PowerSkills

What is PowerSkills?

PowerSkills is a collection of PowerShell scripts that expose Windows capabilities to AI agents as structured skills. Five skills ship in the repository: outlook for email and calendar through Outlook COM, workiq for Microsoft 365 mail, calendar, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive via the Work IQ CLI, browser for Edge automation over the Chrome DevTools Protocol, desktop for screenshots, window management and keystrokes, and system for shell commands, processes and system info. Every command prints a JSON envelope with a status, exit code, data and timestamp, which makes results easy for an agent to parse. Each skill folder includes a SKILL.md so an agent can discover its actions, and the project can be added through the AgentSkills installer. It needs Windows 10 or 11 with PowerShell 5.1 or later, has no other dependencies, and is released under the MIT license at no cost.

Use cases

• Read Outlook inbox and calendar from an agent
• Automate Microsoft Edge tabs
• Capture desktop screenshots
• Run shell commands from an AI agent
• Query Microsoft 365 with Work IQ
• Give agents structured Windows skills
• Script window management and keystrokes

Who it's for

• AI agent developers
• Windows power users
• IT automation engineers

Why use PowerSkills

• Gives an agent a uniform, parseable JSON result from every Windows action.
• Skills document themselves through SKILL.md, so agents find the actions without extra prompting.
• Plain PowerShell with no dependencies keeps installation to a clone.
• Each skill runs standalone, so you can adopt only what you need.
• MIT license with source in the open for auditing before you give an agent system access.

PowerSkills features

• outlook skill for email and calendar via COM
• workiq skill for Microsoft 365 mail, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive
• browser skill for Edge automation over CDP
• desktop skill for screenshots, windows and keystrokes
• system skill for commands, processes and system info
• Consistent JSON output envelope
• SKILL.md in every skill for agent discovery
• Standalone mode for each skill script
• config.json for ports, timeouts and output folder
• Test suite with skip flags for browser, Outlook and Work IQ

PowerSkills integrations

• Outlook
• Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft 365
• Work IQ
• AgentSkills
• Microsoft Teams
• SharePoint
• OneDrive

How to get started with PowerSkills

1. Clone the repository, or add it with npx skills add aloth/PowerSkills for an agent.
2. Run powerskills.ps1 list to see the available skills and ask for help on any one of them.
3. Call an action such as outlook inbox, browser tabs or desktop screenshot.
4. Read the JSON envelope the script returns, or point your agent at each skill's SKILL.md.

PowerSkills limitations

• Windows 10 or 11 only
• The outlook skill needs Microsoft Outlook installed
• The browser skill needs Edge started with remote debugging on port 9222
• Scripts may need the PowerShell execution policy changed

PowerSkills pricing

PowerSkills is open source, so you can use and self-host it for free.

Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

PowerSkills alternatives

The main PowerSkills alternatives listed on Debuly are Playwright MCP, Open Interpreter, OpenBot, Context, GenericAgent and Notte. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   Context

   Workspace and runtime for AI agents that run in your own cloud, with shared files, chat, evals and per-agent identity.

   Automation and agentsDeveloper platformsProductivity
   FreemiumVisit Context (official site)
2. GA

   GenericAgent

   Open-source minimal autonomous agent framework that controls your computer with nine tools and grows reusable skills as it works.

   Automation and agentsCodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit GenericAgent (official site)
3. No

   Notte

   Browser infrastructure for AI agents and web automation, with stealth cloud browsers, a CLI, scraping and serverless functions.

   Automation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   Visit Notte (official site)
4. 

   Open Interpreter

   Open-source terminal coding agent, built in Rust on Codex, that emulates the agent harness suited to each low-cost model.

   CodingAutomation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Open Interpreter (official site)
5. OB

   OpenBot

   CopilotKit's open-source template for a self-hosted employee agent workspace, where each AI coworker has its own channel, browser, files and approved tools.

   Automation and agentsChat assistantsDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit OpenBot (official site)
6. PM

   Playwright MCP

   Microsoft's Model Context Protocol server that lets LLMs and coding agents control a browser through Playwright accessibility snapshots.

   Automation and agentsCodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Playwright MCP (official site)

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