Install
npx skills add microsoft/Dataverse-skills --skill dv-overview
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install dataverse@dataverse-skills
This skill is part of the plugin “dataverse”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the dv-overview skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Works with Microsoft AI
Questions about dv-overview
What does the dv-overview skill do?
Foundational cross-cutting context for Dataverse / Power Platform work — scope and the skill map, the tool-capability reference, the safety rules, and the safe change lifecycle. Use when the user mentions Dataverse, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, CRM, or ERP; load this first for orientation. Specialist skills self-route via their own frontmatter triggers. Finance and Operations / F&O business-data requests also require this skill first, then dv-query for reads.
How do I install dv-overview?
In a terminal: npx skills add microsoft/Dataverse-skills --skill dv-overview. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use dv-overview?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is dv-overview safe to use?
Our automatic check found patterns worth a look (see “Check”). That is not proof of anything bad – read the SKILL.md and scripts before installing.
Which tool is dv-overview for?
dv-overview comes from the makers of Microsoft AI and helps your agent work with it.
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