publish-al-app -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/publish-al-app, .gemini/skills/publish-al-app, .github/skills/publish-al-app and .opencode/skills/publish-al-app in your project.

What does Publish Al App need to run?

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

Does Publish Al App 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 Publish Al App 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 Publish Al App use?

Publish Al App 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 Publish Al App use?

About 221 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 884 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 Publish Al App?

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Who maintains Publish Al App?

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.