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GH-700 · Lesson 12 of 15 · 1:31:43
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In this lesson
Lesson 12 of the free GH-700 series (domain 3): installing external agent skills with gh skill (preview, install, pin, update), creating custom skills with SKILL.md, calling skills, and connecting agentic workflows to MCP servers for more context, with writes through safe outputs. With three quick checks and a recap.
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- Contoso’s release notes skill exists, but Copilot never uses it when people ask for release notes. What should the team check first?
- During a Copilot CLI session, an analyst copies a new skill into the skills folder, but the agent can’t find it. What should the analyst do?
- Contoso’s report workflow should also read the open tickets from its partner support system. What should the team add to the workflow?