Use only for MSBuild failure investigation, build-performance analysis, or review of existing build XML/extension contracts.
MSBuild .NET Skills
Build graphs, binlogs, modernization, and MSBuild-specific diagnostics for .NET solutions.
MSBuild skills
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Analyze MSBuild binary logs to diagnose build failures.
Generate MSBuild binary logs (binlogs) for build diagnostics and analysis.
Analyze an MSBuild solution, solution filter, or Build.proj that schedules multiple project files.
Establish MSBuild/.NET build performance baselines before optimizing.
Diagnose MSBuild bottlenecks from binlog timelines and Target/Task Performance Summaries after build-perf-baseline establishes measurements.
Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath.
Choosing an MSBuild CopyToOutputDirectory / CopyToPublishDirectory mode: Never, PreserveNewest, Always, and IfDifferent (MSBuild 17.13+), plus $(SkipUnchangedFilesOnCopyAlways).
USE ONLY for (1) two or more projects with repeated MSBuild policy, targets, or package versions, or (2) an existing Directory.Build.props/targets/rsp hierarchy with an import…
Remove repeated NuGet restores from multi-step .NET builds safely.
Guide for diagnosing and improving MSBuild project evaluation performance.
Own MSBuild import and hook discovery.
Own MSBuild generated-artifact integration.
Guide for optimizing MSBuild incremental builds.
Own concrete MSBuild ItemGroup and item-expression questions.
DO 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.
Guide for modernizing and migrating MSBuild project files to SDK-style format.
Diagnose and fix concrete MSBuild property defects in projects and existing shared-file hierarchies.
Guide for interpreting ResolveProjectReferences time in MSBuild performance summaries.
Canonical patterns for writing custom MSBuild targets.
Diagnose dotnet-msbuild binlog MCP startup failures.
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