Claude Skills by managedcode

Deep formal test smell audit based on academic research taxonomy (testsmells.org). Detects 19 categorized smell types — conditional logic, mystery guests, sensitive equality, eager tests, and more — with calibrated severity and research-backed remediation. Use for comprehensive test suite health assessments. For a quick pragmatic review, use test-anti-patterns instead. DO NOT USE FOR: writing new tests (use writing-mstest-tests), evaluating assertion quality specifically (use assertion-qualit...

Analyzes test suites and tags each test with a standardized set of traits (e.g., positive, negative, critical-path, boundary, smoke, regression). Use when the user wants to categorize, audit, or label tests with traits. Do not use for writing new tests, running tests, or migrating test frameworks.

Write new MSTest unit tests and implement concrete fixes in existing MSTest code using MSTest 3.x/4.x modern APIs and best practices. USE FOR: write unit tests for a class, write MSTest tests, create test class, fix test assertions, MSTest assertion APIs (StartsWith, EndsWith, MatchesRegex, IsGreaterThan, IsInRange, HasCount, IsNull), something seems off with my tests, review tests and fix issues, fix swapped Assert.AreEqual arguments, replace ExpectedException with Assert.Throws, modernize t...

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 FOR: the repo uses or wants Stryker.NET; mutation testing is needed for high-risk code. DO NOT USE FOR: every PR path by default in a large repo; simple coverage collection. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes...

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. USE FOR: the repo uses TUnit; you need to add, run, debug, or repair TUnit tests; the repo uses Microsoft.Testing.Platform-based test execution. DO NOT USE FOR: xUnit projects; MSTest projects. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, li...

Write, run, or repair .NET tests that use xUnit with the right package, CLI, and runner guidance. USE FOR: xUnit v2 or xUnit v3 projects; adding, running, debugging, or repairing xUnit tests; choosing between VSTest and Microsoft.Testing.Platform. DO NOT USE FOR: TUnit projects; MSTest projects. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.

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. USE FOR: the repo needs a root .editorconfig; analyzer severity and style ownership are unclear; the team wants one source of truth for rule configuration. DO NOT USE FOR: choosing analyzers with no config change; formatting-only execution with no config ownership question. INVOKES: inspect the repos...

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. USE FOR: Asynkron.Profiler setup; automation-friendly profiling output; CPU, allocation, exception, contention, and heap investigation. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint...

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 FOR: biome.json or @biomejs/biome setup; fast frontend formatting and linting; replacing overlapping frontend style tools deliberately. DO NOT USE FOR: ESLint-only plugin coverage; runtime site audits such as headers, accessibility, or browser behavior. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted ...

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. USE FOR: the repo uses or wants CSharpier; the team prefers an opinionated formatter over many configurable style knobs. DO NOT USE FOR: repos that already standardized on dotnet format as the only formatter. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, tes...

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 FOR: growing frontend trees; naming, folder, or file-placement policy; CI checks for frontend layout drift. DO NOT USE FOR: semantic code bugs, type errors, or framework API misuse; CSS, HTML, or JS rule enforcement inside files. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test...

Use Chrome DevTools MCP from .NET agents and .NET-focused repos to inspect, debug, and automate Chrome through an MCP client. USE FOR: the repo needs browser-level debugging for ASP.NET Core, Blazor, WebAssembly, or any .NET app with a web UI; the user wants an MCP server that can inspect console. DO NOT USE FOR: pure .NET code analysis, unit testing, or NuGet/package management; static HTML linting alone. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, t...

Use the free built-in .NET SDK analyzers and analysis levels with gradual Roslyn warning promotion. USE FOR: the repo wants first-party .NET analyzers; CI should fail on analyzer warnings; the team needs AnalysisLevel or AnalysisMode guidance. DO NOT USE FOR: third-party analyzer selection by itself; formatting-only work. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.

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. USE FOR: the repo uses or wants CodeQL for .NET security analysis; GitHub code scanning is part of the CI plan. DO NOT USE FOR: teams that need a tool with no private-repo licensing caveat. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, o...

Use free built-in .NET maintainability analyzers and code metrics configuration to find overly complex methods and coupled code. USE FOR: the team wants to find overly complex methods; cyclomatic complexity thresholds are needed in CI; maintainability metrics or coupling thresholds need to be configured. DO NOT USE FOR: formatting-only work; generic analyzer setup with no complexity policy change. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint...

Use ESLint in .NET repositories that ship JavaScript, TypeScript, React, or other Node-based frontend assets. USE FOR: the repo has package.json, eslint.config.*, .eslintrc*, tsconfig.json, or JS/TS/React frontend files; the user asks for JavaScript or TypeScript linting, React rule. DO NOT USE FOR: CSS ownership by itself; route that to stylelint; HTML-only checks on static output; route that to htmlhint. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, t...

