Post 2 covered create.md as it exists today. This companion post proposes four concrete, testable extensions — scaffold commands for Library and Adaptive Card Extension, a workflow for adding components to an existing solution, the --sharepoint-version flag for on-premises targets, and a post-scaffold validation/commit step — each framed as a future contribution to SharePoint/spfx-dev-skills, not a criticism of it.
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Stop Letting AI Hang on yo @microsoft/sharepoint: Non-Interactive SPFx Scaffolding
Interactive Yeoman prompts are invisible to AI coding agents — they hang, or worse, pick the wrong menu item. This post walks the official spfx-dev-skills create.md reference line by line: environment checks with m365 spfx doctor, the fully flag-based scaffold command for web parts and extensions, dependency install discipline, and toolchain-aware packaging for Heft vs. gulp.
Your AI Coding Agent Doesn’t Know SPFx — Here’s the Skill Pack That Fixes It
AI coding agents hang on interactive Yeoman prompts, invent package versions, and hand-roll UI instead of using Fluent UI — because generic training data doesn't know SharePoint Framework's narrow conventions. SharePoint/spfx-dev-skills is an official agent skill pack that fixes this: this post breaks down what it is, how it's structured, and two rules worth adopting today even without an AI agent.
The Future of SPFx Scaffolding: Roadmap, GA Timeline, and What’s Coming Next
`@microsoft/spfx-cli` is targeting GA around September 2026 — though as of this writing that date looks increasingly likely to slip, and Microsoft's own sources disagree on whether it ships with SPFx 1.24 or 1.25. After GA, the Yeoman generator receives its final update. This post covers the Phase 2 and 3 roadmap, the MCP server front-end for AI-assisted scaffolding, and how SPFx developers can prepare today.
Custom Templates and CI/CD with `@microsoft/spfx-cli`
`@microsoft/spfx-cli` is designed for automation. This post covers custom org templates, CI/CD integration with GitHub Actions, air-gapped scaffolding, the scaffold log, and the `@microsoft/spfx-template-api` SDK for programmatic use in enterprise tooling.
Getting Started with @microsoft/spfx-cli: Scaffold Your First Project in Seconds
@microsoft/spfx-cli replaces the Yeoman-based SPFx generator with a single npm install and a scriptable spfx create command. This tutorial walks through installation, all 17 available templates, and the full path from install to npm run build. #spfx #m365 #sharepoint #microsoft #spfx-cli
Why Microsoft Is Retiring Yeoman: Introducing @microsoft/spfx-cli
Microsoft has published @microsoft/spfx-cli, a new open-source CLI designed to replace the decade-old Yeoman-based SPFx generator. This post explains the four structural problems that drove the decision and what the new tool means for SPFx developers today. #spfx #m365 #sharepoint #microsoft #spfx-cli
Selective SPFx Builds in Multi-Web-Part Repos with spfx-selective-build
Tired of one unfinished SPFx web part breaking the build for everything else? This article shows how spfx-selective-build helps you isolate a single web part with its shared code, slim down tsconfig.json, switch package profiles safely, and restore your baseline files after every run. #pnpweekly #spfx #sharepoint #m365
From Skills Repo to npx Installer: Making SPFx AI Guidance Easier to Adopt
This follow-on post explains how @sudharsank/spfx-enterprise-skills turns an SPFx skills repo into a practical npx install experience, with full support for generic installs and guided support for other AI hosts. #githubcopilot #sharepoint #spfx #aieditor #vscode #claudeskills #antigravity
From Prompts to Pipelines: A Practical Guide to Role-Specific Agents, Runtime Agents, and Hybrid Workflows in GitHub Copilot CLI
Learn the difference between role-specific agents and runtime agents in GitHub Copilot CLI, the pros and cons of each, and how to build a practical hybrid workflow that is reusable, executable, and provable. #GitHubCopilot #CopilotCLI #AIAgents #DeveloperProductivity #SPFx #SoftwareEngineering #DevTools #EngineeringWorkflow