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dotnet-mcaf-ml-ai-delivery Apply MCAF ML/AI delivery guidance for data exploration, feasibility, experimentation, testing, responsible AI, and operating ML systems. Use when the repo includes model training, inference, data science workflows, or ML-specific delivery planning.
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dotnet-mcaf-human-review-planning Apply MCAF human-review-planning guidance for a large AI-generated code drop by reading the target area, tracing the natural user and system flows, identifying the riskiest boundaries, and prioritizing the files a human should inspect first. Use when the codebase is too large to review line-by-line and you need a practical review sequence plus a prioritized file list.
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dotnet-mcaf-feature-spec Apply MCAF feature-spec guidance to create or update a feature spec under `docs/Features/` with business rules, user flows, system behaviour, verification, and Definition of Done. Use when the user asks for a feature spec, executable requirements, acceptance criteria, behaviour documentation, or a pre-implementation plan for non-trivial behaviour changes.
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nuget-trusted-publishing Set up NuGet trusted publishing (OIDC) on a GitHub Actions repo — replaces long-lived API keys with short-lived tokens. USE FOR: trusted publishing, NuGet OIDC, keyless NuGet publish, migrate from NuGet API key, NuGet/login, secure NuGet publishing. DO NOT USE FOR: publishing to private feeds or Azure Artifacts (OIDC is nuget.org only). INVOKES: shell (powershell or bash), edit, create, ask_user for guided repo setup.
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dotnet-pinvoke Correctly call native (C/C++) libraries from .NET using P/Invoke and LibraryImport. Covers function signatures, string marshalling, memory lifetime, SafeHandle, and cross-platform patterns. USE FOR: writing new P/Invoke or LibraryImport declarations, reviewing or debugging existing native interop code, wrapping a C or C++ library for use in .NET, diagnosing crashes, memory leaks, or corruption at the managed/native boundary. DO NOT USE FOR: COM interop, C++/CLI mixed-mode assemblies, or pure managed code with no native dependencies.
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csharp-scripts Run single-file C# programs as scripts (file-based apps) for quick experimentation, prototyping, and concept testing. Use when the user wants to write and execute a small C# program without creating a full project.
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thread-abort-migration Guides migration of .NET Framework Thread.Abort usage to cooperative cancellation in modern .NET. USE FOR: modernizing code that calls Thread.Abort, catching ThreadAbortException, replacing Thread.ResetAbort, replacing Thread.Interrupt for thread termination, resolving PlatformNotSupportedException or SYSLIB0006 after retargeting to .NET 6+, migrating ASP.NET Response.End or Response.Redirect(url, true) which internally call Thread.Abort. DO NOT USE FOR: code that only uses Thread.Join, Thread.Sleep, or Thread.Start without any abort, interrupt, or ThreadAbortException usage — these APIs work identically in modern .NET and need no migration. Also not for projects staying on .NET Framework, or Thread.Abort usage inside third-party libraries you do not control.
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migrate-nullable-references Enable nullable reference types in a C# project and systematically resolve all warnings. USE FOR: adopting NRTs in existing codebases, file-by-file or project-wide migration, fixing CS8602/CS8618/CS86xx warnings, annotating APIs for nullability, cleaning up null-forgiving operators, upgrading dependencies with new nullable annotations. DO NOT USE FOR: projects already fully migrated with zero warnings (unless auditing suppressions), fixing a handful of nullable warnings in code that already has NRTs enabled, suppressing warnings without fixing them, C# 7.3 or earlier projects. INVOKES: Get-NullableReadiness.ps1 scanner script.
