- Migrate Dotnet8 To Dotnet9Migrate a .NET 8 project to .NET 9 and resolve all breaking changes. USE FOR: upgrading TargetFramework from net8.0 to net9.0, fixing build errors after updating the .NET 9 SDK, resolving behavioral changes in .NET 9 / C# 13 / ASP.NET Core 9 / EF Core 9, replacing BinaryFormatter (now always throws), resolving SYSLIB0054-SYSLIB0057, adapting to params span overload resolution, fixing C# 13 compiler changes, updating HttpClientFactory for SocketsHttpHandler, and resolving EF Core 9 migration/Cosmdotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Dotnet9 To Dotnet10Migrate a .NET 9 project or solution to .NET 10 and resolve all breaking changes. USE FOR: upgrading TargetFramework from net9.0 to net10.0, fixing build errors after updating the .NET 10 SDK, resolving source and behavioral changes in .NET 10 / C# 14 / ASP.NET Core 10 / EF Core 10, updating Dockerfiles for Debian-to-Ubuntu base images, resolving obsoletion warnings (SYSLIB0058-SYSLIB0062), adapting to SDK/NuGet changes (NU1510, PrunePackageReference), migrating System.Linq.Async to built-in Asydotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Mstest V1v2 To V3Use this skill before answering or editing whenever an MSTest v1/v2 project is being upgraded or repaired for v3. Triggers include QualityTools assembly references; MSTest.TestFramework/TestAdapter 1.x-2.x; "upgrade to MSTest v3"; comparing v1 and v2 migration paths; choosing MSTest or MSTest.Sdk; CS0411/CS1503 after a v3 package bump; DataRow type mismatch, MSTEST0014, or "Test data doesn't match method parameters"; .testsettings/LegacySettings to .runsettings; timeout changes; and net5.0 or otdotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Mstest V3 To V4Use this skill before answering, planning, or editing any MSTest 3.x-to-4.x upgrade or post-upgrade failure. Triggers include "MSTest v4 breaking changes"; CS0507/CS0103/CS1061/CS1615; ExecuteAsync, CallerInfo, DisplayName, or custom TestMethodAttribute; ClassCleanupBehavior; ContainsKey; ThrowsExactly or ExpectedException; IsInstanceOfType out parameters; TestTimeout.Infinite; ManagedType; net6/net7 compatibility; TestCase.Id history; TestName in ClassInitialize; TreatDiscoveryWarningsAsErrors;dotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Nullable ReferencesEnable nullable reference types in a C# project and systematically resolve all warnings. USE FOR: adopting NRTs in existing codebases, file-by-file or project-wide migration, fixing CS8602/CS8618/CS86xx warnings, annotating APIs for nullability, cleaning up null-forgiving operators, upgrading dependencies with new nullable annotations. DO NOT USE FOR: projects already fully migrated with zero warnings (unless auditing suppressions), fixing a handful of nullable warnings in code that already has dotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Nunit To MstestConvert .NET tests from NUnit 3/4 to MSTest v4 while preserving VSTest or MTP. Use for replacing NUnit/NUnit3TestAdapter packages, Test/TestCase/ TestCaseSource/Values attributes, constraint assertions, SetUp/TearDown, OneTimeSetUp, SetUpFixture, FixtureLifeCycle, TestContext, categories, retries, timeouts, and NUnit parallelization. Also use when a "convert NUnit to MSTest" request may already be migrated: inspect and report the no-op. Do not use for NUnit version upgrades, xUnit/TUnit conversidotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Static To WrapperALWAYS USE when asked to migrate, replace, or make testable existing C# static calls with a named wrapper or built-in abstraction: DateTime.UtcNow/Now or DateTimeOffset.UtcNow to TimeProvider/IClock, File.* to IFileSystem or an existing store such as ITextFileStore, and Environment.