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Claude Skills

The open format is called Agent Skills and works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents — most people know it as Claude Skills.

Every Agent Skill we could find on GitHub, deduplicated by content. 79 404 files from 1 741 authors, of which 61 763 are unique — the rest is the same skill repackaged into someone else's repository. For each one: what it weighs in tokens, whether it ships runnable scripts, and which MCP servers it needs.

61 763
unique skills
out of 79 404 files found on GitHub
17 641
are copies
same content, someone else's repository
1 737
tokens, median
what a typical skill costs you in context
7 882
name collisions
two skills with one name cannot sit side by side

8 401–8 460 of 61 763

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Author Component
by dotnet

> Create or review Blazor components (.razor files) with correct architecture. implementing parameters and EventCallback, RenderFragment slots, component lifecycle (OnInitializedAsync, OnParametersSet), async patterns, IAsyncDisposable, CancellationToken, CSS isolation, code-behind. interop or calling browser APIs from Blazor (use use-js-interop), forms and validation (use collect-user-input), prerendering issues (use support-prerendering), HTTP data fetching patterns (use fetch-and-send-data), coordinating state between unrelated components (use coordinate-components).

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Collect User Input
by dotnet

Build forms, validate data, and react to user input in Blazor. USE FOR adding forms, search boxes, filter panels, inline editing, data-entry UI, file uploads, validation (annotations or custom), handling form submissions, and binding input controls. Covers EditForm, built-in input components, DataAnnotationsValidator, custom validation, SSR form patterns (SupplyParameterFromForm, FormName, AntiforgeryToken, Enhance), and @bind for simple interactive controls. DO NOT USE for project scaffolding (see create-blazor-project) or prerendering issues (see support-prerendering).

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Configure Auth
by dotnet

> Add authentication and authorization to a Blazor Web App, accounting for the app's render mode. USE WHEN the user needs [Authorize] on pages, AuthorizeView, role or policy-based access, login/logout Identity pages, or AuthenticationStateProvider. Also USE WHEN auth state is null after WebAssembly loads, SignInManager throws in an interactive component, <NotAuthorized> content never renders in static SSR, or HttpContext.User is null in an interactive component. DO NOT USE for general component authoring (see author-component), for prerendering concerns unrelated to auth (see support-prerendering), or for managing non-auth cascading state (see coordinate-components).

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Coordinate Components
by dotnet

> Share state between components that don't have a direct parent-child parameter relationship, using cascading values, scoped services with change events, or CascadingValueSource via DI. USE WHEN the user needs a CascadingParameter or CascadingValue that works across render mode boundaries, a shopping cart or notification count accessible from multiple pages, a theme or user preference cascaded app-wide, or when components in different parts of the tree must react when shared data changes. Also USE WHEN cascading values aren't reaching interactive children in per-page interactivity mode, or when the user needs to understand scoped vs singleton service lifetime for state on Blazor Server. DO NOT USE for direct parent-child parameter passing or EventCallback (see author-component), for persisting state across prerender-to-interactive transitions (see support-prerendering), or for service abstractions for data fetching in Auto/WebAssembly (see fetch-and-send-data).

2k tokens
Create Blazor Project
by dotnet

> Create a new ASP.NET Core web application or web site using Blazor. starting a new web site, choosing render modes (Static SSR, Interactive Server, Interactive WebAssembly, Auto), running dotnet new blazor with the right options, setting up initial project structure. app renders, or component authoring (use author-component).

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Fetch And Send Data
by dotnet

Call APIs, load data into components, and handle the async lifecycle in Blazor. USE FOR fetching data from a backend, submitting data to an API, displaying loading/error states, registering HttpClient, building service abstractions for Auto/WebAssembly render modes. DO NOT USE for form validation (see collect-user-input), prerendering persistence (see support-prerendering), or project scaffolding (see create-blazor-project).

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Plan UI Change
by dotnet

> Plan complex Blazor UI features by decomposing them into focused components. component decomposition, designing a multi-section dashboard or layout, breaking down a large UI feature into composable components, pages with sidebars and content panels, any page with 3+ distinct visual sections or multiple interacting sub-features, identifying parent-child relationships and data flow. (use create-blazor-project), implementing a single individual component (use author-component), writing component code with parameters and EventCallback (use author-component), or simple single-component pages.

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Support Prerendering
by dotnet

Make interactive Blazor components work correctly with prerendering. USE FOR fixing duplicate data loads, UI flicker during prerender-to-interactive handoff, null references during prerender, persisting state across prerender, disabling prerendering, excluding pages from interactive routing, or detecting whether a component is currently prerendering. DO NOT USE for choosing which render mode to use (see create-blazor-project) or general component authoring (see author-component).

