AI
Plugins and skills
Plugins and skills that teach AI coding assistants .NET work: EF Core, testing, MSBuild, diagnostics, upgrades and more. Collected every morning from selected GitHub repositories; each one is reviewed and summed up in a sentence before it is listed.
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csharp-refactoring Official
Has the assistant restructure C# code through rename, extract, move and inline edits, then confirm with a build and tests that behavior held.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill csharp-refactoring -a codex -
setup-local-sdk Official
Has the assistant install a .NET SDK into a project-local .dotnet/ folder wired via global.json paths, leaving the system-wide installation untouched.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill setup-local-sdk -a codex -
use-igniteui-blazor Official
Has the assistant add IgniteUI.Blazor.Lite and GridLite packages, register services, and wire _Imports and theme styles correctly in Blazor projects.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-blazor.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill use-igniteui-blazor -a codex -
template-authoring Official
Has the assistant turn an existing project into a dotnet new template, with a correct template.json, parameters, conditional XML and NuGet template packaging.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-authoring -a codex -
template-comparison Official
Has the assistant compare several dotnet new templates side by side on parameters, features and frameworks to help pick one.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-comparison -a codex -
template-discovery Official
Has the assistant find the right dotnet new template for a task and inspect its parameters and generated files before creating a project.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-discovery -a codex -
template-instantiation Official
Has the assistant create .NET projects with dotnet new, match Central Package Management and neighboring target frameworks, and scaffold multi-project solutions.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-instantiation -a codex -
template-smart-defaults Official
Has the assistant fill unset related dotnet new parameters by rule, log each default it applies, and never override values the user chose explicitly.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-smart-defaults -a codex -
template-validation Official
Has the assistant check a dotnet new template.json for missing fields, parameter bugs and shortName conflicts before the template is published.
Install for Codex / ChatGPT With the plugincodex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsThen open /plugins in Codex and install dotnet-template-engine.
On its ownnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill template-validation -a codex -
aspire-init Official
Has the assistant add Aspire to a .NET repo without an AppHost, choosing aspire new or aspire init, dropping the skeleton, then handing off to aspireify.
Install for Codex / ChatGPTNot in Codex / ChatGPT's marketplace; install it on its own.
npx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-init -a codex