mcp-deploy-manage-agents Skill (awesome-copilot) for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes Claude guide you through publishing, deploying and governing MCP-based declarative agents in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

Installs: 8.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 40.7K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

This skill makes Claude act as a guide for rolling out MCP-based declarative agents in Microsoft 365. It asks five questions about readiness, access, compliance, public or private release, and monitoring. It then writes a step-by-step deployment guide, admin center steps, assignment advice, a governance checklist and a monitoring plan.

The folder has one file, SKILL.md, and no scripts. The content is a prompt file wrapped as a skill. It covers five agent types, the AI Admin and Global Reader roles, and troubleshooting for agents that do not appear or fail to sign in.

Good for

Microsoft 365 admins rolling out an MCP-based agent
Teams checking an agent's governance and compliance before release
Developers who need to know what the admin approval process looks like

Install mcp-deploy-manage-agents

Claude Code

1
Download the skill folder from https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/HEAD/skills/mcp-deploy-manage-agents.
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Put it at ~/.claude/skills/mcp-deploy-manage-agents/ so that SKILL.md sits directly inside.
3
Start a new session; the skill loads when its description matches the task.

Pick one route. The Copilot CLI plugin route installs the mcp-m365-copilot plugin from the awesome-copilot marketplace: 3 skills (mcp-create-adaptive-cards, mcp-create-declarative-agent, mcp-deploy-manage-agents) and the mcp-m365-agent-expert agent, whose file lists no tools. The other routes install only mcp-deploy-manage-agents. The repo README says its customizations come from third-party developers, so inspect them before installing.

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What's in the skill

When it loads

Skill converted from mcp-deploy-manage-agents.prompt.md

Sections in SKILL.md

Agent Types
Published by Organization
Shared by Creator
Microsoft Agents
External Partner Agents
Frontier Agents
Admin Roles and Permissions
Required Roles
Best Practices
Agent Management in Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Access Agent Management
Available Actions
Deployment Workflows
Publish to Organization
Deploy via Agent Store
Deploy Organizational Agent

Key facts

Author: Awesome Copilot Community (author named in the mcp-m365-copilot plugin.json, not in the skill file); the repo LICENSE reads "Copyright GitHub, Inc."
License: MIT (repo LICENSE)
Installs on skills.sh: 8,830 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 40,666 for the whole github/awesome-copilot repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
Audits on skills.sh: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (no scripts)
Needs: Microsoft 365 admin center access (AI Admin role for full management)
Part of: mcp-m365-copilot plugin (3 skills and 1 agent, counted from its plugin.json)

What it includes

Asks about readiness, access, compliance, public or private, monitoring
The Workflow section lists five questions to ask before it gives guidance.
Try: “Help me deploy our MCP agent to the finance team in Microsoft 365”
Read · Five questions first
Covers 5 types, from organization-published to Frontier agents
Published by organization, shared by creator, Microsoft agents, external partner agents and Frontier agents.
Read · Agent types
View, deploy, publish, block and remove agents; set who gets access
Steps for the Agents page in the Microsoft 365 admin center. It names the AI Admin and Global Reader roles.
Read · Admin center actions
Publish to the org, deploy via the Agent Store, or deploy to groups
Separate steps for developers and for admins.
Read · Deployment workflows
Data access, API permissions, authentication, data residency, audit logs
Includes a validation list for MCP servers: URL reachable, secure authentication, appropriate tools and no sensitive data in responses.
Read · Governance and compliance
Deployment guide, admin steps, assignments, checklist, monitoring plan
What SKILL.md tells Claude to produce after the five questions.
Read · Deliverables
Agent not appearing, authentication failures, performance, violations
Each case has a short checklist. For a compliance problem it says to block the agent immediately.
Read · Troubleshooting

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

It guides admin actions that affect your organization
SKILL.md covers deploying agents to all users or groups, blocking them and removing them. Our advice: make those changes yourself in the admin center after you have reviewed the steps. github.com
The plugin route adds an agent and two more skills
The mcp-m365-copilot plugin lists 3 skills and the mcp-m365-agent-expert agent. That agent's file lists no tools. Use a folder route to install only this skill. github.com

Technical details

Turning on read-only	No read-only mode.
Sign-in and keys	No credentials are named in SKILL.md.
Scopes	Guides actions you take in the Microsoft 365 admin center, such as deploy, publish, block and remove

Questions

What does the mcp-deploy-manage-agents skill do?

It makes Claude guide you through publishing, deploying and governing MCP-based declarative agents in the Microsoft 365 admin center. It asks five questions, then writes a deployment guide, assignment advice, a governance checklist and a monitoring plan.

Does it change anything in my Microsoft 365 tenant?

SKILL.md is a written guide. It tells Claude to give you steps for the admin center, where you do the publishing, blocking and removing. What Claude can do beyond that depends on the tools you give it.

Which admin roles does it mention?

AI Admin for full agent management and Global Reader for view-only access. It says to use the fewest permissions and to keep Global Administrator for emergencies.

Where does the file come from?

Its description says it was converted from a prompt file named mcp-deploy-manage-agents.prompt.md. The prompt header inside lists the tools changes, search/codebase, edit/editFiles and problems, and a model of gpt-4.1.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. The repo README documents Copilot CLI plugins from the awesome-copilot marketplace, and the mcp-m365-copilot plugin includes this skill. The box also has folder routes that install only this skill.

Is it safe?

It is a guide for admin work that can affect who gets which agent in your organization. Our advice: do the admin center steps yourself and review each one. The plugin route also installs two more skills and an agent.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: github/awesome-copilot
Folder: skills/mcp-deploy-manage-agents

github/awesome-copilot skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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mcp-deploy-manage-agents SKILL.md · github.com
awesome-copilot README · github.com
mcp-m365-copilot plugin.json · github.com
awesome-copilot LICENSE · github.com