dotnet/skills

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Summary

The .NET team's curated set of core skills and custom agents for coding agents, covering .NET coding, data access, diagnostics, MSBuild, NuGet, upgrade, MAUI, AI, templates, testing, ASP.NET, and .NET 11.

Repository for skills to assist AI coding agents with .NET and C#
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dotnet/skills

Source: https://github.com/dotnet/skills

.NET Agent Skills

Dashboard

This repository contains the .NET team’s curated set of core skills and custom agents for coding agents. For information about the Agent Skills standard, see agentskills.io.

📊 Dashboard - Accuracy and efficiency scoring trends for contained plugins (https://dotnet.github.io/skills/)

What’s Included

PluginDescription
dotnetCollection of core .NET skills for handling common .NET coding tasks.
dotnet-dataSkills for .NET data access and Entity Framework related tasks.
dotnet-diagSkills for .NET performance investigations, debugging, and incident analysis.
dotnet-msbuildComprehensive MSBuild and .NET build skills: failure diagnosis, performance optimization, code quality, and modernization.
dotnet-nugetNuGet and .NET package management: dependency management and modernization.
dotnet-upgradeSkills for migrating and upgrading .NET projects across framework versions, language features, and compatibility targets.
dotnet-mauiSkills for .NET MAUI development: environment setup, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.
dotnet-aiAI and ML skills for .NET: technology selection, LLM integration, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, MCP, and classic ML with ML.NET.
dotnet-template-engine.NET Template Engine skills: template discovery, project scaffolding, and template authoring.
dotnet-testSkills for running, diagnosing, and migrating .NET tests: test execution, filtering, platform detection, and MSTest workflows.
dotnet-aspnetASP.NET Core web development skills including middleware, endpoints, real-time communication, and API patterns.
dotnet11Skills for new .NET 11 APIs and language features.

Installation

🚀 Plugins - Copilot CLI / Claude Code

  1. Launch Copilot CLI or Claude Code
  2. Add the marketplace:
    /plugin marketplace add dotnet/skills
    
  3. Install a plugin:
    /plugin install <plugin>@dotnet-agent-skills
    
  4. Restart to load the new plugins
  5. View available skills:
    /skills
    
  6. View available agents:
    /agents
    
  7. Update plugin (on demand):
    /plugin update <plugin>@dotnet-agent-skills
    

VS Code / VS Code Insiders (Preview)

VS Code plugin support is a preview feature and subject to change. You may need to enable it first.

// settings.json
{
  "chat.plugins.enabled": true,
  "chat.plugins.marketplaces": ["dotnet/skills"]
}

Once configured, type /plugins in Copilot Chat or use the @agentPlugins filter in Extensions to browse and install plugins from the marketplace.

Cursor

This repository is a Cursor plugin marketplace. You can discover and install published plugins directly in Cursor:

  1. Open the marketplace panel in Cursor
  2. Search for .NET or browse cursor.com/marketplace
  3. Install the desired plugins

For local development or unpublished changes, import plugins from a local checkout:

  1. Copy or symlink your local checkout to ~/.cursor/plugins/local/dotnet-agent-skills
  2. Restart Cursor or run Developer: Reload Window

Codex CLI

Skills in this repository follow the agentskills.io open standard and are compatible with OpenAI Codex.

Install individual skills using the skill-installer CLI with the GitHub URL:

$ skill-installer install https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/main/plugins/<plugin>/skills/<skill-name>

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines and how to add a new plugin.

License

See LICENSE for details.

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