.NET Skills for AI Assistants

This repository provides comprehensive .NET development expertise for AI assistants including GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, and GitHub Agentic Workflows.

What's Included

Component	Description
dotnet-unittest-skills	C# unit test generation guidance for MSTest, NUnit, and xUnit
polyglot-unittest-skills	Multi-agent pipeline for generating unit tests in any language
template-engine-skills	.NET Template Engine skills: template discovery, instantiation, authoring via DotnetTemplateMCP MCP server

Installation

🚀 Plugins - Copilot CLI / Claude Code

1. Launch Copilot CLI or Claude Code
2. Add the marketplace:

   /plugin marketplace add ViktorHofer/dotnet-skills
   

3. Install a plugin:

   /plugin install <plugin>@dotnet-skills
   

4. Restart to load the new plugins
5. View available skills:

   /skills
   

6. View available agents:

   /agents
   

7. Update plugin (on demand):

   /plugin update <plugin>@dotnet-skills
   

📦 Distribution Templates

Some components include ready-to-use templates (agent instructions, prompt files) that can be copied directly into your repository without installing a component:

1. Browse the component's Distribution Templates section in its README
2. Copy agent instructions to your repo root as AGENTS.md
3. Copy prompt files to .github/prompts/

⚡ Agentic Workflows

Some components include GitHub Agentic Workflow templates for CI/CD automation:

1. Install the gh aw CLI extension
2. Copy the desired workflow .md files and the shared/ directory to your repository's .github/workflows/
3. Compile and commit:

   gh aw compile
   

4. Commit both the .md and generated .lock.yml files

🧩 Copilot Extension

Some components include a deployable Copilot Extension for GitHub.com, VS Code, and Visual Studio:

1. Find the extension in the GitHub Marketplace or your organization's Copilot Extensions
2. Install the GitHub App on your organization or personal account
3. Use @<extension-name> in any Copilot Chat surface to interact with it

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING for guidelines on adding skills, agents, prompt files, agentic workflows, samples, and more.

License

See LICENSE for details.