* to an existing reader such as IEnvironmentReader. Covers scoped files/projects, constructor injection, replacing temp-file or process-environment tests with fakes, "already registered" abstractions, and static classdotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Vstest To MtpUse this skill before answering, planning, or editing whenever .NET tests or CI are switching from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP), or an MTP migration behaves differently. Triggers include "switch from VSTest"; MSTest/NUnit/xUnit MTP enablement; OutputType=Exe only for test projects in Directory.Build.props; EnableMSTestRunner, EnableNUnitRunner, UseMicrosoftTestingPlatformRunner, or YTest.MTP.XUnit2; .NET 10 global.json test.runner and TestingPlatformDotnetTestSupport; translating Vdotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Xunit To MstestConvert .NET tests from xUnit.net v2/v3 to MSTest v4 while preserving VSTest or MTP. Use for replacing xunit packages, Fact/Theory/InlineData/MemberData, assertions, IClassFixture/ICollectionFixture, ITestOutputHelper, TestContext cancellation, traits/Owner, skips, timeouts, and xUnit parallelization. Also use when a "convert xUnit to MSTest" request may already be migrated: inspect and report the no-op. Do not use for xUnit v2-to-v3, MSTest upgrades, NUnit/TUnit conversion, or runner-only VSTesdotnet/skills5,575
- Migrate Xunit To Xunit V3Migrate .NET test projects from xUnit.net v2 to xunit.v3 and fix v3 breaks. Use for package/CPM conversion, OutputType=Exe, preserving the VSTest or MTP runner (including projects currently using YTest.MTP.XUnit2), incompatible TFMs, async void tests, string-to-Type attributes, custom Fact/Theory/BeforeAfterTest attributes, Xunit.SkippableFact, xunit.abstractions/extensibility consolidation, and Xunit.Combinatorial/StaFact compatibility. Do not use for framework conversion or a runner-only migradotnet/skills5,575
- MsbuildUse only for MSBuild failure investigation, build-performance analysis, or review of existing build XML/extension contracts. A plan to convert a working legacy/non-SDK project to SDK style or migrate packages.config is a project-system migration, NOT a build-file review: do not activate, even to check scope. Framework/API upgrades are also excluded. Activate for advisory Import/Exists hook and NuGet packed-import questions even without a checkout or failed build; .csproj/.fsproj/.vbproj/.props/.dotnet/skills5,575
- Msbuild AntipatternsDO NOT INVOKE when the primary request explicitly asks to convert, migrate, modernize, or rewrite a legacy/old-style project to SDK style; use msbuild-modernization. Migration prompts often mention ToolsVersion, explicit Compile/Reference entries, packages.config, or Microsoft.CSharp.targets, but merely reviewing or auditing a file that contains those patterns remains in scope here. USE FOR broad review, audit, lint, or maintainability/correctness checks of project/build files, including custom dotnet/skills5,575
- Msbuild ModernizationGuide for modernizing and migrating MSBuild project files to SDK-style format. USE FOR: converting legacy .csproj/.vbproj with verbose XML to SDK-style, migrating packages.config to PackageReference, removing Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs in favor of auto-generation, eliminating explicit Compile Include lists via implicit globbing, consolidating shared settings into Directory.Build.props. Indicators of legacy projects: ToolsVersion attribute, an Import of Microsoft.CSharp.targets via $(MSBuildToolsdotnet/skills5,575
- Mtp Hot ReloadSet up or recover MTP hot reload for a long-lived console-host edit/re-run loop in a Microsoft Testing Platform project. Use for explicit MTP console requests such as "enable hot reload", "dotnet run to rerun on edit", or unsupported/rude edits. Covers setup, run/watch, restarts, filters, and the VSTest no-mutation fallback. For one-time runs, exact commands, filter errors, TRX/dumps, or merely a failing test, use run-tests. Do not use when Test Explorer or an IDE should rerun tests without an Mdotnet/skills5,575
- Nuget Trusted PublishingSet up NuGet trusted publishing (OIDC) on a GitHub Actions repo — replaces long-lived API keys with short-lived tokens. USE FOR: trusted publishing, NuGet OIDC, keyless NuGet publish, migrate from NuGet API key, NuGet/login, secure NuGet publishing. DO NOT USE FOR: publishing to private feeds or Azure Artifacts (OIDC is nuget.org only). INVOKES: shell (powershell or bash), edit, create, ask_user for guided repo setup.dotnet/skills5,575
- Optimizing Ef Core QueriesOptimize and improve the performance of slow Entity Framework Core (EF Core) queries: make them generate less SQL, make fewer database round-trips, and return results faster. Use whenever an EF Core or DbContext query or data-access path is slow or should be made faster — whether or not EF Core owns the database schema. For EF Core, not Dapper or raw ADO.NET.dotnet/skills5,575
