Official agent skill

Site Explorer

by microsoft in microsoft/work-iq

Browse and discover SharePoint sites, lists, document libraries, and file contents — navigate your SharePoint world without leaving the CLI.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Site Explorer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/work-iq --skill site-explorer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/work-iq site-explorer --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/site-explorer .claude/skills/site-explorer && 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
site-explorer
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
733 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
18
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Browse and discover SharePoint sites, lists, document libraries, and file contents — navigate your SharePoint world without leaving the CLI.

  • Works in 10 steps: Identify the User → Find Sites → Explore a Site — Lists and Libraries → …
  • Tasks that involve Cloud office suites
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Instructions, Parameters and Required MCP Tools, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Site Explorer is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Browse and discover SharePoint sites, lists, document libraries, and file contents — navigate your SharePoint world without leaving the CLI.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Documents & Office, covering Cloud office suites. It works with Microsoft SharePoint. The repository describes itself as: MCP Server and CLI for accessing Work IQ.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Cloud office suites

Example prompts

  • “/site-explorer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the User
  2. Find Sites
  3. Explore a Site — Lists and Libraries
  4. Explore a List — Schema
  5. Explore a List — Items
  6. Explore a Document Library
  7. Browse Into Folders
  8. Preview a File
  9. Search for Files
  10. List Subsites

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

Site Explorer loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 733 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
~2.5k

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 733 words (~2,538 tokens).

“Navigate your SharePoint environment interactively. Search for sites, browse their lists and document libraries, inspect list schemas and items, preview files, and drill into folder structures — all from the command line.”

— opening of SKILL.md by microsoft, Custom licence
name
site-explorer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/workiq-productivity/skills/site-explorer of microsoft/work-iq.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1060873

Compare with similar skills

Site Explorer 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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Msgraphcodemie-ai/codemie-code294—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
aai-cli Microsoft 365aai-labs/agent-barn109—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Analyze Document Librarypnp/sharepoint-skills131—~899Automated safety check: PassMIT
Broken Link Auditorpnp/sharepoint-skills131—~2.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Site Explorer

What does Site Explorer do?

Browse and discover SharePoint sites, lists, document libraries, and file contents — navigate your SharePoint world without leaving the CLI. Site Explorer is an agent skill from microsoft/work-iq, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Browse and discover SharePoint sites, lists, document libraries, and file contents — navigate your SharePoint world without leaving the CLI.

When should I use Site Explorer?

Site Explorer fits situations like: tasks that involve Cloud office suites.

How do I install Site Explorer in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Site Explorer in Codex?

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

Can I use Site Explorer 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 site-explorer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/site-explorer, .gemini/skills/site-explorer, .github/skills/site-explorer and .opencode/skills/site-explorer in your project.

What does Site Explorer need to run?

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

Does Site Explorer 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 Site Explorer 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 Site Explorer use?

Site Explorer 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 Site Explorer use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Site Explorer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Site Explorer: Colleague Distillation (ZhixiangLuo/10xProductivity, 478 stars), Msgraph (codemie-ai/codemie-code, 294 stars), aai-cli Microsoft 365 (aai-labs/agent-barn, 109 stars) and Analyze Document Library (pnp/sharepoint-skills, 131 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Site Explorer?

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.