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Use Js Interop
by dotnet

> Add, review, or fix JavaScript interop in Blazor components. collocated .razor.js modules, IJSRuntime, IJSObjectReference lifecycle, DotNetObjectReference, ElementReference, timing rules for when JS is available, IAsyncDisposable disposal of JS references, server-side JS interop safety. (use author-component), forms (use collect-user-input).

3k tokens
Create Datadriven Aspnetcore
by dotnet

Generate or scaffold ASP.NET Core code — Razor Pages, Blazor components, MVC controllers, views, and Minimal API endpoints — without using ASP.NET Core CLI scaffolding/code-generation tools. Use when (1) adding CRUD pages, views, or API endpoints backed by Entity Framework (EF Core) and a database, (2) generating code to create, read, update, and delete data using a DbContext, (3) scaffolding UI components that match the project's existing CSS framework and coding patterns, or (4) creating data-driven forms, tables, and navigation for a model class. Do not use for non-ASP.NET projects or when CLI-based scaffolding is preferred.

3k tokens
Optimizing Ef Core Queries
by dotnet

Optimize Entity Framework Core queries by fixing N+1 problems, choosing correct tracking modes, using compiled queries, and avoiding common performance traps. Use when EF Core queries are slow, generating excessive SQL, or causing high database load.

1k tokens
Analyzing Dotnet Performance
by dotnet

>- Scans .NET code for ~50 performance anti-patterns across async, memory, strings, collections, LINQ, regex, serialization, and I/O with tiered severity classification. Use when analyzing .NET code for optimization opportunities, reviewing hot paths, or auditing allocation-heavy patterns.

11k tokens
Android Tombstone Symbolication
by dotnet

Symbolicate the .NET runtime frames in an Android tombstone file. Extracts BuildIds and PC offsets from the native backtrace, downloads debug symbols from the Microsoft symbol server, and runs llvm-symbolizer to produce function names with source file and line numbers. USE FOR triaging a .NET MAUI or Mono Android app crash from a tombstone, resolving native backtrace frames in libmonosgen-2.0.so or libcoreclr.so to .NET runtime source code, or investigating SIGABRT, SIGSEGV, or other native signals originating from the .NET runtime on Android. DO NOT USE FOR pure Java/Kotlin crashes, managed .NET exceptions that are already captured in logcat, or iOS crash logs. INVOKES Symbolicate-Tombstone.ps1 script, llvm-symbolizer, Microsoft symbol server.

10k tokens scripts
Apple Crash Symbolication
by dotnet

Symbolicate .NET runtime frames in Apple platform .ips crash logs (iOS, tvOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS). Extracts UUIDs and addresses from the native backtrace, locates dSYM debug symbols, and runs atos to produce function names with source file and line numbers. Automatically downloads .dwarf symbols from the Microsoft symbol server using Mach-O UUIDs. USE FOR triaging a .NET MAUI or Mono app crash from an .ips file on any Apple platform, resolving native backtrace frames in libcoreclr or libmonosgen-2.0 to .NET runtime source code, retrieving .ips crash logs from a connected iOS device or iPhone, or investigating EXC_CRASH, EXC_BAD_ACCESS, SIGABRT, or SIGSEGV originating from the .NET runtime. DO NOT USE FOR pure Swift/Objective-C crashes with no .NET components, or Android tombstone files. INVOKES Symbolicate-Crash.ps1 script, atos, dwarfdump, idevicecrashreport.

13k tokens scripts
Clr Activation Debugging
by dotnet

>- Diagnoses .NET Framework CLR activation issues using CLR activation logs runtime, fails to load any runtime, shows unexpected .NET 3.5 Feature-on-Demand (FOD) dialogs, unexpectedly does NOT show FOD dialogs, loads both v2 and v4 into the same process causing failures, or any time someone is wondering "what is happening with .NET Framework activation?"

13k tokens
Dotnet Trace Collect
by dotnet

Guide developers through capturing diagnostic artifacts to diagnose production .NET performance issues. Use when the user needs help choosing diagnostic tools, collecting performance data, or understanding tool trade-offs across different environments (Windows/Linux, .NET Framework/modern .NET, container/non-container).

12k tokens
Dump Collect
by dotnet

Configure and collect crash dumps for modern .NET applications. USE FOR: enabling automatic crash dumps for CoreCLR or NativeAOT, capturing dumps from running .NET processes, setting up dump collection in Docker or Kubernetes, using dotnet-dump collect or createdump. DO NOT USE FOR: analyzing or debugging dumps, post-mortem investigation with lldb/windbg/dotnet-dump analyze, profiling or tracing, or for .NET Framework processes.

