foundry-agentic-loop
foundry-agentic-loop is a skill in github/awesome-copilot, last changed 23 Oct 2026. It can touch credentials, install more skills, change agent settings, run shell commands, reach the network, name web addresses and bundle scripts — read the findings before installing. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit 920e3b9 on 26 Oct 2026.
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 920e3b9 · 26 Oct 2026
InstallBuild agentic solutions on Microsoft Foundry, GitHub and Azure: hosted agents, toolbox tools and skills, Foundry IQ grounding and a React/FastAPI app. Three modes: rapid prototyping in an existing Foundry project; spec-driven development (SDD), where the foundry-agentic-loop-workflow runs Specify, Implement, Verify and Deploy to create the Foundry project and deploy with azd, or one phase runs alone; and Improve, which refines this skill and the workflow from past runs. Use for Agentic Loop requests and canvas actions, or end-to-end agent solutions from architecture to Azure deployment. Not for isolated Azure administration or unrelated UI edits.
- Licence
- MIT
- Repo stars
- 40.5k
- Folder last changed
- 23 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Publisher
- github
- Files
- 55 files
- Checked
- 920e3b9 (opens in a new tab) · 26 Oct 2026
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit 920e3b9, the one we checked, or the latest version.
No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.
Pinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
mkdir .claude/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .claude/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Pinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make foundry-agentic-loop.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop "$out"/foundry-agentic-loop &&
(cd "$out" && zip -qr - foundry-agentic-loop) > foundry-agentic-loop.zip &&
rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose foundry-agentic-loop.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Pinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .agents/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Pinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
mkdir .cursor/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .cursor/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Pinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .github/skills &&
mkdir .github/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .github/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install github/awesome-copilot skills/foundry-agentic-loop/SKILL.md@920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db --agent github-copilot --scope projectPinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
mkdir .gemini/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .gemini/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git --path skills/foundry-agentic-loop --scope workspacePinned to commit 920e3b9, the one we checked.
Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 920e3b927a553642834af13097f53f6f716947db &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/foundry-agentic-loop &&
cp -R "$tmp"/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/. .agents/skills/foundry-agentic-loop/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add github/awesome-copilot --skill foundry-agentic-loopWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit 920e3b9. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
What it can touch: Shell, network or credentials
Runs shell commands
Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.
Reaches the network
It sends or fetches data over the internet, for example with curl, an HTTP library or a package install.
Names web addresses
It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.
Bundles scripts
The folder holds code files the agent may run.
evals/fixtures/sdd-paused/src/backend/routing.py · evals/fixtures/sdd-paused/tests/contract/test_routing.py
Touches credentials
It reads, asks for or contains keys, tokens, passwords or similar secrets.
SKILL.md:29 · SKILL.md:48 · SKILL.md:60 and 43 more
Installs more skills
It tells the agent to install other skills, plugins or tool servers.
SKILL.md:12 · references/run-skills-catalog.md:30
Changes agent settings
It writes to agent memory or settings files such as CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or .claude/settings.json.
references/rapid.md:68
Pattern check
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 920e3b9 · 26 Oct 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 920e3b9 on 26 Oct 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
How the check worksReport an incorrect finding
Outside links we did not follow
- https://ai.azure.com/.default
- https://frontend.example.azurecontainerapps.io/
- https://mcr.microsoft.com/v2/bicep/avm/res/
- https://management.azure.com
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/docs/auth/byok.md
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/docs/setup/azure-managed-identity.md
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/python/copilot/session.py
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/python/copilot/client.py
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/docs/observability/opentelemetry.md
- https://github.com/github/copilot-sdk/blob/v1.0.14/python/copilot/_telemetry.py
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- https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/blob/main/sdk/agentserver/azure-ai-agentserver-core/azure/ai/agentserver/core/_tracing.py
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-monitor/containers/opentelemetry-protocol-ingestion
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agent-contract#platform-request-headers-container-protocol-200
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/deploy-hosted-agent-code#package-the-zip-manually
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/skills?pivots=azd#manage-skills-with-the-rest-api
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/toolbox
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agents?view=foundry
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/foundry-models/concepts/models-sold-directly-by-azure-region-availability
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/toolbox
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/skills
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agent-permissions
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/concepts/hosted-agent-contract
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/tools/use-toolbox-hosted-agent
- https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/foundry/agents/how-to/deploy-hosted-agent-code
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/built-in-roles/privileged#role-based-access-control-administrator
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-list-cli
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/concepts/rbac-azure-ai-foundry
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Note
Anthropic's packaging script leaves these out: evals/. F8
Fix: Delete them, or list them in .gitignore.
- Note
There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/azd-layout.md (185 lines), references/copilot-sdk-foundry.md (127 lines) and references/rbac-preflight.md (119 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
Claude CodePasses
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Note
Anthropic's packaging script leaves these out: evals/. F8
Fix: Delete them, or list them in .gitignore.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/azd-layout.md (185 lines), references/copilot-sdk-foundry.md (127 lines) and references/rbac-preflight.md (119 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Note
Anthropic's packaging script leaves these out: evals/. F8
Fix: Delete them, or list them in .gitignore.
- Note
The description is 654 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
Reference files over 100 lines with no table of contents at the top: references/azd-layout.md (185 lines), references/copilot-sdk-foundry.md (127 lines) and references/rbac-preflight.md (119 lines). B5
Fix: Add a short list of the sections at the top of each.
- Note
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Note
Anthropic's packaging script leaves these out: evals/. F8
Fix: Delete them, or list them in .gitignore.
- Note
VS Code & CopilotPasses
VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.
- Note
Anthropic's packaging script leaves these out: evals/. F8
Fix: Delete them, or list them in .gitignore.
- Note
SKILL.md
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