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AI-focused orchestration agent for Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft.Extensions.AI, Semantic Kernel, MCP, and ML.NET. Use when the dominant problem is .NET AI architecture, model integration, agent workflows, tool calling, embeddings, or platform selection.

Build-focused orchestration agent for .NET restore, build, test, packaging, CI failures, diagnostics, and environment drift. Use when the dominant problem is getting a .NET solution to restore, build, pack, or pass automation reliably.

Data-access orchestration agent for EF Core, EF6, migrations, query translation, modeling, and persistence strategy decisions. Use when the dominant question is how a .NET app reads, writes, models, or migrates relational data.

Frontend-focused orchestration agent for .NET repositories that ship browser-facing UI plus Node-based frontend assets. Use when the dominant problem is frontend linting, style quality, HTML checks, runtime site audits, or file-structure drift rather than backend-only .NET code.

Modernization orchestration agent for upgrades, legacy migrations, compatibility planning, and staged adoption of modern .NET patterns. Use when the main problem is moving old .NET code or architecture toward a modern target without reckless rewrites.

Review orchestration agent for .NET changes across bugs, regressions, analyzers, architecture, tests, and maintainability. Use when the main task is to review or harden a .NET change set rather than to implement a new feature from scratch.

Broad .NET triage agent that classifies the repo and routes work to the right skills or specialist agents. Use for ambiguous or multi-domain .NET requests touching web, frontend, data, AI, build, UI, testing, or modernization.

Use a repo-root `.editorconfig` to configure free .NET analyzer and style rules. Use when a .NET repo needs rule severity, code-style options, section layout, or analyzer ownership made explicit. Nested `.editorconfig` files are allowed when they serve a clear subtree-specific purpose.

Design or review .NET solution architecture across modular monoliths, clean architecture, vertical slices, microservices, DDD, CQRS, and cloud-native boundaries without over-engineering.

Use the open-source free `ArchUnitNET` library for architecture rules in .NET tests. Use when a repo needs richer architecture assertions than lightweight fluent rule libraries usually provide.

Build, upgrade, and operate .NET Aspire application hosts with current CLI, AppHost, ServiceDefaults, integrations, dashboard, testing, and Azure deployment patterns for distributed apps.

Build, debug, modernize, or review ASP.NET Core applications with correct hosting, middleware, security, configuration, logging, and deployment patterns on current .NET.

Use the open-source free `Asynkron.Profiler` dotnet tool for CLI-first CPU, allocation, exception, contention, and heap profiling of .NET commands or existing trace artifacts.

Build, review, or migrate Azure Functions in .NET with correct execution model, isolated worker setup, bindings, DI, and Durable Functions patterns.

Use Biome in .NET repositories that ship Node-based frontend assets and want a fast combined formatter-linter-import organizer for JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, JSON, GraphQL, or HTML. Use when a repo prefers a modern all-in-one CLI over a larger ESLint plus Prettier style stack.

Build and review Blazor applications across server, WebAssembly, web app, and hybrid scenarios with correct component design, state flow, rendering, and hosting choices.

Use Chous in .NET repositories that ship sizeable frontend codebases and want file-structure linting, naming convention enforcement, and folder-layout policy as a CLI gate. Use when the problem is frontend architecture drift in the file tree rather than semantic code issues inside the files.

Use the open-source free `cloc` tool for line-count, language-mix, and diff statistics in .NET repositories. Use when a repo needs C# and solution footprint metrics, branch-to-branch LOC comparison, or repeatable code-size reporting in local workflows and CI.

Use the free built-in .NET SDK analyzers and analysis levels with gradual Roslyn warning promotion. Use when a .NET repo needs first-party code analysis, `EnableNETAnalyzers`, `AnalysisLevel`, or warning-as-error policy wired into build and CI.

Use the open-source CodeQL ecosystem for .NET security analysis. Use when a repo needs CodeQL query packs, CLI-based analysis on open source codebases, or GitHub Action setup with explicit licensing caveats for private repositories.

Review .NET changes for bugs, regressions, architectural drift, missing tests, incorrect async or disposal behavior, and platform-specific pitfalls before you approve or merge them.

Use free built-in .NET maintainability analyzers and code metrics configuration to find overly complex methods and coupled code. Use when a repo needs cyclomatic complexity checks, maintainability thresholds, or complexity-driven refactoring gates.

