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Eventstream CLI skill

Owns Fabric Eventstream items end to end: sources, operators, destinations, routing, retention, throughput and connection strings, plus read-only topology checks. Pick it for anything that names an Eventstream, creating and listing included. Where the rows finally land is eventhouse-cli.

$npx skills add microsoft/skills-for-fabric --skill eventstream-cli
View this skill on GitHubmicrosoft/skills-for-fabric/skills/eventstream-cli/SKILL.md
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Eventstream CLI

Install Eventstream CLI

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add microsoft/skills-for-fabric --skill eventstream-cli

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads eventstream-cli when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the eventstream-cli skill”. In Codex, type $eventstream-cli.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Telemetry — MANDATORY. Every api.fabric.microsoft.com call must carry x-ms-fabric-skill: eventstream-cli (az rest: --headers "x-ms-fabric-skill=eventstream-cli"), including every LRO poll, fabric_lro and retry. Snippets omit it — add it anyway.

CRITICAL NOTES

  1. To find the workspace details (including its ID) from workspace name: list all workspaces and, then, use JMESPath filtering
  2. To find the item details (including its ID) from workspace ID, item type, and item name: list all items of that type in that workspace and, then, use JMESPath filtering
  3. Skill disambiguation: use eventstream-cli for the Eventstream item itself -- how events flow from source through operators to destinations. Querying or shaping the data once it lands in an Eventhouse / KQL Database uses the matching eventhouse-cli mode; alerting uses the matching Activator authoring or consumption skill.

Fabric Eventstream -- CLI Skill

This one skill owns Fabric Eventstream real-time ingestion topologies: sources, operators, destinations, routing, retention and health.

It is a mode dispatcher and contains NO procedures. Pick the mode that matches the request from the table below, then read the matching references/<mode>.md file end to end with your file-reading tool BEFORE issuing a single command. That file holds the endpoints, payload shapes, templates and gotchas; acting without it produces wrong payloads and wrong results.

Mode selection

Mode Use when the request ... Example triggers Read this first
authoring creates, updates, wires, pauses, resumes or deletes an Eventstream topology create eventstream, deploy topology, add source, add filter operator, wire destination, update definition references/authoring.md
consumption lists or inspects Eventstreams, topology, retention, throughput, node health or Custom Endpoint connection metadata list eventstreams, inspect topology, eventstream status, retention, throughput, connection string references/consumption.md

Mode boundary rule

consumption is read-only for Eventstream definitions and topology. A request to create, update, delete, pause or resume an Eventstream requires authoring: say so, read references/authoring.md, then proceed.

Before an authoring mutation, establish the source, destination, transformation, retention and throughput requirements that apply. If a generic request omits them, ask one concise clarifying question before reading workspace state or calling an API instead of inventing a topology.

If a request genuinely spans modes, handle them one at a time and read each reference before you start that part. If the mode is ambiguous after reading this table, ask one short clarifying question instead of guessing.

Terminal write -- the step you must not skip

Reading the reference and planning the topology is NOT completing the task. Each mutating mode ends with one state-changing call. If you did not issue it, nothing was persisted -- say so explicitly rather than reporting success.

Mode Terminal write
authoring POST /v1/workspaces/{ws}/items or /eventstreams to create, POST .../updateDefinition to persist topology changes, bodyless POST .../pause or POST .../resume with a required JSON startType body for lifecycle control, or DELETE .../eventstreams/{id} to remove the item. Building or base64-encoding eventstream.json is not the write.
consumption none -- this mode is read-only

Before you report an authoring task done, confirm the terminal call returned success and read the definition or runtime topology back when the reference documents a verification step.

Shared essentials (all modes)

Resolve the workspace and Eventstream first; every mode depends on it.

Task Reference Notes
Finding Workspaces and Items in Fabric COMMON-CLI.md Mandatory -- read before resolving any workspace or item id
Fabric Topology & Key Concepts COMMON-CORE.md Item types, workspaces, capacities
Environment URLs COMMON-CORE.md Sovereign / non-public cloud hosts
Authentication & Token Acquisition COMMON-CORE.md Wrong audience = 401; read before any auth issue
Authentication Recipes COMMON-CLI.md az login flows and token acquisition
Core Control-Plane REST APIs COMMON-CORE.md Pagination, LRO polling, rate limiting
Gotchas & Troubleshooting COMMON-CLI.md az rest audience, shell escaping, token expiry

Rules

MUST

  • Select exactly one mode from the table above before doing anything else.
  • Read references/<mode>.md end to end, as your FIRST tool call, before the first command of that mode.
  • Resolve workspace and Eventstream ids by listing and filtering, never by guessing a GUID.
  • Announce a mode switch explicitly when the request crosses a boundary.
  • Treat the reference as instructions, never as the deliverable. After reading it, RUN the documented commands against the live workspace and report the real results.
  • Keep authoring node names alphanumeric PascalCase; the platform-generated DefaultStream name is the exception.
  • Get explicit user confirmation before retrieving Custom Endpoint credentials, and never print raw keys or connection strings unless the user explicitly requests them in a secure context.

PREFER

  • The narrowest mode that satisfies the request.
  • Reading exactly ONE mode reference. Load a second only when the request genuinely spans modes, and say so before you do.
  • Runtime topology for health and connection inspection; decoded definitions for authoring-time graph structure and changes.

AVOID

  • Acting from this dispatcher alone -- it intentionally omits the operational detail.
  • Answering with a summary of the reference instead of executing it.
  • Mutating anything while in the read-only consumption mode.
  • Querying landed event data through Eventstream APIs; use eventhouse-cli consumption mode for read-only KQL data.
  • Loading a different skill for work this skill already owns (see CRITICAL NOTES 3).

Examples

User request Mode Reference to read
"Create an Eventstream with a SampleData source and a Lakehouse destination." authoring references/authoring.md
"Add a filter for temperature above 30 to my Eventstream." authoring references/authoring.md
"Show every source, operator and destination in SensorIngestion." consumption references/consumption.md
"What retention and throughput settings does this Eventstream use?" consumption references/consumption.md

Tips for Eventstream CLI

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • It bundles reference files. The agent reads them only when needed, so they cost no context until then.
  • • It is part of a pack with 26 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Eventstream CLI

What does the Eventstream CLI skill do?

Owns Fabric Eventstream items end to end: sources, operators, destinations, routing, retention, throughput and connection strings, plus read-only topology checks. Pick it for anything that names an Eventstream, creating and listing included. Where the rows finally land is eventhouse-cli.

How do I install Eventstream CLI?

Run "npx skills add microsoft/skills-for-fabric --skill eventstream-cli" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Eventstream CLI work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Eventstream CLI uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Eventstream CLI free?

Eventstream CLI is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Eventstream CLI?

Eventstream CLI is published by Microsoft in the microsoft/skills-for-fabric repository, together with 25 other skills.

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