- Plan Ui ChangePlan complex Blazor UI features by decomposing them into focused components. USE FOR: building a complex Blazor page with multiple sections, planning component decomposition, designing a multi-section dashboard or layout, breaking down a large UI feature into composable components, pages with sidebars and content panels, any page with 3+ distinct visual sections or multiple interacting sub-features, identifying parent-child relationships and data flow. DO NOT USE FOR: creating new Blazor projectdotnet/skills5,575
- Platform DetectionIdentify a .NET project's test platform, framework, command mode, and SDK-style vs classic project system. Use only for "which test platform/framework?", "VSTest or MTP?", or "what runner does this project use?", including bridge settings, UseVSTest opt-outs, and incompatible or conflicting VSTest/MTP configuration. Resolves global.json, project, packages.config, Directory.Build.props, and Directory.Packages.props precedence for MSTest/xUnit/NUnit/TUnit. DO NOT USE when the user asks to run/filtdotnet/skills5,575
- Property PatternsDiagnose and fix concrete MSBuild property defects in projects and existing shared-file hierarchies. USE FOR: conditions, defaults, append versus overwrite, last-write-wins values, OS/TFM checks, portable paths, normalization, and reviews centered on those property defects. Property defects in Directory.Build.* remain in scope, including overwritten values across parent/child imports and conditions that run before TargetFramework is set, even when the fix changes import order or moves a propertydotnet/skills5,575
- Resolve Project ReferencesGuide for interpreting ResolveProjectReferences time in MSBuild performance summaries. Activate when ResolveProjectReferences appears as the most expensive target and developers are trying to optimize it directly. Explains that the reported time includes wait time for dependent project builds and is misleading. Guides users to focus on task self-time instead. Do not activate for general build performance -- use build-perf-diagnostics instead.dotnet/skills5,575
- Run TestsALWAYS USE before running .NET tests or answering with a test command or flags. Trigger on "run the tests", "exact dotnet test command", one test/class/category/trait/target framework, combined filters, `--filter-query`, `--no-build`, `--diag`, diagnostic logs, TRX, coverage collection, crash/hang dumps, filter errors, or unrecognized options. Chooses repository-compatible classic, VSTest, bridged MTP, or native MTP syntax for MSTest/xUnit/NUnit/TUnit. DO NOT USE for platform identification alondotnet/skills5,575
- Scaffold Dotnet Test ProjectMUST USE when an existing .NET test project was excluded from a .slnf/CI solution filter, disappeared from .sln/.slnx discovery, or lost its production ProjectReference; also for requests to set up, create, reuse, add, register, include, or repair a test project. Handles "tests pass directly but CI discovers zero", exact solution wiring, xUnit/NUnit/MSTest, and central packages. DO NOT USE to only author tests in an already-wired project (code-testing-agent), run tests, migrate, or correct MSTesdotnet/skills5,575
- Setup Local SdkInstall a .NET SDK locally for safe preview testing, specific-version pinning, or reproducible team setups — without modifying the system-wide installation. USE FOR: trying .NET previews safely, testing specific SDK versions, installing MAUI or other workloads on a preview, updating or replacing an existing local SDK, creating reproducible team/CI install scripts, configuring global.json paths. DO NOT USE FOR: system-wide SDK installs, .NET hosts older than 10, runtime-only installs, or projectsdotnet/skills5,575
- Support PrerenderingMake interactive Blazor components work correctly with prerendering. USE FOR fixing duplicate data loads, UI flicker during prerender-to-interactive handoff, null references during prerender, persisting state across prerender, disabling prerendering, excluding pages from interactive routing, or detecting whether a component is currently prerendering. DO NOT USE for choosing which render mode to use (see create-blazor-project) or general component authoring (see author-component).dotnet/skills5,575
