dotnet/skills

Repository for skills to assist AI coding agents with .NET and C#

.NET Agent Skills

dotnet.github.io/skills

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.

📊 Dashboard - Accuracy and efficiency scoring trends for contained plugins (dotnet.github.io/skills)

What's Included

Installation

🚀 Plugins - Copilot CLI / Claude Code

1. Launch Copilot CLI or Claude Code

2. Add the marketplace:

3. Install a plugin:

4. Restart to load the new plugins

5. View available skills:

6. View available agents:

7. Update plugin (on demand):

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:

1. Open the marketplace panel in Cursor

2. Search for .NET or browse cursor.com/marketplace

3. Install the desired plugins

For local development or unpublished changes, import plugins from a local checkout:

1. Copy or symlink your local checkout to ~/.cursor/plugins/local/dotnet-agent-skills

2. 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.

1. Add the marketplace:

2. Launch Codex and open the plugin browser:

3. Browse the dotnet-agent-skills tab and install the desired plugins.

4. Update plugins on demand:

Individual skills

You can also install individual skills using the skill-installer CLI with the GitHub URL:

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines and how to add a new plugin.

License

See LICENSE for details.