.NET Router Skill

Trigger On

• the user asks for general .NET help without naming a narrower framework or tool
• implementing, debugging, reviewing, or refactoring C# or .NET code in a repo with multiple app models or frameworks
• deciding which .NET skill should own a task before editing code
• tasks that combine platform work with testing, quality, architecture, setup, or migration decisions

Workflow

1. Detect the real stack first:

- target frameworks and SDK version - LangVersion - project SDKs and workload hints - hosting model and app entry points - test framework and runner - analyzers, formatters, coverage, and CI quality gates

1. Route to the narrowest platform skill as soon as the stack is known:

- Web: aspnet-core, minimal-apis, web-api, blazor, signalr, grpc - Cloud and hosting: aspire, azure-functions, worker-services - Desktop and client: maui, wpf, winforms, winui - Data and distributed: entity-framework-core, entity-framework6, orleans - AI and agentic: semantic-kernel, microsoft-extensions-ai, microsoft-agent-framework, mlnet, mixed-reality - Legacy: legacy-aspnet, wcf, workflow-foundation

1. Route cross-cutting work to the companion skill instead of keeping it inside generic .NET advice:

- project bootstrap or repo shape: project-setup, architecture - frontend asset analysis in mixed .NET plus Node repos: eslint, stylelint, htmlhint, webhint, biome, sonarjs, metalint, chous - code review: code-review - language features: modern-csharp - testing: tunit, xunit, mstest - format, analyzers, coverage, and CI: format, code-analysis, quality-ci, coverlet, reportgenerator - maintainability and architecture rules: complexity, netarchtest, archunitnet

1. If more than one specialized skill applies, prefer the one closest to the user-visible behavior first, then pull in the quality or tooling skill second.
2. Do not stop at this skill once a narrower match exists. This skill should classify and hand off, not become a generic dumping ground.
3. After code changes, validate with the repository's actual build, test, and quality workflow instead of generic .NET commands.

Deliver

• the correct specialized skill choice for the task
• repo-compatible code or documentation changes that stay aligned with the detected stack
• validation evidence that matches the real project runner and quality toolchain

Validate

• the chosen downstream skill actually exists in the catalog
• platform assumptions match project SDKs, packages, and workloads
• generic guidance has been replaced by framework-specific guidance whenever possible
• runner-specific commands are not mixed incorrectly
• language or runtime features are only used when the repo supports them

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