- System Text Json Net11Imperative guidance for the System.Text.Json APIs added in .NET 11: the built-in `JsonNamingPolicy.PascalCase` naming policy, and the strongly-typed generic `JsonSerializerOptions.GetTypeInfo` and `JsonSerializerOptions.TryGetTypeInfo` metadata accessors (generic overloads that return a typed `JsonTypeInfo`). USE ONLY when the user is targeting net11.0 or later and needs PascalCase JSON property or dictionary-key names without writing a custom naming policy, a strongly-typed generic `JsonTypeInfdotnet/skills5,575
- Target AuthoringCanonical patterns for writing custom MSBuild targets. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing custom target authoring anti-patterns; broken SDK target chains across files (e.g., Directory.Build.targets silently redefining SDK targets); targets that replace CompileDependsOn instead of extending it with $(CompileDependsOn); query targets returning stale results from Outputs vs Returns misuse; missing Inputs/Outputs causing unnecessary rebuilds; missing FileWrites registration. Covers DependsOnTargets vs Bdotnet/skills5,575
- Technology SelectionGuides technology selection and implementation of AI and ML features in .NET 8+ applications using ML.NET, Microsoft.Extensions.AI (MEAI), Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF), GitHub Copilot SDK, ONNX Runtime, and OllamaSharp. Covers the full spectrum from classic ML through modern LLM orchestration to local inference. Use when adding classification, regression, clustering, anomaly detection, recommendation, LLM integration (text generation, summarization, reasoning), RAG pipelines with vector searcdotnet/skills5,575
- Template AuthoringGuides creation and validation of custom dotnet new templates from existing projects. Generates a .template.config/template.json that preserves the source project's conventions. USE FOR: creating a reusable dotnet new template from an existing project, bootstrapping .template.config/template.json with correct identity, shortName, parameters, and post-actions, adding parameters or conditional content to a template you are authoring, validating the template.json you are authoring before publishingdotnet/skills5,575
- Template ComparisonCompares two or more dotnet new templates side by side to help users choose between them based on parameters, feature support, frameworks, and classifications. USE FOR: deciding between similar templates (webapi vs webapp, blazor vs blazorwasm, console vs worker), producing a side-by-side comparison of parameters and feature support, understanding how templates differ before creating a project. DO NOT USE FOR: creating a project from a template (use template-instantiation), authoring or validatidotnet/skills5,575
- Template DiscoveryHelps find, inspect, and compare (at a high level) .NET project templates. Resolves natural-language project descriptions to ranked template matches with pre-filled parameters. USE FOR: finding the right dotnet new template for a task, inspecting a template's parameters and constraints, understanding what a template produces before creating a project, resolving intent like "web API with auth" to concrete template + parameters. DO NOT USE FOR: actually creating projects (use template-instantiatiodotnet/skills5,575
- Template InstantiationCreates .NET projects from templates with validated parameters, smart defaults, Central Package Management adaptation, and latest NuGet version resolution. USE FOR: creating new dotnet projects, scaffolding solutions with multiple projects, installing or uninstalling template packages, creating projects that respect Directory.Packages.props (CPM), composing multi-project solutions (API + tests + library), getting latest NuGet package versions in newly created projects. DO NOT USE FOR: finding tedotnet/skills5,575
- Template Smart DefaultsApplies cross-parameter default rules when creating .NET projects with dotnet new, filling gaps consistently without overriding values the user set explicitly. USE FOR: choosing which target framework to pair with native AOT, deciding whether to keep HTTPS when authentication is enabled, recognizing that controllers and minimal-API flags are mutually exclusive, filling unset related parameters during project creation, explaining why a default was applied and ensuring an explicit user value is nedotnet/skills5,575
