Agent skill
avalonia-bindings-and-xaml
Implement or troubleshoot Avalonia compiled bindings, runtime XAML loading, converters, markup extensions, binding notifications, dynamic resources, and AOT-safe XAML patterns. Use for `x:DataType`, `CompiledBinding`, converter wiring, `AvaloniaRuntimeXamlLoader`, resource lookup issues, or runtime markup refactors.
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SKILL.md
Avalonia Bindings and XAML
Start with:
../../references/02-bindings-xaml-aot.md../../references/41-xaml-compiler-and-build-pipeline.md../../references/45-value-converters-single-multi-and-binding-wiring.md../../references/46-binding-value-notification-and-instanced-binding-semantics.md
Load these as needed:
../../references/42-runtime-xaml-loader-and-dynamic-loading.md../../references/44-runtime-xaml-manipulation-and-service-provider-patterns.md../../references/49-adaptive-markup-and-dynamic-resource-patterns.md../../references/50-relative-static-resource-and-name-resolution-markup.md../../references/43-xaml-in-libraries-and-resource-packaging.md
Workflow
- Default to compiled bindings with
x:DataType. - Keep template, converter, and markup-extension wiring typed where possible.
- Use runtime XAML loading only when dynamic loading is a real requirement.
- Verify resource lookup, namescope, and relative binding assumptions explicitly.
Rules
- Prefer generated or compiled binding paths over runtime parser fallbacks.
- Treat
RequiresUnreferencedCodeand runtime XAML APIs as explicit tradeoffs. - Keep converters small and deterministic; prefer typed state or projection when possible.
- Use the generated API index only for signature lookup, not as the main workflow guide.
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