Template Engine Skills

Skill for creating, maintaining, and validating custom dotnet new templates. Use when a user wants to create a reusable template from an existing project, author template.json manually, add parameters or post-actions, or validate a template before publishing. Covers template.json structure, parameter types, conditional content, post-actions, constraints, and ai.host.json metadata. DO NOT use for using/instantiating existing templates or for MSBuild build issues.

Skill for finding, inspecting, and selecting the right .NET template for a task. Use when a user asks to create a new project, library, test project, or solution, and the right template needs to be identified. Covers searching NuGet.org and local caches, inspecting template parameters and constraints, and comparing template alternatives. DO NOT use for MSBuild build issues, NuGet restore problems, or non-template .NET tasks.

Skill for creating .NET projects from templates with correct parameters, smart defaults, and constraint validation. Use when a user wants to scaffold a new project, solution, or item from a dotnet new template. Covers parameter selection, dry-run preview, multi-template orchestration, and post-creation verification. DO NOT use for template authoring, build failures, or NuGet package management.