Use the open-source free `coverlet` toolchain for .NET code coverage. Use when a repo needs line and branch coverage, collector versus MSBuild driver selection, or CI-safe coverage commands.

Use the open-source free `CSharpier` formatter for C# and XML. Use when a .NET repo intentionally wants one opinionated formatter instead of a highly configurable `dotnet format`-driven style model.

Maintain or migrate EF6-based applications with realistic guidance on what to keep, what to modernize, and when EF Core is or is not the right next step. Use when working in an EF6 codebase or planning a data layer migration.

Design, tune, or review EF Core data access with proper modeling, migrations, query translation, performance, and lifetime management for modern .NET applications.

Use ESLint in .NET repositories that ship JavaScript, TypeScript, React, or other Node-based frontend assets. Use when a repo needs a configurable CLI lint gate for frontend correctness, import hygiene, unsafe patterns, or framework-specific rules.

Use the free first-party `dotnet format` CLI for .NET formatting and analyzer fixes. Use when a .NET repo needs formatting commands, `--verify-no-changes` CI checks, or `.editorconfig`-driven code style enforcement.

Build or review gRPC services and clients in .NET with correct contract-first design, streaming behavior, transport assumptions, and backend service integration.

Use HTMLHint in .NET repositories that ship static HTML output or standalone frontend templates. Use when a repo needs a focused CLI lint gate for DOM structure, invalid attributes, and basic HTML correctness checks on static pages.

Maintain classic ASP.NET applications on .NET Framework, including Web Forms, older MVC, and legacy hosting patterns, while planning realistic modernization boundaries.

Expert knowledge of the libvlc C API (3.x and 4.x), the multimedia framework behind VLC media player. Use when helping with LibVLC or LibVLCSharp for media playback, streaming, or transcoding.

Use ManagedCode.Communication when a .NET application needs explicit result objects, structured errors, and predictable service or API boundaries instead of exception-driven control flow.

Use ManagedCode.MarkItDown when a .NET application needs deterministic document-to-Markdown conversion for ingestion, indexing, summarization, or content-processing workflows.

Use ManagedCode.MimeTypes when a .NET application needs consistent MIME type detection, extension mapping, and content-type decisions for uploads, downloads, or HTTP responses.

Integrate ManagedCode.Orleans.Graph into an Orleans-based .NET application for graph-oriented relationships, edge management, and traversal logic on top of Orleans grains. Use when the application models graph structures in a distributed Orleans system.

Use ManagedCode.Orleans.SignalR when a distributed .NET application needs Orleans-based coordination of SignalR real-time messaging, hub delivery, and grain-driven push flows.

Use ManagedCode.Storage when a .NET application needs a provider-agnostic storage abstraction with explicit configuration, container selection, upload and download flows, and backend-specific integration kept behind one library contract.

Build, review, or migrate .NET MAUI applications across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows with correct cross-platform UI, platform integration, and native packaging assumptions.

Apply MCAF agile-delivery guidance for backlog quality, roles, ceremonies, and engineering feedback. Use when defining how the team plans, tracks work, and turns feedback into durable improvements.

Apply MCAF developer-experience guidance for onboarding, F5 contract, cross-platform tasks, local inner loop, and reproducible setup. Use when the repo is hard to run, debug, test, or onboard into.

Apply MCAF documentation guidance for docs structure, navigation, source-of-truth placement, and writing quality. Use when a repo鈥檚 docs are missing, stale, duplicated, or hard to navigate, or when adding new durable engineering guidance.

Apply MCAF feature-spec guidance to create or update a feature spec under `docs/Features/` with business rules, user flows, system behaviour, verification, and Definition of Done. Use when the user asks for a feature spec, executable requirements, acceptance criteria, behaviour documentation, or a pre-implementation plan for non-trivial behaviour changes.

Apply MCAF human-review-planning guidance for a large AI-generated code drop by reading the target area, tracing the natural user and system flows, identifying the riskiest boundaries, and prioritizing the files a human should inspect first. Use when the codebase is too large to review line-by-line and you need a practical review sequence plus a prioritized file list.

Apply MCAF ML/AI delivery guidance for data exploration, feasibility, experimentation, testing, responsible AI, and operating ML systems. Use when the repo includes model training, inference, data science workflows, or ML-specific delivery planning.

