5.1k GitHub stars and counting — dotnet/skills is a C# project TopGit is tracking across repositories on the platform. Repository for skills to assist AI coding agents with .NET and C#
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This repository contains 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.
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What's Included
Plugin
Description
dotnet
C# language server (LSP) integration for coding agents and high-level .NET development skills.
dotnet-advanced
Collection of .NET skills for handling specific .NET tasks for special scenarios.
dotnet-data
Skills for .NET data access and Entity Framework related tasks.
dotnet-diag
Skills for .NET performance investigations, debugging, and incident analysis.
dotnet-msbuild
Comprehensive MSBuild and .NET build skills: failure diagnosis, performance optimization, code quality, and modernization.
dotnet-nuget
NuGet and .NET package management: dependency management and modernization.
dotnet-upgrade
Skills for migrating and upgrading .NET projects across framework versions, language features, and compatibility targets.
dotnet-maui
Skills for .NET MAUI development: environment setup, diagnostics, and troubleshooting.
dotnet-ai
AI and ML skills for .NET: technology selection, LLM integration, agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, MCP, and classic ML with ML.NET.
Skills for running, generating, analyzing, and improving .NET tests: test execution, filtering, platform detection, coverage, testability, and MSTest workflows.
dotnet-test-migration
Skills and an orchestrator agent for migrating .NET test frameworks and platforms: MSTest and xUnit version upgrades, xUnit-to-MSTest conversion, and VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform.
dotnet-aspnetcore
ASP.NET Core web development skills including middleware, endpoints, real-time communication, and API patterns.
dotnet-blazor
Skills for Blazor development: component authoring, interactivity, and web application patterns.
dotnet11
Skills for new .NET 11 APIs and language features.
Installation
🚀 Plugins - Copilot CLI / Claude Code
Launch Copilot CLI or Claude Code
Add the marketplace:
/plugin marketplace add dotnet/skills
Install a plugin:
/plugin install <plugin>@dotnet-agent-skills
Restart to load the new plugins
View available skills:
/skills
View available agents:
/agents
Update plugin (on demand):
/plugin update <plugin>@dotnet-agent-skills
VS Code / VS Code Insiders (Preview)
[!IMPORTANT]
VS Code plugin support is a preview feature and subject to change. You may need to enable it first.
Once configured, type /plugins in Copilot Chat or use the @agentPlugins filter in Extensions to browse and install plugins from the marketplace.
Cursor
This repository is a Cursor plugin marketplace. You can discover and install published plugins directly in Cursor:
Open the marketplace panel in Cursor
Search for .NET or browse cursor.com/marketplace
Install the desired plugins
For local development or unpublished changes, import plugins from a local checkout:
Copy or symlink your local checkout to ~/.cursor/plugins/local/dotnet-agent-skills
Restart Cursor or run Developer: Reload Window
Codex CLI
Skills in this repository follow the agentskills.io open standard
and are compatible with OpenAI Codex.
Plugin marketplace (recommended)
Codex CLI v0.121.0 and later supports a plugin marketplace.
This repository ships a Codex-native marketplace manifest at .agents/plugins/marketplace.json,
so you can register dotnet/skills as a marketplace and install plugins from it directly.
Add the marketplace:
codex plugin marketplace add dotnet/skills
Launch Codex and open the plugin browser:
/plugins
Browse the dotnet-agent-skills tab and install the desired plugins.
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How active is development on dotnet/skills?
The most recent commit recorded on dotnet/skills was 7 days ago, based on the GitHub push timestamp. The repository has 381 forks — one of the better signals of community interest.
How many stars does dotnet/skills have?
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Is dotnet/skills open source?
Yes — dotnet/skills ships under the MIT license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/dotnet/skills.
What topics is dotnet/skills associated with?
GitHub's repository topics for dotnet/skills: "agent-skills". TopGit's editorial category is open-source.
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