7k tokens
Microbenchmarking
by dotnet

> Activate this skill when BenchmarkDotNet (BDN) is involved in the task — creating, running, configuring, or reviewing BDN benchmarks. Also activate when microbenchmarking .NET code would be useful and BenchmarkDotNet is the likely tool. Consider activating when answering a .NET performance question requires measurement and BenchmarkDotNet may be needed. Covers microbenchmark design, BDN configuration and project setup, how to run BDN microbenchmarks efficiently and effectively, and using BDN for side-by-side performance comparisons. Do NOT use for profiling/tracing .NET code (dotnet-trace, PerfView), production telemetry, or load/stress testing (Crank, k6).

15k tokens
Exp Mock Usage Analysis
by dotnet

Audits .NET test mock usage by tracing each mock setup through the production code's execution path to find dead, unreachable, redundant, or replaceable mocks. Use when the user asks to audit mock usage, find unused or unnecessary mock setups, check if mocks are needed, reduce mock duplication or over-mocking, simplify test setup, or review whether mock configurations like ILogger/IOptions should use real implementations instead. Supports Moq, NSubstitute, and FakeItEasy.

1k tokens
Exp Simd Vectorization
by dotnet

Optimizes hot-path scalar loops in .NET 8+ with cross-platform Vector128/Vector256/Vector512 SIMD intrinsics, or replaces manual math loops with single TensorPrimitives API calls. Covers byte-range validation, character counting, bulk bitwise ops, cross-type conversion, fused multi-array computations, and float/double math operations.

3k tokens
Exp Test Maintainability
by dotnet

Detects duplicate boilerplate, copy-paste tests, and structural maintainability issues across .NET test suites. Use when the user asks to reduce repetition, consolidate similar test methods, convert copy-paste tests to data-driven parameterized tests, suggest a better test structure, or identify refactoring opportunities. Identifies repeated construction, assertion patterns, copy-paste methods convertible to DataRow/Theory/TestCase, redundant setup/teardown, and shared infrastructure. Produces an analysis report with concrete before/after suggestions. Works with MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, and TUnit. DO NOT USE FOR: writing new tests (use writing-mstest-tests), reviewing test quality or anti-patterns (use test-anti-patterns), or deep mock auditing (use exp-mock-usage-analysis).

2k tokens
Dotnet Maui Doctor
by dotnet

>- Diagnoses and fixes .NET MAUI development environment issues. Validates .NET SDK, workloads, Java JDK, Android SDK, Xcode, and Windows SDK. All version requirements discovered dynamically from NuGet WorkloadDependencies.json — never hardcoded. "Android SDK not found", "Java version" errors, "Xcode not found", environment verification Xamarin.Forms apps, runtime app crashes unrelated to environment setup, or app store publishing issues. Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

11k tokens
Maui App Lifecycle
by dotnet

>- .NET MAUI app lifecycle guidance — the four app states, cross-platform Window lifecycle events (Created, Activated, Deactivated, Stopped, Resumed, Destroying), platform-specific lifecycle mapping, backgrounding and resume behavior, and state-preservation patterns. "resume app", "OnStopped", "OnResumed", "backgrounding", "deactivated event", "ConfigureLifecycleEvents", "platform lifecycle hooks". dependency injection setup (use maui-dependency-injection), platform API invocation (use conditional compilation and partial classes).

4k tokens
Maui Collectionview
by dotnet

> Guidance for implementing CollectionView in .NET MAUI apps — data display, layouts (list & grid), selection, grouping, scrolling, empty views, templates, incremental loading, swipe actions, and pull-to-refresh. "item template", "grouping", "pull to refresh", "incremental loading", "swipe actions", "empty view", "selection mode", "scroll to item", displaying scrollable data, replacing ListView. StackLayout), map pin lists (use Microsoft.Maui.Controls.Maps), table-based data entry forms, non-MAUI list controls, CarouselView or BindableLayout questions, platform-specific handler or renderer customization, diagnosing CollectionView bugs in the MAUI framework itself, or general MVVM/binding questions that merely happen to mention a list (use maui-data-binding).

7k tokens
Maui Data Binding
by dotnet

>- Guidance for .NET MAUI XAML and C# data bindings — compiled bindings, INotifyPropertyChanged / ObservableObject, value converters, binding modes, multi-binding, relative bindings, fallbacks, and MVVM best practices. INotifyPropertyChanged or CommunityToolkit ObservableObject, creating IValueConverter / IMultiValueConverter, choosing binding modes, configuring BindingContext, relative bindings, binding fallbacks, StringFormat, code-behind SetBinding with lambdas, and enforcing XC0022/XC0025 warnings. maui-collectionview), Shell navigation data passing (use maui-shell-navigation), dependency injection (use maui-dependency-injection), or animations triggered by property changes (use .NET MAUI animation APIs).