Apply MCAF non-functional-requirements guidance to capture or refine explicit quality attributes such as accessibility, reliability, scalability, maintainability, performance, and compliance. Use when a feature or architecture change needs explicit quality attributes and trade-offs.

Adopt MCAF governance in a .NET repository with the right AGENTS.md layout, repo-native docs, skill installation, verification rules, and non-trivial task workflow. Use when bootstrapping or updating MCAF alongside the dotnet-skills catalog.

Apply MCAF source-control guidance for repository structure, branch naming, merge strategy, commit hygiene, and secrets-in-git discipline. Use when bootstrapping a repo, tightening PR flow, or documenting branch and release policy.

Apply MCAF UI/UX guidance for design systems, accessibility, front-end technology selection, and design-to-development collaboration. Use when bootstrapping a UI project, choosing front-end stack, or tightening design and accessibility practices.

Build or consume Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients in .NET using the official MCP C# SDK, including stdio, Streamable HTTP, tools, prompts, resources, and capability negotiation.

Use Metalint in .NET repositories that ship Node-based frontend assets and want one CLI entrypoint over several underlying linters. Use when a repo wants to orchestrate ESLint, Stylelint, HTMLHint, and related frontend checks from a single checked-in `.metalint/` configuration.

Use the open-source free `Meziantou.Analyzer` package for design, usage, security, performance, and style rules in .NET. Use when a repo wants broader analyzer coverage with a single NuGet package.

Build .NET AI agents and multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework using the right agent type, threads, tools, workflows, hosting protocols, and enterprise guardrails.

Build provider-agnostic .NET AI integrations with `Microsoft.Extensions.AI`, `IChatClient`, embeddings, middleware, structured output, vector search, and evaluation.

Use the Microsoft.Extensions stack correctly across Generic Host, dependency injection, configuration, logging, options, HttpClientFactory, and other shared infrastructure patterns.

Design and implement Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core using handler-first endpoints, route groups, filters, and lightweight composition suited to modern .NET services.

Work on C# and .NET-adjacent mixed-reality solutions around HoloLens, MRTK, OpenXR, Azure services, and integration boundaries where .NET participates in the stack.

Use ML.NET to train, evaluate, or integrate machine-learning models into .NET applications with realistic data preparation, inference, and deployment expectations.

Write modern, version-aware C# for .NET repositories. Use when choosing language features across C# versions, especially C# 13 and C# 14, while staying compatible with the repo's target framework and `LangVersion`.

Write, run, or repair .NET tests that use MSTest. Use when a repo uses `MSTest.Sdk`, `MSTest`, `[TestClass]`, `[TestMethod]`, `DataRow`, or Microsoft.Testing.Platform-based MSTest execution.

Implement the Model-View-ViewModel pattern in .NET applications with proper separation of concerns, data binding, commands, and testable ViewModels using MVVM Toolkit.

Use the open-source free `NetArchTest.Rules` library for architecture rules in .NET unit tests. Use when a repo wants lightweight, fluent architecture assertions for namespaces, dependencies, or layering.

Write, run, or repair .NET tests that use NUnit. Use when a repo uses `NUnit`, `[Test]`, `[TestCase]`, `[TestFixture]`, or NUnit3TestAdapter for VSTest or Microsoft.Testing.Platform execution.

Build or review distributed .NET applications with Orleans grains, silos, persistence, streaming, reminders, placement, transactions, serialization, event sourcing, testing, and cloud-native hosting.

Use the free official .NET diagnostics CLI tools for profiling and runtime investigation in .NET repositories. Use when a repo needs CPU tracing, live counters, GC and allocation investigation, exception or contention tracing, heap snapshots, or startup diagnostics without GUI-only tooling.

Create or reorganize .NET solutions with clean project boundaries, repeatable SDK settings, and a maintainable baseline for libraries, apps, tests, CI, and local development.

Set up or refine open-source .NET code-quality gates for CI: formatting, `.editorconfig`, SDK analyzers, third-party analyzers, coverage, mutation testing, architecture tests, and security scanning. Use when a .NET repo needs an explicit quality stack in `AGENTS.md`, docs, or pipeline YAML.

