dotnet/skills is a collection of agent skills that enable AI coding agents to work with .NET and C# projects.
The repository addresses the need for AI agents to understand and interact with the .NET ecosystem by providing curated skills organized into specialized plugins. Each plugin encapsulates domain-specific knowledge for particular .NET tasks, from language server integration and build system management to testing, data access, and framework-specific development. The skills follow the Agent Skills standard, allowing them to be discovered and used by compatible coding agents.
Developers should adopt this tool if they are building or using AI coding agents that need to work with .NET projects. The collection suits teams working across various .NET scenarios: web development with ASP.NET Core and Blazor, cross-platform mobile development with MAUI, data access patterns with Entity Framework, package management with NuGet, test framework migration, performance diagnostics, and AI integration within .NET applications. The skills are designed to work with Copilot CLI, Claude Code, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and Cursor, making them accessible across multiple development environments.
The project maintains a Skill Value dashboard that tracks token usage, elapsed time, activation rates, and pass rates across different plugins, skills, executor models, and judge models, providing transparency into how each skill performs. Development activity shows consistent expansion of the skill set with new plugins being added to cover emerging .NET capabilities and frameworks. The repository demonstrates active maintenance through regular updates to existing plugins and the addition of specialized skill collections for new .NET features and versions.