- Template ValidationValidates custom dotnet new templates for correctness before publishing. Catches missing fields, parameter bugs, shortName conflicts, constraint issues, and common authoring mistakes that cause templates to fail silently. USE FOR: checking template.json files for errors before publishing or testing, diagnosing why a template doesn't appear after installation, reviewing template parameter definitions for type mismatches and missing defaults, finding shortName conflicts with dotnet CLI commands, vdotnet/skills5,575
- Test Analysis ExtensionsProvides file paths to language-specific reference files for the test ANALYSIS skills (assertion-quality, test-anti-patterns, test-gap-analysis, test-smell-detection, test-tagging). Call this skill to discover available extension files (e.g., dotnet.md for .NET/MSTest/xUnit/NUnit/TUnit, python.md for pytest/unittest, typescript.md for Jest/Vitest/Mocha, java.md for JUnit/TestNG, etc.). Do not use directly — invoked by the test-quality-auditor agent and polyglot analysis skills that need framewordotnet/skills5,575
- Test Anti PatternsAudit a test file or suite; produce a severity-ranked diagnostic report. ALWAYS USE for tests that verify nothing, missing/tautological assertions, swallowed/broad exceptions, flaky/order-dependent tests, duplication, or magic values. Polyglot. DO NOT USE for direct edits: writing-mstest-tests owns supplied MSTest assertions/attributes/lifecycle; code-testing-agent owns new tests. Exclude running tests, migration, assertion metrics (assertion-quality), raw .NET coverage collection (run-tests), ndotnet/skills5,575
- Test Gap AnalysisPseudo-mutation analysis ONLY: answer whether tests would catch a bug if production code changed, which meaningful changes would still pass, or which caller-visible mutations existing assertions would miss; verify candidates when requested, then optionally close verified gaps. Activate for behavioral blind spots or missing edge cases tied to production behavior. Polyglot. DO NOT USE FOR: suite organization, taxonomy, metadata, or distribution reports (test-tagging); .NET line-vs-branch or Cobertdotnet/skills5,575
- Test Smell DetectionAudits existing tests in any language using formal, research-backed test smell names and the testsmells.org 19-smell academic taxonomy. Use when the caller asks for an academic or citable test-smell review, named smell categories, or a formal severity-ranked smell assessment. Covers Assertion Roulette, Conditional Test Logic, Mystery Guest, Eager Test, Sleepy Test, Unknown Test, Sensitive Equality, and the rest of the catalog across .NET, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, Go, Ruby, Rust, Swifdotnet/skills5,575
- Test TaggingClassifies existing tests by standard traits and reports their distribution. USE FOR: tagging all tests with category attributes, categorizing/tagging/ labeling each test, compare happy vs error paths, audit the test mix, describe coverage shape by test type, or tag then verify the project builds. Read bodies when names mislead. Apply canonical attributes; otherwise report only. DO NOT USE FOR: requests owned by test-anti-patterns, coverage-analysis, crap-score, test-gap-analysis, code-testing-adotnet/skills5,575
- Testability ObstacleMUST USE for C#/.NET deterministic tests that require the smallest production seam for DateTime/Task.Delay/File/Environment/Guid/Random, static API preservation, nested/parallel overrides, or no real I/O. USE ONLY when the target workspace contains C# source plus a .csproj or .sln. DO NOT USE for audits, bulk migration, code that already has an injectable seam, or an explicit migration to a user-named existing abstraction (migrate-static-to-wrapper). Use instead of general test generation when tdotnet/skills5,575
- Thread Abort MigrationGuides migration of .NET Framework Thread.Abort usage to cooperative cancellation in modern .NET. USE FOR: modernizing code that calls Thread.Abort, catching ThreadAbortException, replacing Thread.ResetAbort, replacing Thread.Interrupt for thread termination, resolving PlatformNotSupportedException or SYSLIB0006 after retargeting to .NET 6+, migrating ASP.NET Response.End or Response.Redirect(url, true) which internally call Thread.Abort. DO NOT USE FOR: code that only uses Thread.Join, Thread.Sdotnet/skills5,575