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migrate-dotnet9-to-dotnet10 Migrate a .NET 9 project or solution to .NET 10 and resolve all breaking changes. USE FOR: upgrading TargetFramework from net9.0 to net10.0, fixing build errors after updating the .NET 10 SDK, resolving source and behavioral changes in .NET 10 / C# 14 / ASP.NET Core 10 / EF Core 10, updating Dockerfiles for Debian-to-Ubuntu base images, resolving obsoletion warnings (SYSLIB0058-SYSLIB0062), adapting to SDK/NuGet changes (NU1510, PrunePackageReference), migrating System.Linq.Async to built-in AsyncEnumerable, fixing OpenApi v2 API changes, cryptography renames, and C# 14 compiler changes (field keyword, extension keyword, span overloads). DO NOT USE FOR: .NET Framework migrations, upgrading from .NET 8 or earlier (use migrate-dotnet8-to-dotnet9 first), greenfield .NET 10 projects, or cosmetic modernization. LOADS REFERENCES: csharp-compiler, core-libraries, sdk-msbuild (always); aspnet-core, efcore, cryptography, extensions-hosting, serialization-networking, winforms-wpf, containers-interop (selective).
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migrate-dotnet8-to-dotnet9 Migrate a .NET 8 project to .NET 9 and resolve all breaking changes. USE FOR: upgrading TargetFramework from net8.0 to net9.0, fixing build errors after updating the .NET 9 SDK, resolving behavioral changes in .NET 9 / C# 13 / ASP.NET Core 9 / EF Core 9, replacing BinaryFormatter (now always throws), resolving SYSLIB0054-SYSLIB0057, adapting to params span overload resolution, fixing C# 13 compiler changes, updating HttpClientFactory for SocketsHttpHandler, and resolving EF Core 9 migration/Cosmos DB changes. DO NOT USE FOR: .NET Framework migrations, upgrading from .NET 7 or earlier, greenfield .NET 9 projects, or cosmetic modernization unrelated to the upgrade.
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migrate-dotnet10-to-dotnet11 Migrate a .NET 10 project or solution to .NET 11 and resolve all breaking changes. This is a MIGRATION skill — use it when upgrading from .NET 10 to .NET 11, NOT for writing new programs. USE FOR: upgrading TargetFramework from net10.0 to net11.0, fixing build errors after updating the .NET 11 SDK, resolving source-breaking and behavioral changes in .NET 11 runtime, C# 15 compiler, and EF Core 11, adapting to updated minimum hardware requirements (x86-64-v2, Arm64 LSE), and updating CI/CD pipelines and Dockerfiles for .NET 11. DO NOT USE FOR: .NET Framework migrations, upgrading from .NET 9 or earlier, greenfield .NET 11 projects, or cosmetic modernization unrelated to the upgrade. NOTE: .NET 11 is in preview. Covers breaking changes through Preview 1.
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dotnet-aot-compat Make .NET projects compatible with Native AOT and trimming by systematically resolving IL trim/AOT analyzer warnings. USE FOR: making projects AOT-compatible, fixing trimming warnings, resolving IL warnings (IL2026, IL2070, IL2067, IL2072, IL3050), adding DynamicallyAccessedMembers annotations, enabling IsAotCompatible. DO NOT USE FOR: publishing native AOT binaries, optimizing binary size, replacing reflection-heavy libraries with alternatives. INVOKES: no tools — pure knowledge skill.
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exp-test-smell-detection Deep formal test smell audit based on academic research taxonomy (testsmells.org). Detects 19 categorized smell types — conditional logic, mystery guests, sensitive equality, eager tests, and more — with calibrated severity and research-backed remediation. Use for comprehensive test suite health assessments. For a quick pragmatic review, use test-anti-patterns instead. DO NOT USE FOR: writing new tests (use writing-mstest-tests), evaluating assertion quality specifically (use exp-assertion-quality), or finding test duplication and boilerplate (use exp-test-maintainability).
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dotnet-mcaf-documentation Apply MCAF documentation guidance for docs structure, navigation, source-of-truth placement, and writing quality. Use when a repo’s docs are missing, stale, duplicated, or hard to navigate, or when adding new durable engineering guidance.
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dotnet-mcaf-devex Apply MCAF developer-experience guidance for onboarding, F5 contract, cross-platform tasks, local inner loop, and reproducible setup. Use when the repo is hard to run, debug, test, or onboard into.
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dotnet-mcaf-agile-delivery Apply MCAF agile-delivery guidance for backlog quality, roles, ceremonies, and engineering feedback. Use when defining how the team plans, tracks work, and turns feedback into durable improvements.