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Maui Dependency Injection
by dotnet

> Guidance for configuring dependency injection in .NET MAUI apps — service registration in MauiProgram.cs, lifetime selection (Singleton / Transient / Scoped), constructor injection, Shell navigation auto-resolution, platform-specific registrations, and testability patterns. "AddScoped", "service registration", "constructor injection", "IServiceProvider", "MauiProgram DI", "register services", "BindingContext injection". (use maui-shell-navigation), unit-test mocking frameworks (use standard xUnit and NSubstitute patterns).

5k tokens
Maui Safe Area
by dotnet

>- .NET MAUI safe area and edge-to-edge layout guidance for .NET 10+. Covers the new SafeAreaEdges property, SafeAreaRegions enum, per-edge control, keyboard avoidance, Blazor Hybrid CSS safe areas, migration from legacy iOS-only APIs, and platform-specific behavior for Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst. "keyboard avoidance", "notch insets", "status bar overlap", "iOS safe area", "Android edge-to-edge", "content behind status bar", "UseSafeArea migration", "soft input keyboard", "IgnoreSafeArea replacement". app lifecycle handling (use maui-app-lifecycle), theming or styling (use maui-theming), or Shell navigation structure.

5k tokens
Maui Shell Navigation
by dotnet

>- Guide for implementing Shell-based navigation in .NET MAUI apps. Covers AppShell setup, visual hierarchy (FlyoutItem, TabBar, Tab, ShellContent), URI-based navigation with GoToAsync, route registration, query parameters, back navigation, flyout and tab configuration, navigation events, and navigation guards. pages with GoToAsync, passing parameters between pages, registering routes, customizing back button behavior, or guarding navigation with confirmation dialogs. documentation), data binding on pages (use maui-data-binding), dependency injection setup (use maui-dependency-injection), or NavigationPage-only apps that don't use Shell.

6k tokens
Maui Theming
by dotnet

>- Guide for theming .NET MAUI apps — light/dark mode via AppThemeBinding, ResourceDictionary theme switching, DynamicResource bindings, system theme detection, and user theme preferences. "theme switching", "ResourceDictionary theme", "dynamic resources", "system theme detection", "color scheme", "app theme", "DynamicResource". documentation), accessibility visual adjustments (see .NET MAUI accessibility documentation), app icons or splash screens (see .NET MAUI app icons documentation), or Bootstrap-style class theming (see Plugin.Maui.BootstrapTheme NuGet package).

5k tokens
Binlog Generation
by dotnet

Generate MSBuild binary logs (binlogs) for build diagnostics and analysis. USE FOR: adding /bl:{} to any dotnet build, test, pack, publish, or restore command to capture a full build execution trace, prerequisite for binlog-failure-analysis and build-perf-diagnostics skills, enabling post-build investigation of errors or performance. Requires MSBuild 17.8+ / .NET 8 SDK+ for {} placeholder; PowerShell needs -bl:{{}}. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems (npm, Maven, CMake), analyzing an existing binlog (use binlog-failure-analysis instead).

1k tokens
Build Parallelism
by dotnet

Diagnose and fix under-parallelized MSBuild builds. USE WHEN a multi-project solution build is slower than expected, doesn't speed up when you add cores, pegs a single core while others idle, or you want to know why `-m` isn't helping. Note: `/maxcpucount` default is 1 (sequential) — always pass `-m` for parallel builds. Covers finding the critical path (longest serial ProjectReference chain), graph build (`/graph`), BuildInParallel, and solution filters (`.slnf`). DO NOT USE FOR: single-project builds, incremental issues (use incremental-build), compilation slowness inside one project (use build-perf-diagnostics), non-MSBuild build systems.

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Check Bin Obj Clash
by dotnet

Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath. USE FOR: builds failing with 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists', 'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process', intermittent build failures that succeed on retry, or missing/overwritten outputs in multi-project or multi-targeting builds where bin/obj (or project.assets.json) collide. Common causes: shared OutputPath, missing AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath, extra global properties (e.g. PublishReadyToRun), or SetTargetFramework on a ProjectReference to a single-targeting project. DO NOT USE FOR: file access errors unrelated to MSBuild (OS-level locking), single-project single-TFM builds, non-MSBuild build systems.