- Use Igniteui BlazorAdd, configure, or review Ignite UI for Blazor Lite component support in Blazor applications. USE FOR: installing IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite or IgniteUI.Blazor.GridLite, registering AddIgniteUIBlazor() in Blazor Server, WASM, Hybrid, or split Blazor Web App projects, adding @using IgniteUI.Blazor.Controls, wiring the theme stylesheet, picking the right host page, locating the GridLite stylesheet path, explaining single-project vs split Server/Client Web App setup differences, and checking where an intdotnet/skills5,575
- Use Js InteropAdd, review, or fix JavaScript interop in Blazor components. USE FOR: calling JavaScript from Blazor, calling .NET from JavaScript, collocated .razor.js modules, IJSRuntime, IJSObjectReference lifecycle, DotNetObjectReference, ElementReference, timing rules for when JS is available, IAsyncDisposable disposal of JS references, server-side JS interop safety. DO NOT USE FOR: general Blazor component authoring without JS interop needs (use author-component), forms (use collect-user-input).dotnet/skills5,575
- VectorizationDesign, implement, optimize, and review SIMD code in .NET. USE FOR: vectorizing scalar loops with TensorPrimitives, Vector64/128/256/512, or platform hardware intrinsics; reviewing existing SIMD code, including the generic Vector type, for contract equivalence, tail handling, memory safety, portability, fallbacks, and measured performance. DO NOT USE FOR: performance work unrelated to SIMD or vectorization.dotnet/skills5,575
- Winforms ExpertCreate, modify, debug, or review Windows Forms applications only when the request contains a concrete Windows Forms marker. USE FOR: WinForms, Windows Forms, System.Windows.Forms, WinForms Form or UserControl designer files (*.Designer.cs or *.Designer.vb), Visual Studio WinForms Designer, TableLayoutPanel, BindingSource, DataGridView, Control.InvokeAsync, component-tray ownership, or custom control serialization. DO NOT USE FOR: WPF or WPF XAML, including Window.InputBindings, KeyBinding, commadotnet/skills5,575
- Writing Mstest TestsALWAYS USE when asked to fix, rewrite, update, improve, modernize, show corrected code for, or explain existing MSTest tests or MSTest-specific configuration. Use for "review" when corrected code or edits are wanted, even for one pasted assertion or passing tests with bad failure output. Covers expected/actual labels; generic Boolean, collection, string, numeric, null, identity, exception, hard-cast, and object[] checks; TestContext/lifecycle; timeout/cancellation; OS/CI conditions, retry, cleandotnet/skills5,575
- Assessing Breaking ChangesGuides assessment of backward compatibility for MSBuild changes. Consult when modifying behavior, adding warnings or errors, changing defaults, altering target ordering, removing or deprecating features, deciding whether a change needs a ChangeWave, reviewing blast radius of behavioral changes, or when a PR introduces user-visible output differences.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Authoring Errors And WarningsGuides authoring of MSBuild errors, warnings, and diagnostic messages. Consult when adding new MSBxxxx codes, writing or modifying user-facing diagnostic text, deciding between error/warning/message severity, working with Strings.resx resource files, formatting paths in error output, or evaluating whether a new warning could break WarnAsError builds.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- ChangewavesManage MSBuild Change Waves: create new waves, condition features behind opt-out flags, write tests for wave-gated features, document change waves in ChangeWaves.md, and retire expired waves. Use when adding changes that need an opt-out or rotating out old change waves. Changes that introduce a user-visible behavior change should consider whether to use a changewave.