DevExpress AI Agent Skills

This repository stores DevExpress AI agent skills for GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, JetBrains AI Assistant, and other AI coding assistants. Each skill contains DevExpress product knowledge: correct APIs, import paths, and ready-to-run code examples. This information helps your AI assistant generate accurate DevExpress code and reduce hallucinations and dependence on third-party libraries.

See also: The DevExpress Documentation MCP Server connects AI assistants directly to 300,000+ DevExpress help topics. AI Agent Skills and the MCP Server complement each other. Skills encode patterns and guardrails. The MCP Server delivers live documentation lookup.

Available Skills

Product/Skills Readme	Skills	Docs
DevExtreme JavaScript	DataGrid, Scheduler, Form, Chat, Button, SelectBox, DateBox, CheckBox, NumberBox, TextBox, TextArea, DataSource, Theming	Overview
Blazor Components	AI Chat, Charts, ComboBox, Gauges, Grid, Pivot Table, Ribbon, Scheduler, Toolbar, TreeList	Overview
WPF Controls	Data Grid, Tree List, Pivot Grid, Property Grid, Data Editors, Layout Management, Ribbon & Bars, Accordion, Tab Control, Charts, Scheduler, Loading Indicators, AI Chat, MVVM	Overview
WinForms Controls	Data Grid, Tree List, Pivot Grid, Property Grid, Charts, Scheduler, AI Chat, Data Editors, Loading Indicators, Layout Management, Ribbon and Bars, Accordion, Tab Control, MVVM	Overview
DevExpress Reports	Core API, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, Visual Studio Designer	Overview
Office & PDF File API	Spreadsheet, Word Processing, PDF, PDF New (CTP), Presentation, Barcode, Unit Conversion, Excel Export, ZIP, AI-powered Extensions	Overview
XAF: Cross-Platform .NET App UI & Web API	Business Model, Business Logic, Business Logic XPO, Controllers, Views, Editors, Filtering, Filtering XPO, Appearance, Validation, Security, Reports, Performance	Overview
ASP.NET Core Controls	(coming soon)	Overview
VCL Controls	(coming soon)	Overview
BI Dashboard	(coming soon)	Overview

Installation

Table Of Contents

CLI agents:

• Copilot CLI / Claude Code / Codex CLI — Plugin Install
• GitHub Copilot
• Claude Code
• JetBrains Junie
• Codex CLI

IDEs:

• VS Code
• Visual Studio 2026
• JetBrains Rider / WebStorm
• Cursor

Install as a Plugin

The fastest way to obtain DevExpress skills is via plugins. Plugin installation is available in GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, and Codex CLI.

The example below installs the DevExtreme plugin.

In GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add DevExpress/agent-skills
/plugin install dx-devextreme@DevExpress-agent-skills

Run /skills to list active entries.

In Codex CLI (or use /plugins inside the Codex TUI):

codex plugin marketplace add DevExpress/agent-skills
codex plugin add dx-devextreme@DevExpress-agent-skills
codex plugin list

Note for VS Code and Visual Studio users: GitHub Copilot CLI plugin installation places skills in ~/.copilot/installed-plugins/ (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.copilot\installed-plugins\), which IDE agents do not read automatically. To use skills in your IDE, copy the skill files to your project's .github/skills/ folder or to the global ~/.copilot/skills/ directory — see GitHub Copilot setup below.

Agent-Specific Setup

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot discovers skills from two locations:

• Project-level (version-controlled, applies to this project only): .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
• Personal/global (applies to all projects): ~/.copilot/skills/ (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.copilot\skills\)

Both locations work in Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot CLI.

To reference a skill manually in Copilot Chat, use #:

#devextreme-datagrid How do I activate inline row editing?

Copy DevExpress skill folders to one of these locations:

Location	Path
Project-level (this project only)	.github/skills/ in your project root
Global — macOS/Linux	~/.copilot/skills/
Global — Windows	%USERPROFILE%\.copilot\skills\

The global location makes skills available in all projects and is read by Visual Studio, VS Code, and GitHub Copilot CLI.

Which folders to copy: Each plugin contains multiple skill subdirectories. Copy individual skill folders:

plugins/
└── dx-devextreme/  ← plugin (do not copy this directly)
    └── skills/
        ├── devextreme-datagrid/    ← copy individual skill folders like this
        │   ├── SKILL.md
        │   └── references/
        ├── devextreme-form/
        └── ...

Paste the folders you need into the destination, for example:

.github/skills/
├── devextreme-datagrid/
└── devextreme-form/

GitHub Copilot skills documentation

Claude Code

Copy DevExpress skill folders to one of these locations:

Location	Path
Project-level (this project only)	.claude/skills/ in your project root
Global — macOS/Linux	~/.claude/skills/
Global — Windows	%USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\

Skills activate automatically. No additional configuration is needed once the files are in place.

