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Description

This PR improves the extension installation experience by introducing a collections overview page and integrating it into the Getting Started documentation flow.

The goal is to help users quickly understand available HVE extension bundles and choose the appropriate workflow.

Changes Included

  • Added a new Extension Collections documentation page
  • Linked the collections page from the installation guide
  • Referenced collections in the Getting Started flow
  • Added a collections card in the documentation hub
  • Updated the extension README template to link to the collections overview
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Related Issue(s)

Closes #859


Type of Change

Code & Documentation

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change fixing an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change adding functionality)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature causing existing functionality to change)
  • Documentation update

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The documentation changes were validated by:

  • Running markdown lint checks
  • Running frontmatter validation
  • Verifying internal documentation links
  • Reviewing the documentation site preview to ensure links render correctly

Commands Executed

npm run lint:all

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Required Checks

  • Documentation is updated (if applicable)
  • Files follow existing naming conventions
  • Changes are backwards compatible (if applicable)
  • Tests added for new functionality (not applicable)

Required Automated Checks

  • Markdown linting: npm run lint:md
  • Spell checking: npm run spell-check
  • Frontmatter validation: npm run lint:frontmatter
  • Skill structure validation: npm run validate:skills
  • Link validation: npm run lint:md-links
  • PowerShell analysis: npm run lint:ps
  • Plugin freshness: npm run plugin:generate (not applicable)

Security Considerations

  • This PR does not contain any sensitive or NDA information
  • Any new dependencies have been reviewed for security issues
  • Security-related scripts follow the principle of least privilege

Additional Notes

This change focuses on improving discoverability of extension collections and integrating them into the installation and Getting Started workflow, supporting the simplified extension install experience described in Issue #859.

@PratikWayase PratikWayase requested a review from a team as a code owner March 9, 2026 05:36
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Thanks for putting this together, @PratikWayase! The collections overview page and cross-linking are a solid start. I have a few items to address before we can merge.

Unrelated changes — please remove

This PR includes a file that aren't part of #859 and should be submitted separately:

.github/workflows/weekly-security-maintenance.yml — Adding stale SHA issue auto-creation (64 new lines) is a workflow/security change with no connection to #859. This needs its own PR with appropriate review.

Missing items from the acceptance criteria in #859

The issue specifies several requirements that aren't addressed yet:

  • Expandable or linked descriptions per collection — The table is a good start, but #859 asks for each collection to have an expandable description (or link) showing the specific agents and capabilities included. Currently it's just a flat table row.
  • Maturity status indicators — Design Thinking should be marked Preview and Experimental should be marked Experimental, per the implementation notes in the issue.
  • Homepage hero section CTA — The issue proposes an update to docs/docusaurus/src/pages/index.tsx for a hero section install CTA. This file wasn't touched.
  • Hub card destination — The new hub card links directly to the marketplace, but the issue asks for a link to the collections overview page (or both marketplace and collections overview), so users can compare bundles before installing.

Code quality items

  • VsCodeExtensionIcon formatting — The component has inconsistent quote styles (single vs double), irregular indentation, and spacing that doesn't match the existing icon components in the file. Please align with the style of DesignThinkingIcon and others already in Icons/index.tsx.
  • SVG gradient bugoffset="100" on the last gradient stop should be offset="100%".
  • collections.md frontmatter — The author field uses lowercase pratik wayase; please use proper casing.
  • Missing trailing newlinecollections.md is missing a final newline.
  • Hardcoded artifact counts — The issue notes that counts should be verified against collections/*.collection.yml. Please double-check these are accurate as of the current main branch.

Summary

Please:

  1. Remove the two unrelated file changes and submit them as separate PRs
  2. Address the missing acceptance criteria items listed above
  3. Fix the code quality items

Happy to re-review once these are addressed!

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Thanks for the detailed review, @katriendg!

So far, I’ve focused on improving the collections overview page. I’ve added expandable sections to better surface the agents and capabilities within each collection.

I also noticed that only the hve-core marketplace link is working. The other collection links (e.g., ADO, etc.) are returning 404 errors when using URLs like:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ise-hve-essentials.ado

Could you confirm whether these extensions are not published yet, or if I should be using a different naming convention for the marketplace links?

The remaining items (maturity indicators, homepage CTA, hub card updates, and code quality fixes) are still pending I’ll address those next.

Also noted on the unrelated workflow file I’ll remove it and raise a separate PR for that.

