# Build CLI

> Experience Microsoft Build, directly from your terminal, with GitHub Copilot CLI and the Microsoft Build CLI.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-microsoft-build-cli`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Developer Tools](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/developer-tools)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/Build-CLI
- **Website:** https://build.microsoft.com

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-microsoft-build-cli
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Microsoft Build CLI

A [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli/) skill that connects your local project to the Microsoft Build session catalog. It reads your dependencies, finds relevant sessions, and helps you act on what you learn — all from your terminal.

## Quick Start

1. Open **GitHub Copilot CLI** in any project and run:
   ```
   /plugin install microsoft/Build-CLI
   ```
2. Restart your Copilot CLI session:
   ```
   /restart
   ```
3. Try:
   ```
   What Build sessions are relevant to my project?
   ```

The skill reads `package.json`, `requirements.txt`, `.csproj`, `go.mod`, and other dependency files, maps them to Microsoft products, and searches the live Build 2026 session catalog.

## Requirements

- [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://github.com/features/copilot/cli/) installed and authenticated
- **Node.js 22+** (recommended) — enables the `@microsoft/events-cli` for faster local search and caching. Without Node.js, the skill falls back to direct HTTP and everything still works.

## What You Can Do

📺 **[Watch the overview video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm8gKtrd3po)** to see it in action.

### Before Build — plan your schedule

| Ask the skill to…                        | Example                                               |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Find sessions for your project           | *"What Build sessions should I attend?"*              |
| See what's new for your tech stack       | *"What's new at Build for Azure Cosmos DB?"*          |
| Look up a session by code                | *"Tell me about session BRK155"*                      |

### During Build — capture what matters

| Ask the skill to…                        | Example                                               |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Log notes tied to a session              | *"Log a note from session BRK155: great agent demo"*  |
| Get next steps after a session           | *"What should I do after session BRK155?"*            |

### After Build — ship what you learned

| Ask the skill to…                        | Example                                               |
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Scaffold a project from a session        | *"Scaffold a project from session BRK155"*            |
| See what changed for your project        | *"What changed at Build for my project?"*             |

## How It Works

The skill is a thin layer over the **live Build 2026 catalog API** — no stale data, no manual updates. For SDK docs and code samples, it falls back to the [Microsoft Learn MCP Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/training/support/mcp).

Session results are a starting point. For broad topics, ask the agent to refine (*"show me more Foundry sessions about observability"*) or browse the full catalog at [build.microsoft.com/sessions](https://build.microsoft.com/sessions).

> [!NOTE]
> Build-CLI targets **Build 2026** and also indexes past events (Build 2025, Ignite 2025). It supports any future event that follows the same catalog endpoint pattern. It is not a replacement for the event app or session browser — it's a developer-first complement to them.

## Supported Clients

| Client | Configuration |
|--------|---------------|
| GitHub Copilot CLI | `/plugin install microsoft/Build-CLI` then `/restart` |
| VS Code | Open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X), search `@agentPlugins microsoft-events`, and install |
| Visual Studio 2026 | Copy `skills/microsoft-build/` to a [supported skill location](https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/ide/copilot-agent-skills) |
| Claude Code | `/plugin marketplace add microsoft/Build-CLI` then `/plugin install microsoft-events@microsoft-events-marketplace` |

## Scope and Limitations

- **Event-scoped:** Targets Build 2026, with Build 2025 and Ignite 2025 also available. The architecture supports any event that uses the same catalog endpoints.
- **Dependency-driven:** Recommendations are only as good as the dependency files in your project root. If your project doesn't have a manifest file, tell the skill your stack directly.
- **Not offline:** Requires network access to query the catalog and Learn MCP server.

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to contribute to this project.

## Trademarks

This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft
trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow
[Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines](https://www.microsoft.com/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general).
Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship.
Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/Build-CLI](https://github.com/microsoft/Build-CLI)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://build.microsoft.com

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-microsoft-build-cli
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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