Note: When the DevExpress Documentation MCP Server is installed globally, or when multiple DevExpress plugins are active (each plugin includes an MCP config), Claude Code may show: "MCP server "dxdocs" skipped — same command/URL as the already-configured "dxdocs"." This is not an error. Ignore it, or remove the dxdocs entry from your global MCP config to suppress it.

To reference a skill manually, use /:

/devextreme-datagrid How do I activate inline row editing?

Claude Code skills documentation

JetBrains Junie

Copy DevExpress skill folders to one of these locations:

Location	Path
Project-level (this project only)	.junie/skills/ in your project root
Global — macOS/Linux	~/.junie/skills/
Global — Windows	%USERPROFILE%\.junie\skills\

Skills activate automatically. Junie scans skill directories and applies relevant skills based on task context.

Junie agent skills documentation

Codex CLI

Install as a plugin (recommended): see Install as a Plugin above for the codex plugin marketplace add / codex plugin add commands.

Or copy skill files manually: copy DevExpress skill folders to .agents/skills/ in your project root:

Location	Path
Project-level (this project only)	.agents/skills/ in your project root

.agents/
└── skills/
    ├── devextreme-datagrid/
    └── devextreme-form/

See Which folders to copy in the GitHub Copilot section above for the source layout in this repository.

Skills activate automatically when Codex runs in agent mode.

IDE-Specific Setup

VS Code

Install as a plugin (recommended):

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P), run Chat: Install Plugin From Source, and enter the repository URL:

https://github.com/DevExpress/agent-skills

VS Code installs all available plugins. Restart when prompted, then use Copilot Chat in agent mode.

Or copy skill files manually:

After placing skill files in .github/skills/:

1. Open Settings (Ctrl+, / Cmd+,).
2. Search for chat.agent.skills.
3. Select Chat: Use Agent Skills.

Use Copilot Chat in agent mode. Skills are activated automatically based on your question.

VS Code agent plugin documentation

Visual Studio 2026

Visual Studio reads skills from .github/skills/ in your project (project-level) and from %USERPROFILE%\.copilot\skills\ (global, active in all projects). Copy skill folders to one of those locations (see GitHub Copilot section above), then open Copilot Chat (View > GitHub Copilot Chat) and switch to agent mode.

Visual Studio Copilot agent skills documentation

JetBrains Rider / WebStorm

GitHub Copilot

Skills are discovered by the GitHub Copilot plugin. After installing the plugin and signing in:

1. Copy skill folders into .github/skills/ in your project root (see GitHub Copilot above for destination paths).
2. Open the Copilot Chat panel (Tools > GitHub Copilot > Open GitHub Copilot Chat).
3. Switch to agent mode.

Skills are activated automatically based on your question.

JetBrains AI Assistant

Add as an external registry (recommended):

1. Open Settings / Preferences → Tools → AI Assistant → Skills.
2. Click the Settings icon → Manage External Registries.
3. Add the repository URL: https://github.com/DevExpress/agent-skills
4. Enable the skills you need from the list.

Or copy skill files manually:

Copy skill folders to .agents/skills/ in your project root for a project-level installation, or to the global IDE path:

Platform	Path
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\JetBrains\<product><version>\aia\agents\.agents\skills\
macOS	~/Library/Caches/JetBrains/<product><version>/aia/agents/.agents/skills/
Linux	~/.cache/JetBrains/<product><version>/aia/agents/.agents/skills/

Skills activate automatically in agent mode. To invoke a skill manually, type $ followed by the skill name.

JetBrains AI Assistant skills documentation

JetBrains Junie

See JetBrains Junie in Agent-Specific Setup above for destination paths.

Cursor

Install as a plugin (recommended): register this repository as a marketplace with the Cursor CLI, then install the plugins you need with /plugins in interactive mode:

cursor-agent plugin marketplace add https://github.com/DevExpress/agent-skills
cursor-agent plugin marketplace list

Use cursor-agent plugin marketplace update devexpress-agent-skills to re-index later, and ... remove devexpress-agent-skills to drop it. Teams and Enterprise admins can instead publish the marketplace for the whole team from the dashboard — Dashboard → Plugins → Team Marketplaces → Add Marketplace → Import from Repo, then enter https://github.com/DevExpress/agent-skills.

Or copy skill files manually: copy DevExpress skill folders to one of these locations:

Location	Path
Project-level (this project only)	.cursor/skills/ in your project root
Global — macOS/Linux	~/.cursor/skills/
Global — Windows	%USERPROFILE%\.cursor\skills\

Skills activate automatically in agent mode. No additional configuration is needed once the files are in place.

To reference a skill manually, use /:

/devextreme-datagrid How do I activate inline row editing?

• Cursor plugins documentation
• Cursor skills documentation

License

MIT