Please let me know if the current approach for the collections page looks good and how I should handle the marketplace links.

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Thanks @PratikWayase, I believe your expandable collections look nicely!
Nit: you have some merge conflicts to fix when you merge or rebase main`.

For the extensions, maybe we have a broken link somewhere, but all current collections are available and published:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/ise-hve-essentials

So the link for ADO should be https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ise-hve-essentials.hve-ado, we may have had a rename at some point. The latter is the working and correct link.

@WilliamBerryiii WilliamBerryiii force-pushed the feat/collections-overview-docs branch from 5aaa7b4 to d7ada10 Compare April 1, 2026 20:39
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Thank you for this documentation contribution, @PratikWayase! Your collections overview page and the VS Code Extension hub card are great additions to the getting started experience.

We pushed a few enhancements to your branch that build on your work:

  • Expanded the collections table with per-artifact count columns (Agents, Prompts, Instructions, Skills) using data from the collection YAML files
  • Added a Marketplace column with direct install links for each published extension
  • Normalized the \VsCodeExtensionIcon\ component style to match the existing icon conventions in the file
  • Ran the table formatter for consistent column alignment

Your original structure, hub card, and icon design are all preserved. We appreciate the time and care you put into this — documentation contributions make the project more accessible for everyone.

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@WilliamBerryiii WilliamBerryiii force-pushed the feat/collections-overview-docs branch from d7ada10 to 1355505 Compare April 1, 2026 20:51
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Thanks for the additions @WilliamBerryiii!
I've done a small addition as well to get the CTA on the root, as defined in the associated issue. We should be ready to merge now.

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LGTM

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Thanks for your contribution. LGTM!

@bindsi bindsi merged commit b6fa2aa into microsoft:main Apr 2, 2026
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## Pre-Release 3.3.101

### ✨ Features

- add removed maturity tier and retire owasp-docker (#1444)
- add evaluation dataset creator (#1279)
- align RAI planner with guide, remove scoring, improve UX (#1287)
- add PSGallery staleness check and BOM cleanup (#1379)
- ISA-95 network planner agent (#1177)
- auto-generate collection.md with maturity filtering (#1316)
- add folder-consistency check and standardize WARN outp… (#1350)
- add synth-data-generate prompt to data-science collection (#1419)
- add canonical deck workflow and customer-card rendering for design
thinking (#1413)
- add Figma MCP integration for DT artifact export (#1222)
- introduce `owasp-docker` (#1245)
- replace hve-core-specific references with portable discovery-based
language (#1335)
- introduce `owasp-cicd` (#1246)
- add secure-by-design knowledge skill (#1223)
- introduce `owasp-infrastructure` (#1244)
- introduce `owasp-mcp` (#1207)
- add OutputPath parameter to Invoke-LinkLanguageCheck.ps1 (#1229)
- add -OutputPath parameter to Validate-SkillStructure.ps1 (#1225)
- add maintainer-only skip-review label guard (#1293)
- add extension collections overview and integrate into getting started
flow (#950)
- add agentic workflows for automated issue triage, implementation, PR
review, dependency review, and doc-staleness detection (#1219)
- consolidate package-lock.json version sync into
Update-VersionFiles.ps1 (#1240)
- add standards code review agent and full review orchestrator (#1174)
- standardize pytest-mock as Python mocking framework (#1170)
- add Jira backlog workflows and Jira/GitLab skills (#978)
- add centralized version bump script and supply-chain attestation
(#1183)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- pin PowerShell-Yaml to 0.4.7 across all install sites (#1378)
- close fork-PR/workflow-file-PR secret-strip gap and normalize
upload-artifact version (#1421)
- replace stream-based lookahead with array indexing in
list-changed-files.sh (#1376)
- centralize ISO 8601 timestamp regex in CIHelpers (#1343)
- update stale documentation date in release-process.md (#1363)
- pin basic-ftp to 5.3.0 to resolve GHSA-rp42-5vxx-qpwr (#1374)
- add bot filter to dependency PR review workflow (#1362)
- resolve pip-audit findings in powerpoint, gitlab, and jira skill lock
files (#1360)
- standardize Timestamp JSON key casing across all lint result files
(#1314)
- add synchronize trigger to PR Review workflow (#1323)
- standardize timestamp in Validate-SkillStructure.ps1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1280)
- add parallel subagent dispatch and structured JSON contracts to
code-review-full (#1304)
- standardize timestamp in SecurityHelpers.psm1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1284)
- standardize timestamps in Test-DependencyPinning.ps1 and
SecurityClasses.psm1 (#1282)
- derive collection artifact counts from YAML at build time (#1275)
- standardize timestamp in FrontmatterValidation.psm1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1285)
- standardize timestamp in Markdown-Link-Check.ps1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1283)
- escape hyphens in Mermaid diagram on Collections page (#1262)
- add summary timestamp to PSScriptAnalyzer output (#1211)
- fix plugin compatibility and robustness for coding-standards code
review agents (#1289)
- standardize timestamp in Test-CopyrightHeaders.ps1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1278)
- standardize timestamp in Invoke-YamlLint.ps1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1270)
- standardize timestamp in Invoke-LinkLanguageCheck.ps1 to use
Get-StandardTimestamp (#1264)
- fix dependency-review path filters and sparse-checkout cone mode
(#1259)
- replace invalid bare tool names with official tool identifiers (#1198)
- fix broken links and remove orphaned reference in code review docs
(#1257)
- exclude Python env dirs from skill validation warnings (#1255)
- pin happy-dom and serialize-javascript to resolve Dependabot
vulnerabilities (#1253)
- remove Mermaid diagram and add missing collection cards (#1247)
- disable MCP servers by default to prevent token limit errors (#1144)
- sync package-lock.json after pre-release version bump (#1236)
- separate mermaid node declarations and add dynamic diagram generation
with tests (#1215)
- replace anchor links in meeting-analyst with bold text references
(#1201)
- remove recursive symlinks in jira and gitlab skill directories (#1233)
- validate-installation scripts now check .github/skills directory
(#1010) (#1206)
- resolve npm audit vulnerabilities via dependency overrides (#1200)
- add post-release triggers to scorecard workflow (#1186)
- add missing .md extensions to relative links in agent documentation
(#1180)

