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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thread-abort-migration Official
Has the assistant find Thread.Abort usages in .NET Framework code and move them to cooperative cancellation for .NET 6+.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsOn its own/plugin install dotnet-upgrade@dotnet-agent-skillsnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill thread-abort-migration -a claude-code -
winforms-expert Official
Has the assistant make WinForms layout, data binding and event changes without breaking *.Designer.cs files, then verify with the validator and a build.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsOn its own/plugin install dotnet-winforms@dotnet-agent-skillsnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill winforms-expert -a claude-code -
process-api-net11 Official
Has the assistant start external processes and capture their output without deadlocks, using the new .NET 11 Process APIs such as Process.RunAndCaptureText, KillOnParentExit and StartDetached.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsOn its own/plugin install dotnet11@dotnet-agent-skillsnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill process-api-net11 -a claude-code -
system-text-json-net11 Official
Has the assistant use the .NET 11 System.Text.Json PascalCase naming policy and generic GetTypeInfo and TryGetTypeInfo calls correctly, then run the sample to verify.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add dotnet/skillsOn its own/plugin install dotnet11@dotnet-agent-skillsnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill system-text-json-net11 -a claude-code -
aspire Official
Has the assistant detect the Aspire AppHost, route the task to the matching Aspire sub-skill, and run AppHost operations through the Aspire CLI instead of ad-hoc dotnet or docker commands.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire -a claude-code -
aspire-deployment Official
Has the assistant run Aspire deploy, publish and teardown steps from the AppHost model to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Azure or AWS using the Aspire CLI.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-deployment -a claude-code -
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 Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-init -a claude-code -
aspire-monitoring Official
Has the assistant inspect local Aspire app logs, traces, resource state and telemetry export, and route deployed issues to AKS or Azure diagnostics.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-monitoring -a claude-code -
aspire-orchestration Official
Has the assistant start, stop and restart the right Aspire AppHost through editor tools or the Aspire CLI, avoiding file locks, port conflicts and orphaned processes.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-orchestration -a claude-code -
aspire-project-v2-migration Official
Has the assistant assess Aspire 13.6+ AppHost project resources and, after approval of exact edits, migrate them from legacy ProjectResource APIs to DotnetProjectResource.
Install for Claude Code With the plugin/plugin marketplace add microsoft/aspire-skillsOn its own/plugin install aspire@aspire-skillsnpx skills add microsoft/aspire-skills --skill aspire-project-v2-migration -a claude-code