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Copy To Output Directory
by dotnet

Choosing an MSBuild CopyToOutputDirectory / CopyToPublishDirectory mode: Never, PreserveNewest, Always, and IfDifferent (MSBuild 17.13+), plus $(SkipUnchangedFilesOnCopyAlways). USE FOR: removing the per-build Always copy perf hit; resetting output files mutated between builds. DO NOT USE FOR: general incremental-build diagnosis (use incremental-build); non-MSBuild build systems.

2k tokens
Eval Performance
by dotnet

Guide for diagnosing and improving MSBuild project evaluation performance. USE FOR: builds slow before any compilation starts, high evaluation time in binlog analysis, expensive glob patterns walking large directories (node_modules, .git, bin/obj), deep import chains (>20 levels), preprocessed output >10K lines indicating heavy evaluation, property functions with file I/O ($([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText(...))), multiple evaluations per project. Covers the 5 MSBuild evaluation phases, glob optimization via DefaultItemExcludes, import chain analysis with /pp preprocessing. DO NOT USE FOR: compilation-time slowness (use build-perf-diagnostics), incremental build issues (use incremental-build), non-MSBuild build systems.

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Extension Points
by dotnet

Guide for MSBuild extensibility: CustomBefore/CustomAfter hooks, wildcard imports with alphabetic ordering, import gating with control properties, NuGet package build extension layout (build/buildTransitive), and the MicrosoftCommonPropsHasBeenImported guard. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing MSBuild import and hook patterns, reviewing and fixing extension point anti-patterns in Directory.Build files, fixing missing Exists() guards on imports that break fresh clones, fixing NuGet package hooks being silently dropped instead of appended, making build targets extensible for other projects, injecting custom logic into the build pipeline, creating NuGet packages that extend the build, conditionally disabling imports. DO NOT USE FOR: target authoring patterns (use target-authoring), props vs targets placement (use directory-build-organization), general anti-patterns (use msbuild-antipatterns), non-MSBuild build systems.

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Msbuild Antipatterns
by dotnet

Detect and fix MSBuild anti-patterns in project and build files. USE WHEN asked to review, audit, lint, clean up, or code-review a .csproj/.vbproj/.fsproj/.props/.targets/.proj (or Directory.Build.props/.targets) file, when asked 'is this project file correct?' or 'what's wrong with my build file?', or when hunting subtle build bugs caused by how a project is authored. Each anti-pattern has a symptom and a concrete BAD→GOOD fix. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems (npm, Maven, CMake), or migrating a project to SDK-style (use msbuild-modernization).

10k tokens
Property Patterns
by dotnet

MSBuild property definition patterns: conditional defaults, composition/concatenation, path normalization, trailing-slash handling, TFM detection helpers, and evaluation order. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing property definition issues and shared-property anti-patterns in .props/.csproj; DefineConstants or NoWarn overwritten instead of appended; unconditional assignments that block project-level overrides; unquoted conditions that fail on empty properties; hardcoded paths that break cross-platform builds; setting overridable defaults; property evaluation order and last-write-wins semantics. DO NOT USE FOR: props vs targets placement (use directory-build-organization), item operations (use item-management), target structure (use target-authoring), general anti-patterns (use msbuild-antipatterns), non-MSBuild build systems.

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Target Authoring
by dotnet

Canonical patterns for writing custom MSBuild targets. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing custom target authoring anti-patterns; broken SDK target chains across files (e.g., Directory.Build.targets silently redefining SDK targets); targets that replace CompileDependsOn instead of extending it with $(CompileDependsOn); query targets returning stale results from Outputs vs Returns misuse; missing Inputs/Outputs causing unnecessary rebuilds; missing FileWrites registration. Covers DependsOnTargets vs BeforeTargets vs AfterTargets, the Build→CoreBuild three-level pattern, and the $(XxxDependsOn) chain-extension pattern. DO NOT USE FOR: incremental build tuning (use incremental-build), parallelization (use build-parallelism), general anti-patterns (use msbuild-antipatterns), non-MSBuild build systems.

2k tokens
Convert To Cpm
by dotnet

> Convert .NET projects and solutions (.sln, .slnx) to NuGet Central Package Management aligning NuGet package versions across multiple projects, inlining MSBuild version properties from Directory.Build.props into Directory.Packages.props, resolving version conflicts or mismatches across a solution or repository, updating or bumping or syncing package versions across projects. Also activate when packages are out of sync, drifting, or inconsistent -- even without the user mentioning CPM. Provides baseline build capture, version conflict resolution, build validation with binlog comparison, and a structured PackageReference first) or repositories that already have CPM fully enabled.