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dotnet-mcaf 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. Use when bootstrapping or updating MCAF alongside the dotnet-skills catalog.
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dotnet-legacy-aspnet Maintain classic ASP.NET applications on .NET Framework, including Web Forms, older MVC, and legacy hosting patterns, while planning realistic modernization boundaries.
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technology-selection Guides technology selection and implementation of AI and ML features in .NET 8+ applications using ML.NET, Microsoft.Extensions.AI (MEAI), Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF), GitHub Copilot SDK, ONNX Runtime, and OllamaSharp. Covers the full spectrum from classic ML through modern LLM orchestration to local inference. Use when adding classification, regression, clustering, anomaly detection, recommendation, LLM integration (text generation, summarization, reasoning), RAG pipelines with vector search, agentic workflows with tool calling, Copilot extensions, or custom model inference via ONNX Runtime to a .NET project. DO NOT USE FOR projects targeting .NET Framework (requires .NET 8+), the task is pure data engineering or ETL with no ML/AI component, or the project needs a custom deep learning training loop (use Python with PyTorch/TensorFlow, then export to ONNX for .NET inference).
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mcp-csharp-test Test C# MCP servers at multiple levels: unit tests for individual tools and integration tests using the MCP client SDK. USE FOR: unit testing MCP tool methods, integration testing with in-memory MCP client/server, end-to-end testing via MCP protocol, testing HTTP MCP servers with WebApplicationFactory, mocking dependencies in tool tests, creating evaluations for MCP servers, writing eval questions, measuring tool quality. DO NOT USE FOR: testing MCP clients (this is server testing only), load or performance testing, testing non-.NET MCP servers, debugging server issues (use mcp-csharp-debug).
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mcp-csharp-publish Publish and deploy C# MCP servers. Covers NuGet packaging for stdio servers, Docker containerization for HTTP servers, Azure Container Apps and App Service deployment, and publishing to the official MCP Registry. USE FOR: packaging stdio MCP servers as NuGet tools, creating Dockerfiles for HTTP MCP servers, deploying to Azure Container Apps or App Service, publishing to the MCP Registry at registry.modelcontextprotocol.io, configuring server.json for MCP package metadata, setting up CI/CD for MCP server publishing. DO NOT USE FOR: publishing general NuGet libraries (not MCP-specific), general Docker guidance unrelated to MCP, creating new servers (use mcp-csharp-create), debugging (use mcp-csharp-debug), writing tests (use mcp-csharp-test).
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mcp-csharp-debug Run and debug C# MCP servers locally. Covers IDE configuration, MCP Inspector testing, GitHub Copilot Agent Mode integration, logging setup, and troubleshooting. USE FOR: running MCP servers locally with dotnet run, configuring VS Code or Visual Studio for MCP debugging, testing tools with MCP Inspector, testing with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode, diagnosing tool registration issues, setting up mcp.json configuration, debugging MCP protocol messages, configuring logging for stdio and HTTP servers. DO NOT USE FOR: creating new MCP servers (use mcp-csharp-create), writing automated tests (use mcp-csharp-test), publishing or deploying to production (use mcp-csharp-publish).
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mcp-csharp-create Create MCP servers using the C# SDK and .NET project templates. Covers scaffolding, tool/prompt/resource implementation, and transport configuration for stdio and HTTP. USE FOR: creating new MCP server projects, scaffolding with dotnet new mcpserver, adding MCP tools/prompts/resources, choosing stdio vs HTTP transport, configuring MCP hosting in Program.cs, setting up ASP.NET Core MCP endpoints with MapMcp. DO NOT USE FOR: debugging or running existing servers (use mcp-csharp-debug), writing tests (use mcp-csharp-test), publishing or deploying (use mcp-csharp-publish), building MCP clients, non-.NET MCP servers.
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dotnet-mixed-reality Work on C# and .NET-adjacent mixed-reality solutions around HoloLens, MRTK, OpenXR, Azure services, and integration boundaries where .NET participates in the stack.
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