ui-widget-developer
ui-widget-developer is an agent skill published by microsoft, listed under deploy & operate. It lives in the microsoft/skills repository, which has 3,148 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Develop MCP servers for Copilot Chat using the OpenAI Apps SDK or MCP Apps SDK for widget rendering support in any language. Requires credentials for Copilot Chat integration.
Install
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npx skills add microsoft/skills
What it connects to
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Maintenance
Build MCP servers for Copilot Chat using the OpenAI Apps SDK or MCP Apps SDK widget rendering support (any language). Use this skill when: - Creating MCP servers that integrate with M365 Copilot declarative agents - Building rich interactive widgets (React + Fluent UI) that render in Copilot Chat - Implementing tools that return structuredContent for widget rendering - Adapting an existing MCP server to support Copilot widget rendering - Setting up devtunnels for localhost MCP server exposure - Configuring mcpPlugin.json manifests with RemoteMCPServer runtime Do NOT use this skill for general agent development (scaffolding, manifests, deployment) — use declarative-agent-developer instead. This skill is ONLY for MCP server + widget development. Triggers: "MCP server for Copilot", "OpenAI Apps SDK", "Copilot widget", "structuredContent", "MCP plugin", "devtunnels MCP", "OAI app", "widget rendering", "UI widget
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about ui-widget-developer
- What does ui-widget-developer do?
- Develop MCP servers for Copilot Chat using the OpenAI Apps SDK or MCP Apps SDK for widget rendering support in any language. Requires credentials for Copilot Chat integration.
- How do I install ui-widget-developer?
- Run npx skills add microsoft/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes ui-widget-developer?
- microsoft.
- Is ui-widget-developer maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 3,148 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-25. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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