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Core .NET Skills

Foundational .NET topics such as modern C#, SDK setup, project structure, and broad platform guidance.

Orchestration agents

Top-level routing agents that sit above the skill catalog and hand work to the right .NET guidance.

Orchestration agent
8 linked skills

.NET Aspire Orchestrator

Specialist orchestration agent for .NET Aspire work.

agents install aspire-orchestrator

Also works: dotnet agents install aspire-orchestrator

Orchestration agent
8 linked skills

.NET Review

Review orchestration agent for .NET changes across bugs, regressions, analyzers, architecture, tests, and maintainability.

agents install review

Also works: dotnet agents install review

Orchestration agent
6 linked skills

.NET Build

Build-focused orchestration agent for .NET restore, build, test, packaging, CI failures, diagnostics, and environment drift.

agents install build

Also works: dotnet agents install build

Orchestration agent
4 linked skills

.NET Router

Broad .NET triage agent that classifies the repo and routes work to the right skills or specialist agents.

agents install router

Also works: dotnet agents install router

Orchestration agent
6 linked skills

.NET Modernization

Modernization orchestration agent for upgrades, legacy migrations, compatibility planning, and staged adoption of modern .NET patterns.

agents install modernization

Also works: dotnet agents install modernization

Core skills

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Use ManagedCode.Communication when a .NET application needs explicit result objects, structured errors, and predictable service or API boundaries instead of exception-driven…

ManagedCode.Communication

Use ManagedCode.MimeTypes when a .NET application needs consistent MIME type detection, extension mapping, and content-type decisions for uploads, downloads, or HTTP responses.

ManagedCode.MimeTypes

Use the Microsoft.Extensions stack correctly across Generic Host, dependency injection, configuration, logging, options, HttpClientFactory, and other shared infrastructure…

Microsoft.Extensions.*

Design or review .NET solution architecture across modular monoliths, clean architecture, vertical slices, microservices, DDD, CQRS, and cloud-native boundaries without…

Review .NET changes for bugs, regressions, architectural drift, missing tests, incorrect async or disposal behavior, and platform-specific pitfalls before you approve or merge…

Adopt MCAF governance in a .NET repository with the right AGENTS.md layout, repo-native docs, skill installation, verification rules, and non-trivial task workflow.

Apply MCAF agile-delivery guidance for backlog quality, roles, ceremonies, and engineering feedback.

Apply MCAF developer-experience guidance for onboarding, F5 contract, cross-platform tasks, local inner loop, and reproducible setup.

Apply MCAF human-review-planning guidance for a large AI-generated code drop by reading the target area, tracing the natural user and system flows, identifying the riskiest…

Apply MCAF source-control guidance for repository structure, branch naming, merge strategy, commit hygiene, and secrets-in-git discipline.

Run single-file C# programs as scripts (file-based apps) for quick experimentation, prototyping, and concept testing.

Correctly call native (C/C++) libraries from .NET using P/Invoke and LibraryImport.

Set up NuGet trusted publishing (OIDC) on a GitHub Actions repo — replaces long-lived API keys with short-lived tokens.

Optimizes hot-path scalar loops in .NET 8+ with cross-platform Vector128/Vector256/Vector512 SIMD intrinsics, or replaces manual math loops with single TensorPrimitives API calls.

Create or reorganize .NET solutions with clean project boundaries, repeatable SDK settings, and a maintainable baseline for libraries, apps, tests, CI, and local development.

Creates .NET projects from templates with validated parameters, smart defaults, Central Package Management adaptation, and latest NuGet version resolution.