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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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.NET Agent Skills

Dashboard

This repositorycontains 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.

What's Included

Component Description
dotnet Collection of core .NET skills for handling common .NET coding tasks.
dotnet-msbuild Comprehensive MSBuild and .NET build skills: failure diagnosis, performance optimization, code quality, and modernization.

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
    

📦 Distribution Templates

Some components include ready-to-use templates (agent instructions, prompt files) that can be copied directly into your repository without installing a plugin or extension:

  1. Browse the component's Distribution Templates section in its README
  2. Copy agent instructions to your repo root as AGENTS.md
  3. Copy prompt files to .github/prompts/

Agentic Workflows

Some components include GitHub Agentic Workflow templates for CI/CD automation:

  1. Install the gh aw CLI extension
  2. Copy the desired workflow .md files and the shared/ directory to your repository's .github/workflows/
  3. Compile and commit:
    gh aw compile
    
  4. Commit both the .md and generated .lock.yml files

🧩 Copilot Extension

Some components include a deployable Copilot Extension for GitHub.com, VS Code, and Visual Studio:

  1. Find the extension in the GitHub Marketplace or your organization's Copilot Extensions
  2. Install the GitHub App on your organization or personal account
  3. Use @<extension-name> in any Copilot Chat surface to interact with it

Contributing

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

License

See LICENSE for details.