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Cswin32 ComGuides struct-based COM interop in MSBuild using CsWin32 patterns. Consult when working with ComScope<T>, ComClassFactory, IComIID, IID.Get<T>(), delegate* unmanaged vtables, CoCreateInstance, or manually defining COM interfaces not in Win32 metadata (e.g. WMI IWbemLocator, IWbemServices).dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Cswin32 InteropGuides CsWin32 P/Invoke interop in MSBuild. Consult when working with the PInvoke class, Windows.Win32 namespaces, FEATURE_WINDOWSINTEROP, HANDLE/HMODULE/HRESULT types, BufferScope<T>, replacing [DllImport] with CsWin32, or conditioning Windows-only code for source builds.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Deploy Msbuild To VsDeploy locally-built MSBuild binaries into a Visual Studio installation for testing and debugging. Use when you need VS itself to use your local MSBuild changes, or when debugging MSBuild as invoked by VS.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Dotnet Aot CompatMake .NET projects compatible with Native AOT and trimming by systematically resolving IL trim/AOT analyzer warnings. USE FOR: making projects AOT-compatible, fixing trimming warnings, resolving IL warnings (IL2026, IL2070, IL2067, IL2072, IL3050), adding DynamicallyAccessedMembers annotations, enabling IsAotCompatible. DO NOT USE FOR: publishing native AOT binaries, optimizing binary size, replacing reflection-heavy libraries with alternatives. INVOKES: no tools — pure knowledge skill.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Integrating Sdk And MsbuildGuides work on the SDK-MSBuild integration boundary. Consult when authoring or modifying SDK targets, working on dotnet CLI to MSBuild invocation, handling project-reference protocol, coordinating cross-repo changes with dotnet/sdk, debugging property resolution or import ordering, working on restore/build/publish/pack target chains, or dealing with Directory.Build.props/targets interaction.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Maintaining Binary Log CompatibilityGuides changes to MSBuild binary log infrastructure. Consult when modifying BinaryLogger or BinaryLogReplayEventSource, adding new BuildEventArgs types, changing event serialization/deserialization, modifying ProjectImportsCollector, adjusting message importance levels, or making changes that affect .binlog content. Also applies when verifying that behavioral changes are properly reflected in binary log output.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Merge Dependency UpdatesReview and merge open bot PRs: dependency updates from dotnet-maestro, codeflow from dotnet/dotnet, and OneLoc localization PRs. Produces a clickable dashboard with CI status, review state, and suspicious file flags. Use when you want to triage all open bot PRs in one pass.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Multithreaded Task MigrationGuide for migrating MSBuild tasks to multithreaded mode support, including compatibility red-team review. Use this when converting tasks to thread-safe versions, implementing IMultiThreadableTask, adding TaskEnvironment support, or auditing migrations for behavioral compatibility.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Optimizing Msbuild PerformanceGuides performance optimization for MSBuild engine code. Consult when working on hot paths in evaluation or execution, reducing allocations, choosing collection types, handling strings efficiently, modifying Expander.cs or Evaluator.cs, using Span<T>/stackalloc, caching values, or profiling build performance. Also applies when reviewing PRs for performance regression.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Pipelines Health CheckCheck health of MSBuild CI pipelines, VS repo PR insertion statuses, and VMR codeflow PRs. Use when asked about pipeline health, build failures, infrastructure issues, CI status, insertion PR status, VMR codeflow status, or for periodic health monitoring.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- Project ManagementGitHub issue and project-board management for the dotnet/msbuild repo. Use when asked to file/triage/update issues, post comments, amend issue bodies, move sprints, bulk-update project board fields, or audit items by sprint/status/assignee.dotnet/msbuild5,552
- ReleaseOrchestrate an MSBuild release: create the tracking issue, branch, configure DARC channels and subscriptions, bump version in main, final-brand the release branch, insert into VS, and publish post-GA. Covers the full monthly release lifecycle aligned with VS shipping cadence.dotnet/msbuild5,552