8k tokens
Template Authoring
by dotnet

> Guides creation and validation of custom dotnet new templates from existing projects. Generates a .template.config/template.json that preserves the source project's conventions. .template.config/template.json with correct identity, shortName, parameters, and post-actions, adding parameters or conditional content to a template you are authoring, validating the template.json you are authoring before publishing, packaging templates as NuGet packages for distribution. template-validation), finding or using existing templates (use template-discovery and template-instantiation), MSBuild project file issues unrelated to template authoring, NuGet package publishing (only template packaging structure).

2k tokens
Template Comparison
by dotnet

> Compares two or more dotnet new templates side by side to help users choose between them based on parameters, feature support, frameworks, and classifications. blazorwasm, console vs worker), producing a side-by-side comparison of parameters and feature support, understanding how templates differ before creating a project. authoring or validating custom templates (use template-authoring and template-validation), general single-template discovery (use template-discovery).

1k tokens
Template Discovery
by dotnet

> Helps find, inspect, and compare (at a high level) .NET project templates. Resolves natural-language project descriptions to ranked template matches with pre-filled parameters. parameters and constraints, understanding what a template produces before creating a project, resolving intent like "web API with auth" to concrete template + parameters. custom templates (use template-authoring), producing a detailed side-by-side comparison (use template-comparison), choosing cross-parameter defaults during creation (use template-smart-defaults), MSBuild or build issues (use dotnet-msbuild plugin), NuGet package management unrelated to template packages.

3k tokens
Template Instantiation
by dotnet

> Creates .NET projects from templates with validated parameters, smart defaults, Central Package Management adaptation, and latest NuGet version resolution. installing or uninstalling template packages, creating projects that respect Directory.Packages.props (CPM), composing multi-project solutions (API + tests + library), getting latest NuGet package versions in newly created projects. side-by-side comparison of templates (use template-comparison), authoring custom templates (use template-authoring), deciding cross-parameter defaults such as which framework to pair with native AOT or whether to keep HTTPS when auth is enabled (use template-smart-defaults), modifying existing projects or adding NuGet packages to existing projects.

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Template Smart Defaults
by dotnet

> Applies cross-parameter default rules when creating .NET projects with dotnet new, filling gaps consistently without overriding values the user set explicitly. keep HTTPS when authentication is enabled, recognizing that controllers and minimal-API flags are mutually exclusive, filling unset related parameters during project creation, explaining why a default was applied and ensuring an explicit user value is never overridden. comparing templates (use template-discovery and template-comparison), authoring or validating custom templates (use template-authoring and template-validation).

2k tokens
Template Validation
by dotnet

> Validates custom dotnet new templates for correctness before publishing. Catches missing fields, parameter bugs, shortName conflicts, constraint issues, and common authoring mistakes that cause templates to fail silently. diagnosing why a template doesn't appear after installation, reviewing template parameter definitions for type mismatches and missing defaults, finding shortName conflicts with dotnet CLI commands, validating post-action and constraint configuration. creating projects from templates (use template-instantiation), creating templates from existing projects (use template-authoring).

2k tokens
Migrate Mstest V1v2 To V3
by dotnet

> Migrate MSTest v1/v2 projects to MSTest v3, and fix v1/v2-to-v3 breaking changes that surface after the packages are already at 3.x. Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.UnitTestFramework assembly references; moving MSTest.TestFramework/TestAdapter 1.x-2.x to 3.x, the MSTest metapackage, or MSTest.Sdk; tests that broke after a 2.x-to-3.x bump -- CS0411/CS1503 on Assert.AreEqual/AreNotEqual/AreSame once the object overloads became generic, and DataRow strict type matching (1L vs 1) that builds with MSTEST0014 but fails at run time; .testsettings/LegacySettings to .runsettings (DeploymentEnabled, per-test MSTest TestTimeout); v3 timeout behavior; TFMs v3 dropped (net5.0, .NET Fx below 4.6.2, netstandard1.0). Applies even when the project already references MSTest 3.x, if a v1/v2-era setting or error remains. Keeps the current runner. projects with no v1/v2 leftovers, other test frameworks, or VSTest-to-MTP.

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Migrate Mstest V3 To V4
by dotnet

> Fix build errors and breaking changes after upgrading MSTest v3 to v4, or plan a complete v3-to-v4 migration. Use when user says "upgrade to MSTest v4", "MSTest 4 migration", "MSTest v4 breaking changes", "tests don't compile after upgrading MSTest 3.x to 4.x", or hits CS0507, CS0103, CS1061, CS1615 after updating MSTest packages to 4.x. sealed custom attributes, ClassCleanupBehavior removal, TestContext.Properties Contains to ContainsKey, Assert.ThrowsException to ThrowsExactly, Assert.IsInstanceOfType out param removal, ExpectedExceptionAttribute removal, TestTimeout enum removal, [TestMethod("name")] to DisplayName syntax, TreatDiscoveryWarningsAsErrors, TestContext.TestName in ClassInitialize, MSTest.Sdk MTP changes, dropped TFMs (net6.0/net7.0 to net8.0+). (use migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3 first); test framework conversions; general .NET upgrades.

