SKILL

install-atk

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"

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Topics in the source

  • Install ATK
  • Telemetry Tagging
  • Triggers
  • Behavior
  • Commands
  • Step 1: Verify ATK CLI works
  • Step 2: ATK VS Code Extension (if requested)
  • Execution

Install or update the M365 Agents Toolkit (ATK) CLI and/or VS Code extension. Before running any atk CLI commands, set the session environment variable so all CLI invocations are tagged as skill-initiated: Run this once at the start of the session. All subsequent atk commands in the same terminal will inherit it. This skill activates when the user asks to: Install or update ATK / Agents Toolkit / the toolkit Install or update the ATK CLI Install or update the ATK VS Code extension / VSIX Set up ATK / get started with ATK ATK CLI commands use npx -y --package @microsoft/m365agentstoolkit-cli atk which automatically downloads and runs the latest version — no global installation is needed. When triggered, determine what the user wants: | User intent | Action | |-------------|--------| | Install/update everything or just "ATK" | Verify CLI works + install VSIX | | Install/update CLI only | Verify CLI works (npx handles it automatically) | | Install/update extension / VSIX only | Install VSIX only | | Ambiguous | Verify CLI works + install VSIX | If this succeeds (prints a version): ATK CLI is available. The npx prefix automatically downloads the latest package on first use and caches i

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Source file
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