.NET Template Engine
A-rank.NET Template Engine skills for dotnet new: create projects (console, class library, web API, Blazor, MAUI), discover templates, inspect parameters for net8/9/10, scaffold solutions, author and publish custom templates.
Install This Skill
/plugin install dotnet-template-engine@dotnet-agent-skills# Download SKILL.md and place in your agent's skills folder
curl -o SKILL.md https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/main/plugins/dotnet-template-engine/raw/main/SKILL.md/skill add dotnet/dotnet-template-engineSkill bundle — 4 sub-skills
upstream is a skill bundleThis catalog entry is a skill bundle that ships 4 individual SKILL.md files. Each one is listed below — click through to read the full markdown on GitHub.
template-authoring
> Guides creation and validation of custom dotnet new templates. Generates templates from existing projects and validates template.json for authoring issues. USE FOR: creating a reusable dotnet new template from an existing project, validating template.json files for schema compliance and parameter issues, bootstrapping .template.config/template.json with correct identity, shortName, parameters, and post-actions, packaging templates as NuGet packages for distribution. DO NOT USE FOR: finding or using existing templates (use template-discovery and template-instantiation), MSBuild project file issues unrelated to template authoring, NuGet package publishing (only template packaging structure).
plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-authoringtemplate-discovery
> Helps find, inspect, and compare .NET project templates. Resolves natural-language project descriptions to ranked template matches with pre-filled parameters. USE FOR: finding the right dotnet new template for a task, comparing templates side by side, inspecting template parameters and constraints, understanding what a template produces before creating a project, resolving intent like "web API with auth" to concrete template + parameters. DO NOT USE FOR: actually creating projects (use template-instantiation), authoring custom templates (use template-authoring), MSBuild or build issues (use dotnet-msbuild plugin), NuGet package management unrelated to template packages.
plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-discoverytemplate-instantiation
> Creates .NET projects from templates with validated parameters, smart defaults, Central Package Management adaptation, and latest NuGet version resolution. USE FOR: creating new dotnet projects, scaffolding solutions with multiple projects, installing or uninstalling template packages, creating projects that respect Directory.Packages.props (CPM), composing multi-project solutions (API + tests + library), getting latest NuGet package versions in newly created projects. DO NOT USE FOR: finding or comparing templates (use template-discovery), authoring custom templates (use template-authoring), modifying existing projects or adding NuGet packages to existing projects.
plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-instantiationtemplate-validation
> Validates custom dotnet new templates for correctness before publishing. Catches missing fields, parameter bugs, shortName conflicts, constraint issues, and common authoring mistakes that cause templates to fail silently. USE FOR: checking template.json files for errors before publishing or testing, diagnosing why a template doesn't appear after installation, reviewing template parameter definitions for type mismatches and missing defaults, finding shortName conflicts with dotnet CLI commands, validating post-action and constraint configuration. DO NOT USE FOR: finding or using existing templates (use template-discovery), creating projects from templates (use template-instantiation), creating templates from existing projects (use template-authoring).
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