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{
"name": "microsoft-events",
"description": "Connect your project to Microsoft Build and Ignite sessions — discover relevant talks, explore what's new for your stack, and plan next steps from your development environment.",
"version": "1.0.1",
"version": "1.0.2",
"author": {
"name": "Microsoft"
},
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{
"name": "microsoft-events",
"description": "Connect your project to Microsoft Build and Ignite sessions — discover relevant talks, explore what's new for your stack, and plan next steps from your development environment.",
"version": "1.0.1",
"version": "1.0.2",
"author": {
"name": "Microsoft",
"url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
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3. Fetch full pages for high-value results. A search result snippet may lack the migration steps or version details the developer needs. Use microsoft_docs_fetch on the most relevant URLs.
4. Scope searches to the inventory. Do not search for technologies the developer does not use.
5. Try multiple query formulations when initial results are weak. If "what's new Azure Cosmos DB" returns generic content, try "Azure Cosmos DB changelog 2026" or "Azure Cosmos DB preview features."
6. For broad questions ("what's new for my project", "what changed at Build"), always fetch the Book of News (`news.microsoft.com/{event}-{year}-book-of-news/`). The Book of News groups announcements by theme, names related sessions, and links to blog posts and docs. It surfaces announcements that do not appear in session titles or Learn what's-new pages — in testing, it found 6 major announcements and 8 additional sessions that catalog keyword search alone missed. Fetch it early as a discovery step, then follow through to Learn docs for technical detail. For narrow questions ("tell me about session BRK155"), the Book of News is optional.
6. For broad questions ("what's new for my project", "what changed at Build"), always fetch the Book of News. First, use the Book of News links in the **Key resources** section below. If the relevant event or year is not listed there, discover it with targeted searches such as `Microsoft Build {year} Book of News`, `Microsoft Ignite {year} Book of News`, or `{event} {year} Book of News site:news.microsoft.com`. The Book of News groups announcements by theme, names related sessions, and links to blog posts and docs. It surfaces announcements that do not appear in session titles or Learn what's-new pages — in testing, it found 6 major announcements and 8 additional sessions that catalog keyword search alone missed. Fetch it early as a discovery step, then follow through to Learn docs for technical detail. For narrow questions ("tell me about session BRK155"), the Book of News is optional.
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7. Use what's-new pages on Learn when they exist. Many services have dedicated pages following patterns like `/azure/{service}/whats-new` or `/dotnet/core/whats-new/`. Try fetching these directly with microsoft_docs_fetch for a comprehensive changelog.

## Session catalog cross-reference
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| Build 2026 session catalog | `https://aka.ms/build2026-session-info` |
| Build 2025 session catalog | `https://aka.ms/build2025-session-info` |
| Ignite 2025 session catalog | `https://aka.ms/ignite2025-session-info` |
| Build 2026 Book of News | `https://news.microsoft.com/build-2026-book-of-news/` |
| Ignite 2025 Book of News | `https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-book-of-news/` |
| Book of News pattern | `https://news.microsoft.com/{event}-{year}-book-of-news/` |
| Build 2026 Book of News | `https://aka.ms/build2026-news` |
| Build 2025 Book of News | `https://aka.ms/build2025-news` |
| Ignite 2025 Book of News | `https://aka.ms/ignite2025-news` |
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| Learn MCP Server | `https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp` |
| Learn MCP Server docs | `https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/support/mcp` |
| Azure Agent Skills (product names) | `https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills` |
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