Write, review, or modernize F# code in .NET repositories with functional-first design, algebraic data types, pattern matching, pipelines, async workflows, project ordering, and C# interop. USE FOR: F# .fs/.fsproj code; discriminated unions, records, options, results, pattern matching, computation expressions, or functional domain modeling; strongly typed AI-generated .NET code. DO NOT USE FOR: C# language modernization; FSI-only exploratory scripts with no project changes. INVOKES: inspect .f...

Use F# Interactive (`dotnet fsi`) for .NET exploration, scriptable experiments, package-backed .fsx workflows, quick data transforms, and reproducible command-line probes. USE FOR: .fsx scripts, F# REPL work, #r nuget references, #load composition, interactive type exploration, and small strongly typed experiments before moving code into a project. DO NOT USE FOR: production application code that needs compiled project structure; C# scripting; long-lived automation better expressed as a norma...

Use the free first-party `dotnet format` CLI for .NET formatting and analyzer fixes. USE FOR: the repo uses dotnet format; you need a CI-safe formatting check for .NET; the repo wants .editorconfig-driven style enforcement. DO NOT USE FOR: repositories that intentionally use CSharpier as the only formatter; analyzer strategy with no formatting command change. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes a...

Use `graphify-dotnet` to generate codebase knowledge graphs, architecture snapshots, and exportable repository maps from .NET or polyglot source trees, with optional AI-enriched semantic relationships. USE FOR: graphify commands; graph JSON, HTML, SVG, Cypher, Markdown, and Obsidian exports; repository map and architecture snapshot generation. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, ...

Use HTMLHint in .NET repositories that ship static HTML output or standalone frontend templates. USE FOR: static HTML files; generated frontend output; standalone templates under wwwroot, dist, or other web folders; HTML structure checks. DO NOT USE FOR: raw .cshtml or .razor source with server-side directives; JavaScript or TypeScript linting. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.

Use Metalint in .NET repositories that ship Node-based frontend assets and want one CLI entrypoint over several underlying linters. USE FOR: unified frontend lint commands; combined ESLint, Stylelint, HTMLHint, or similar checks; CI orchestration over multiple frontend linters. DO NOT USE FOR: simple repos where Biome already covers the required surface; teams that have not decided which underlying linters own each file type. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and r...

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. USE FOR: the repo uses or wants Meziantou.Analyzer; the team wants one analyzer pack that covers design, usage, security, performance, and style. DO NOT USE FOR: repos that already enforce an overlapping analyzer baseline and do not want extra diagnostics; formatting-only work. INVOKES: inspect the...

Write modern, version-aware C# for .NET repositories while staying compatible with the repo's target framework and language-version policy. USE FOR: modern idiomatic C# code; language-version compatibility decisions; upgrading or reviewing C# feature usage across versions. DO NOT USE FOR: non-C# .NET languages such as F# or VB; analyzer-only or formatter-only setup with no language feature choice. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint...

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.

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 s...

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 libmono...

Diagnoses .NET Framework CLR activation issues using CLR activation logs (CLRLoad logs) produced by mscoree.dll. Use when: the shim picks the wrong 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?"

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).

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.

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 ...

Analyze MSBuild binary logs to diagnose build failures. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: build errors that are unclear from console output, diagnosing cascading failures across multi-project builds, tracing MSBuild target execution order, and generally any MSBuild build issues. Requires an existing .binlog file. DO NOT USE FOR: generating binlogs (use binlog-generation), non-MSBuild build systems. INVOKES: binlog MCP server tools (overview, errors, search, items, properti...

Generate MSBuild binary logs (binlogs) for build diagnostics and analysis. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. 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 buil...

Guide for optimizing MSBuild build parallelism and multi-project scheduling. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: builds not utilizing all CPU cores, speeding up multi-project solutions, evaluating graph build mode (/graph), build time not improving with -m flag, understanding project dependency topology. Note: /maxcpucount default is 1 (sequential) — always use -m for parallel builds. Covers /maxcpucount, graph build for better scheduling and isolation, BuildInParallel on MS...

Establish build performance baselines and apply systematic optimization techniques. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: diagnosing slow builds, establishing before/after measurements (cold, warm, no-op scenarios), applying optimization strategies like MSBuild Server, static graph builds, artifacts output, and dependency graph trimming. Start here before diving into build-perf-diagnostics, incremental-build, or build-parallelism. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems, det...

