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In this session, Addy joins us to talk about what agent skills actually are, how they encode senior engineering judgment into workflows any AI agent can follow, and how to use them to get consistent, production-quality results out of your coding tools.
To learn more, please check out these resources:
* https://aka.ms/AgentSkills-AO
𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:
* Addy Osmani
* Burke Holland
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
This is one of many sessions from the Microsoft Build 2026 event. View even more sessions on-demand and learn about Microsoft Build at https://build.microsoft.com
LIVE150 | English (US)
Broadcast Stage
#MSBuild
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro and Guest Introduction: Addy Osmani returns for a discussion on AI and Google Cloud.
00:05:14 – Structuring Agent Skills: Organizing skills around the software development life cycle (Define, Plan, Build, Verify, Review, Ship).
00:07:15 – Design Pattern for Skills: Overview of how Addy structures each skill with overviews, rationales, red flags, and verification steps.
00:11:03 – Introduction to habit tracker project idea
00:13:03 – Exploring GitHub-inspired analogies and defining MVP success
00:25:25 – Balancing test-driven and review-based workflows
00:34:35 – Security and performance review in vanilla JavaScript
00:35:11 – Emphasis on code simplification and iterative testing with TDD
00:36:01 – Discussion on trust and security in nondeterministic reviews Read More Microsoft Developer
