Dotnet Msbuild

by @dotnet · plugin · 18 skills

Comprehensive MSBuild and .NET build skills: failure diagnosis, performance optimization, code quality, and modernization.

Install the whole plugin (CLI)

npx skillmds add dotnet/msbuild-server
npx skillmds add dotnet/item-management
npx skillmds add dotnet/eval-performance
npx skillmds add dotnet/extension-points
npx skillmds add dotnet/target-authoring
npx skillmds add dotnet/binlog-generation
npx skillmds add dotnet/build-parallelism
npx skillmds add dotnet/incremental-build
npx skillmds add dotnet/property-patterns
npx skillmds add dotnet/build-perf-baseline
npx skillmds add dotnet/check-bin-obj-clash
npx skillmds add dotnet/msbuild-antipatterns
npx skillmds add dotnet/msbuild-modernization
npx skillmds add dotnet/build-perf-diagnostics
npx skillmds add dotnet/binlog-failure-analysis
npx skillmds add dotnet/including-generated-files
npx skillmds add dotnet/resolve-project-references
npx skillmds add dotnet/directory-build-organization

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Skills in this plugin

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msbuild-server · dotnet
Improve CLI build performance by enabling MSBuild Server for persistent caching of evaluation results across sequential builds.

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item-management · dotnet
Provides canonical patterns for MSBuild item groups: Include/Remove/Update semantics, item metadata, batching with %(Metadata), transforms, per-item filtering, and cross-product batching pitfalls.

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eval-performance · dotnet
Diagnose and improve MSBuild project evaluation performance by analyzing phases, glob patterns, import chains, and property functions.

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extension-points · dotnet
Guides MSBuild extensibility through CustomBefore/CustomAfter hooks, wildcard imports, import gating, and NuGet package build extension layout.

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target-authoring · dotnet
Canonical patterns for writing custom MSBuild targets, covering the three-level target chain, chain extension, DependsOnTargets vs BeforeTargets vs AfterTargets, Returns vs Outputs, and common pitfalls.

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binlog-generation · dotnet
Add the /bl switch to MSBuild-based commands to generate binary logs for build diagnostics and performance analysis.

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build-parallelism · dotnet
Optimize MSBuild build parallelism by configuring /maxcpucount, graph build mode, project references, and analyzing binlogs to reduce multi-project solution build times.

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incremental-build · dotnet
Diagnose and fix slow MSBuild incremental builds by identifying why targets re-execute unnecessarily, covering common causes like missing Inputs/Outputs, volatile properties, and FileWrites registration.

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property-patterns · dotnet
Provides canonical MSBuild property definition patterns including conditional defaults, composition, path normalization, target framework detection, and evaluation order for diagnosing and fixing property issues in .props and .csproj files.

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build-perf-baseline · dotnet
Measure and optimize .NET build performance by establishing baselines, enabling MSBuild Server, using artifacts output, and trimming dependency graphs.

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check-bin-obj-clash · dotnet
Detects MSBuild projects with conflicting OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath to diagnose build failures.

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msbuild-antipatterns · dotnet bundle
Detects and fixes common MSBuild anti-patterns in .csproj, .vbproj, .fsproj, .props, .targets, and .proj files, covering Exec misuse, unquoted conditions, hardcoded paths, and more.

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msbuild-modernization · dotnet
Migrate legacy MSBuild project files to SDK-style format, reducing .csproj complexity and enabling modern .NET features.

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build-perf-diagnostics · dotnet
Diagnose MSBuild build performance bottlenecks using binary log analysis, covering timeline analysis, performance summary interpretation, and seven common bottleneck categories.

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binlog-failure-analysis · dotnet
Diagnose MSBuild build failures by analyzing .binlog files using an MCP server or text-log replay.

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including-generated-files · dotnet
Fix MSBuild targets so generated files are compiled, copied to output, and cleaned properly.

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resolve-project-references · dotnet
Prevents misguided optimization of MSBuild's ResolveProjectReferences target by explaining that its reported time is wall-clock wait time, not CPU work, and redirects to task self-time analysis.

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directory-build-organization · dotnet bundle
Organize multi-project .NET repos with Directory.Build.props, Directory.Build.targets, Directory.Packages.props, and Directory.Build.rsp for centralized MSBuild settings and NuGet Central Package Management.

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