This skill allows your agent to get grounded answers from the latest Microsoft 365 Message Center posts and Microsoft 365 Roadmap items on features and upcoming changes. It teaches agents how to search the archive, cite canonical message pages, and warn that Message Center posts are tenant-specific.
The skill is published on skills.sh and can be installed directly by supported agents with the Skills CLI.
npx skills add merill/mcView the published skill at skills.sh/merill/mc/microsoft-365-message-center-archive.
If your agent cannot install skills directly, point it to the AI guide and search index for this site.
Paste this into any AI agent when you want it to use the archive without installing the skill.
Use the Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive at https://mc.merill.net/.
Workflow:
1. Read https://mc.merill.net/llms.txt for current guidance and URLs.
2. Search https://mc.merill.net/messages-index.json by Message Center ID, Roadmap ID, title, source, service, category, tag, date, or summary text.
3. Open the record's Url field for the canonical detail page before citing or summarizing.
4. Cite canonical detail pages such as https://mc.merill.net/message/{id}.
5. For Message Center posts, always mention that posts are tenant-specific and users should verify applicability in their own Microsoft 365 admin center.Claude Code supports Agent Skills. After installing the skill, ask Claude about Microsoft 365 Message Center or Roadmap announcements, or invoke the skill directly if it appears in your slash command menu.
/microsoft-365-message-center-archive MC123456For manual Claude Code setup, create a personal skill at ~/.claude/skills/microsoft-365-message-center-archive/SKILL.md and paste the skill content from the repository.