### 📚 Documentation

- broaden Security Review description beyond OWASP (#1385)
- document maintainer advisory mode and skip-review label guard (#1386)
- document ExcludePaths/OutputPath for Invoke-LinkLanguageCheck (#1383)
- CLI getting-started: clarify plugin install commands as alternatives
(-all vs base) (#1251)

### ♻️ Refactoring

- align agent and prompt folder names to collection identifier (#1210)

### 🔧 Maintenance

- pin PSScriptAnalyzer to 1.25.0 and sync stale workflow version
comments (#1389)
- bump lxml from 6.0.2 to 6.1.0 in
/.github/skills/experimental/powerpoint (#1424)
- bump @vscode/vsce from 3.7.1 to 3.9.1 in the npm-dependencies group
(#1390)
- bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 7 updates
(#1391)
- bump follow-redirects from 1.15.11 to 1.16.0 in /docs/docusaurus
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- upgrade Node.js from 20 to 24 and bump cspell to v10 (#1353)
- bump basic-ftp from 5.2.0 to 5.2.1 (#1324)
- update github/gh-aw-actions requirement to
536ea1bad8c6715d098a9dc1afea8d403733acfe in the github-actions group
across 1 directory (#1298)
- update security instruction attributions and compliance (#1294)
- bump the npm-dependencies group with 2 updates (#1297)
- pre-release 3.3.41 (#1252)
- streamline RAI Planner phase structure and documentation (#1273)
- bump happy-dom from 20.8.8 to 20.8.9 in /docs/docusaurus (#1237)
- pre-release 3.3.27 (#1191)
- bump pygments from 2.19.2 to 2.20.0 in /.github/skills/gitlab/gitlab
(#1234)
- bump path-to-regexp from 0.1.12 to 0.1.13 in /docs/docusaurus (#1226)
- bump the github-actions group with 4 updates (#1231)
- add missing folders and alphabetize location lists (#1193)
- bump brace-expansion (#1224)
- bump handlebars from 4.7.8 to 4.7.9 in /docs/docusaurus (#1217)
- bump brace-expansion from 5.0.3 to 5.0.5 in /docs/docusaurus (#1213)
- pre-release 3.3.10 (#1187)
- bump markdownlint-cli2 from 0.21.0 to 0.22.0 in the npm-dependencies
group (#1175)
- bump the github-actions group with 3 updates (#1176)
- pre-release 3.3.1 (#1165)

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feat(docs): Simplify extension install experience with collection showcase and guided RPI tutorial

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