Use the open-source free `QuickDup` clone detector for .NET repositories. Use when a repo needs duplicate C# code discovery, structural clone detection, DRY refactoring candidates, or repeatable duplication scans in local workflows and CI.

Use the open-source free `ReportGenerator` tool for turning .NET coverage outputs into HTML, Markdown, Cobertura, badges, and merged reports. Use when raw coverage files are not readable enough for CI or human review.

Use the free official JetBrains ReSharper Command Line Tools for .NET repositories. Use when a repo wants powerful `jb inspectcode` inspections, `jb cleanupcode` cleanup profiles, solution-level `.DotSettings` enforcement, or a stronger CLI quality gate for C# than the default SDK analyzers alone.

Use the open-source free `Roslynator` analyzer packages and optional CLI for .NET. Use when a repo wants broad C# static analysis, auto-fix flows, dead-code detection, optional CLI checks, or extra rules beyond the SDK analyzers.

Build AI-enabled .NET applications with Semantic Kernel using services, plugins, prompts, and function-calling patterns that remain testable and maintainable.

Use Sep for high-performance separated-value parsing and writing in .NET, including delimiter inference, explicit parser/writer options, and low-allocation row/column workflows.

Implement or review SignalR hubs, streaming, reconnection, transport, and real-time delivery patterns in ASP.NET Core applications.

Primary router skill for broad .NET work. Classify the repo by app model and cross-cutting concern first, then switch to the narrowest matching .NET skill instead of staying at a generic layer.

Use SonarJS-derived rules in .NET repositories that ship JavaScript or TypeScript frontends and need deeper bug-risk, code-smell, or cognitive-complexity checks than a minimal ESLint baseline. Use when the repo wants `eslint-plugin-sonarjs` locally or already runs SonarQube or SonarCloud in CI.

Use the open-source free `Stryker.NET` mutation testing tool for .NET. Use when a repo needs to measure whether tests actually catch faults, especially in critical libraries or domains.

Use the open-source free `StyleCop.Analyzers` package for naming, layout, documentation, and style rules in .NET projects. Use when a repo wants stricter style conventions than the SDK analyzers alone provide.

Use Stylelint in .NET repositories that ship CSS, SCSS, or other stylesheet assets alongside web frontends. Use when a repo needs a dedicated CLI lint gate for selectors, properties, duplicate styles, naming conventions, or design-system rule enforcement.

Write, run, or repair .NET tests that use TUnit. Use when a repo uses `TUnit`, `TUnit.Playwright`, `[Test]`, `[Arguments]`, `ClassDataSource`, `SharedType.PerTestSession`, or Microsoft.Testing.Platform-based execution.

Build cross-platform .NET applications with Uno Platform targeting WebAssembly, iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows from a single XAML/C# codebase.

Work on WCF services, clients, bindings, contracts, and migration decisions for SOAP and multi-transport service-oriented systems on .NET Framework or compatible stacks.

Build or maintain controller-based ASP.NET Core APIs when the project needs controller conventions, advanced model binding, validation extensions, OData, JsonPatch, or existing API patterns.

Use webhint in .NET repositories that ship browser-facing frontends. Use when a repo needs CLI audits for accessibility, performance, security headers, PWA signals, SEO, or runtime page quality against a served site or built frontend output.

Build, maintain, or modernize Windows Forms applications with practical guidance on designer-driven UI, event handling, data binding, MVP separation, and migration to modern .NET. Use when working on WinForms projects or migrating from .NET Framework.

Build or review WinUI 3 applications with the Windows App SDK, including MVVM patterns, packaging decisions, navigation, theming, windowing, and interop boundaries with other .NET stacks. Use when building modern Windows-native desktop UI.

Build long-running .NET background services with `BackgroundService`, Generic Host, graceful shutdown, configuration, logging, and deployment patterns suited to workers and daemons.

Maintain or assess Workflow Foundation-based solutions on .NET Framework, especially where long-lived process logic or legacy designer artifacts still matter.

Build and modernize WPF applications on .NET with correct XAML, data binding, commands, threading, styling, and Windows desktop migration decisions.

Write, run, or repair .NET tests that use xUnit. Use when a repo uses `xunit`, `xunit.v3`, `[Fact]`, `[Theory]`, or `xunit.runner.visualstudio`, and you need the right CLI, package, and runner guidance for xUnit on VSTest or Microsoft.Testing.Platform.