Diagnose MSBuild build performance bottlenecks using binary log analysis. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: identifying why builds are slow by analyzing binlog performance summaries, detecting ResolveAssemblyReference (RAR) taking >5s, Roslyn analyzers consuming >30% of Csc time, single targets dominating >50% of build time, node utilization below 80%, excessive Copy tasks, NuGet restore running every build. Covers timeline analysis, Target/Task Performance Summary interpr...

Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. 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, missing outputs in multi-project builds, multi-targeting builds where project.assets.json conflicts. Diagnoses when multiple projects or TFMs write to the s...

Guide for organizing MSBuild infrastructure with Directory.Build.props, Directory.Build.targets, Directory.Packages.props, and Directory.Build.rsp. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: structuring multi-project repos, centralizing build settings, implementing NuGet Central Package Management (CPM) with ManagePackageVersionsCentrally, consolidating duplicated properties across .csproj files, setting up multi-level Directory.Build hierarchy with GetPathOfFileAbove, understandin...

Guide for diagnosing and improving MSBuild project evaluation performance. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. 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. Co...

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. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. 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 bre...

Fix MSBuild targets that generate files during the build but those files are missing from compilation or output. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: generated source files not compiling (CS0246 for a type that should exist), custom build tasks that create files but they are invisible to subsequent targets, globs not capturing build-generated files because they expand at evaluation time before execution creates them, ensuring generated files are cleaned by the Clean target. C...

Guide for optimizing MSBuild incremental builds. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: builds slower than expected on subsequent runs, 'nothing changed but it rebuilds anyway', diagnosing why targets re-execute unnecessarily, fixing broken no-op builds. Covers 8 common causes: missing Inputs/Outputs on custom targets, volatile properties in output paths (timestamps/GUIDs), file writes outside tracked Outputs, missing FileWrites registration, glob changes, Visual Studio Fast Up...

Patterns for managing MSBuild item groups: Include/Remove/Update semantics, item metadata, batching with %(Metadata), transforms, per-item filtering, and cross-product batching pitfalls. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing item group anti-patterns in .csproj files, reviewing item management for correctness, fixing CS2002 duplicate file warnings from SDK globbing, fixing targets that run more times than expected due to cross-product batching, fixing Incl...

Catalog of MSBuild anti-patterns with detection rules and fix recipes. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: reviewing, auditing, or cleaning up .csproj, .vbproj, .fsproj, .props, .targets, or .proj files. Each anti-pattern has a symptom, explanation, and concrete BAD→GOOD transformation. Covers Exec-instead-of-built-in-task, unquoted conditions, hardcoded paths, restating SDK defaults, scattered package versions, and more. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems (npm, Maven...

Guide for modernizing and migrating MSBuild project files to SDK-style format. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: converting legacy .csproj/.vbproj with verbose XML to SDK-style, migrating packages.config to PackageReference, removing Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs in favor of auto-generation, eliminating explicit <Compile Include> lists via implicit globbing, consolidating shared settings into Directory.Build.props. Indicators of legacy projects: ToolsVersion attribute, <Impor...

Guide for using MSBuild Server to improve CLI build performance. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. Activate when developers report slow incremental builds from the command line, or when CLI builds are noticeably slower than IDE builds. Covers MSBUILDUSESERVER=1 environment variable for persistent server-based caching. Do not activate for IDE-based builds (Visual Studio already uses a long-lived process).

MSBuild property definition patterns: conditional defaults, composition/concatenation, path normalization, trailing slash handling, TFM detection helpers, and property evaluation order. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing MSBuild property definition issues in .props or .csproj files, reviewing and fixing shared property configuration anti-patterns, fixing DefineConstants or NoWarn being overwritten instead of appended, fixing unconditional property assi...

Guide for interpreting ResolveProjectReferences time in MSBuild performance summaries. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. Activate when ResolveProjectReferences appears as the most expensive target and developers are trying to optimize it directly. Explains that the reported time includes wait time for dependent project builds and is misleading. Guides users to focus on task self-time instead. Do not activate for general build performance -- use build-perf-diagnostics instead.

Canonical patterns for writing custom MSBuild targets. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing custom target authoring anti-patterns, reviewing MSBuild target definitions for correctness, diagnosing broken SDK target chains across files (e.g., Directory.Build.targets silently redefining SDK targets), fixing targets that replace CompileDependsOn instead of extending it with $(CompileDependsOn), fixing query targets that return stale results due to Outputs vs...

Convert .NET projects and solutions (.sln, .slnx) to NuGet Central Package Management (CPM) using Directory.Packages.props. USE FOR: converting to CPM, centralizing or 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 o...