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Migrate Vstest To Mtp
by dotnet

> Migrates .NET test projects from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP). Use when user asks to "migrate to MTP", "switch from VSTest", "enable Microsoft.Testing.Platform", "use MTP runner", set OutputType=Exe only for test projects in Directory.Build.props, or mentions EnableMSTestRunner, EnableNUnitRunner, or UseMicrosoftTestingPlatformRunner. discovered, --ignore-exit-code, TESTINGPLATFORM_EXITCODE_IGNORE); centralizing MTP properties and OutputType=Exe on test projects via MSBuildProjectName, not IsTestProject. Supports MSTest, NUnit, xUnit.net v2 (via YTest.MTP.XUnit2), and xUnit.net v3. Covers runner enablement, CLI argument and filter translation (--filter-class/--filter-trait/--filter-query), global.json config, CI/CD updates, and extension packages. xUnit.net v2 to v3 API migration, MSTest version upgrades, TFM upgrades, or UWP/WinUI test projects.

5k tokens
Migrate Xunit To Mstest
by dotnet

> Convert .NET test projects from xUnit.net v2 or v3 to MSTest v4. Use for replacing xunit packages, [Fact]/[Theory], xUnit assertions, fixtures, ITestOutputHelper, traits, skips, and xUnit parallelization with MSTest equivalents while preserving the current VSTest or MTP runner. from NUnit/TUnit, or runner-only VSTest to MTP migrations.

9k tokens
Assertion Quality
by dotnet

Analyzes the variety and depth of assertions across test suites in any language. Use when the user asks to evaluate assertion quality, find shallow tests, identify assertion-free tests (no assertions or only trivial ones like Assert.IsNotNull / toBeTruthy()), flag self-referential or tautological assertions, measure assertion diversity, or audit whether tests verify different facets of behavior. Polyglot: .NET, Python, TS/JS, Java, Go, Ruby, Rust, Swift, Kotlin, PowerShell, C++. DO NOT USE FOR: writing new tests (use code-testing-agent / writing-mstest-tests), mutation reasoning about whether tests would catch a bug (use test-gap-analysis), or a general severity-ranked anti-pattern audit (use test-anti-patterns), fixing or rewriting assertions, or writing, fixing, or modernizing MSTest tests, assertions, or attributes (use writing-mstest-tests).

4k tokens
Code Testing Agent
by dotnet

>- MANDATORY ENTRY POINT for generating or writing tests. Invoke this skill before editing files whenever the user asks to generate tests, write/add unit tests, scaffold a test project or suite, improve/achieve coverage, extend an existing suite to cover an untested method, or test an app, API, service, module, library, or package. Applies to a single function, method or file as much as to a whole project — scope changes how much of the workflow runs, never whether the skill applies. Invoke it when the workspace looks sparse, gutted or partially deleted — then test only the source that remains and never restore missing source. reports (use coverage-analysis or crap-score); MSTest-specific test authoring or modernization (use writing-mstest-tests).

6k tokens
Code Testing Extensions
by dotnet

>- Provides file paths to language-specific extension files for the code-testing pipeline. Call this skill to discover available extension guidance files (e.g., dotnet.md for .NET, cpp.md for C++). Do not use directly — invoked by code-testing agents and skills that need language-specific references.

58k tokens
Coverage Analysis
by dotnet

> Project-wide code coverage and CRAP (Change Risk Anti-Patterns) score analysis for .NET projects. Calculates CRAP scores per method and surfaces risk hotspots — complex code with low coverage that is dangerous to modify. Use to diagnose why coverage is stuck or plateaued, identify what methods block improvement, or get project-wide coverage analysis with risk ranking. blocking coverage, coverage gap, CRAP scores, risk hotspots, where to add tests, coverage analysis, coverage report. auditing test code for coverage-touching or other anti-patterns (use test-anti-patterns); writing tests; running tests (use run-tests). Requires or produces coverage (Cobertura) and CRAP metrics.

14k tokens scripts
Crap Score
by dotnet

> Calculates targeted CRAP (Change Risk Anti-Patterns) scores for a named .NET method, class, or single source file. Use when the user explicitly asks to compute CRAP scores or assess risky untested code for a specific target, combining Cobertura coverage data with cyclomatic complexity analysis. coverage" diagnosis, what's blocking coverage, or where to add tests across a project (use coverage-analysis); writing tests; running tests without CRAP context.

