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.
.NET Code Review
Review .NET changes for bugs, regressions, architectural drift, missing tests, incorrect async or disposal behavior, and platform-specific pitfalls before you approve or merge them. USE FOR: reviewing a pull request or patch in a .NET repository; checking for behavioral regressions, API misuse, or missing tests; auditing architectural or framework-specific. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.
Trigger On
- reviewing a pull request or patch in a .NET repository
- checking for behavioral regressions, API misuse, or missing tests
- auditing architectural or framework-specific correctness
Workflow
- Prioritize correctness, data loss, concurrency, security, lifecycle, and platform-compatibility issues before style concerns. Use the checklist P0-P2 categories first.
- Check async flows, cancellation propagation, exception handling, disposal, and transient versus singleton lifetime mistakes. Refer to patterns.md for common pitfalls.
- Verify tests cover the changed behavior, not only the happy path or refactored implementation details.
- Inspect framework-specific boundaries such as EF query translation, ASP.NET middleware order, Blazor render state, or MAUI UI-thread access.
- Call out missing observability, migration risk, or runtime configuration drift when those are part of the change.
- Keep findings concrete, reproducible, and tied to specific files or behavior.
Deliver
- ranked review findings with file references
- clear residual risks and test gaps
- brief summary of what changed only after findings
Validate
- findings describe user-visible or maintainability-impacting risk
- assumptions are stated when repo context is incomplete
- no trivial style nit hides a more serious issue
References
- checklist.md - comprehensive code review checklist organized by risk priority
- patterns.md - common patterns and anti-patterns for async, disposal, and security
Related skills
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.NET Review
Review orchestration agent for .NET changes across bugs, regressions, analyzers, architecture, tests, and maintainability.
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