2k tokens
Detect Static Dependencies
by dotnet

> Scan C# source files for hard-to-test static dependencies — DateTime.Now/UtcNow, File.*, Directory.*, Environment.*, HttpClient, Console.*, Process.*, and other untestable statics. Produces a ranked report of static call sites by frequency. identify hard-to-mock code, find DateTime.Now usage, detect static coupling, testability report, static analysis for testability. migrating code (use migrate-static-to-wrapper), general code review, or finding statics that are already behind abstractions.

3k tokens
Filter Syntax
by dotnet

Reference data for test filter syntax across all platform and framework combinations: VSTest --filter expressions, MTP filters for MSTest/NUnit/xUnit v3/TUnit, and VSTest-to-MTP filter translation. DO NOT USE directly — loaded by run-tests, mtp-hot-reload, and migrate-vstest-to-mtp when they need filter syntax.

1k tokens
Find Untested Sources
by dotnet

> MANDATORY for static requests to find, identify, or list untested source files or modules, sources without tests, source-to-test pairing, test-gap worklists, or suggested test locations. Invoke even for a tiny package; do not substitute manual globbing. Uses Roslyn for C#/.NET and tree-sitter for Python, TS/JS, Go, grading existing tests.

13k tokens scripts
Generate Testability Wrappers
by dotnet

> Generate wrapper interfaces and DI registration for hard-to-test static dependencies in C#, when the abstraction does NOT exist yet. Produces IFileSystem, IEnvironmentProvider, IConsole, IProcessRunner wrappers, or guides first-time adoption of TimeProvider and IHttpClientFactory. With no DI container, produces the ambient context seam instead. make a static or a class testable, create abstraction for File.*, generate DI registration, adopt TimeProvider when it is not registered yet, IHttpClientFactory setup, testability wrapper, how to make statics injectable, adopt System.IO.Abstractions, make code testable without adding a DI framework. call sites or replacing existing DateTime.*/File.* usages once the wrapper is created or already registered in DI (use migrate-static-to-wrapper), general interface design.

3k tokens
Grade Tests
by dotnet

> Grades a specified set of test methods individually and produces a concise table mapping each test (fully-qualified name) to a letter grade (A–F), a score band, and a one-line note — designed to be posted as a PR comment. Use when the caller wants per-test feedback on a curated list of methods (for example, the new or modified tests in a pull request), not a Swift, Kotlin, PowerShell, C++. Input is a list of test methods (or method bodies / file+line spans); output is a compact markdown table plus a short full suite audits (use test-quality-auditor agent or test-anti-patterns), writing new tests (use code-testing-generator agent or writing-mstest-tests), fixing failures, or measuring code coverage.

5k tokens
Migrate Static To Wrapper
by dotnet

> Replace existing static dependency call sites with a wrapper or built-in abstraction that already exists or is registered in DI, across a bounded scope (file, project, namespace). constructor parameter, migrate static call sites to a wrapper already in DI, bulk replace File.* with IFileSystem, scoped migration of statics in only certain files, update unit tests to a fake time source, make an existing static or utility class testable by adding an ambient TimeProvider/IFileSystem seam while every current call site keeps compiling, behavior-preserving time refactors that must keep the same DateTimeKind. brand-new wrapper interface that does not exist yet (use generate-testability-wrappers), migrating between test frameworks.

4k tokens

Claude Skills — questions

Answers built from the skills we actually parsed.

What is a Claude Skill?
A folder with a SKILL.md file: instructions that teach an agent to do one thing well, optionally with scripts and reference files alongside. The format is open and called Agent Skills — Claude Code, Codex and other agents read the same files. It is not a program you run; it is knowledge the agent loads when the task calls for it.
How is a skill different from an MCP server?
A server gives the agent new abilities — it connects to something and exposes tools. A skill gives the agent knowledge: how to use what it already has. They combine, and often literally: 11 329 of the skills here declare which MCP servers they need to work.
Why are there fewer skills here than in other catalogues?
Because we deduplicate by content. Of 79 404 files found on GitHub, 61 763 are unique — the rest is the same skill copied into someone else's repository, word for word. Catalogues that count files rather than skills show every copy as a separate entry.
What does the token count mean?
A skill is loaded into the model's context when it is used, so its size is a running cost on every request that touches it. We measure the whole folder, not just SKILL.md: one official skill is 377 tokens, another drags 83 files of fonts behind it.
How do I install a skill?
Copy the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project. The agent picks it up by the name in the SKILL.md header — which is worth checking: 7 882 skills here share a name with another skill, and two of them cannot sit side by side.