dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-validation/SKILL.md

template-validation skillA

template-validation is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: 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, v.

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add dotnet/skills/template-validation@git:20260831.a7a6170
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/template-validation@sha256:3c539ecbf1e8020c

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

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Versions

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260831.a7a6170 latest2026-08-31 a7a6170 11,785 BA view · diff
git:20260720.b39a0412026-07-20 b39a041 9,112 BA view · diff
git:20260612.74c58502026-06-12 74c5850 8,112 BA view · diff
git:20260421.05aeb652026-04-21 05aeb65 7,552 BA view · diff
git:20260401.59d44852026-04-01 59d4485 7,539 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11785 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

dotnet/skills · 5,437 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-17 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3aph2au7olrwafi6
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/template-validation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3c539ecbf1e8020c7d0660c7067bdea59ef1f9160ee05a597ce27f8b2095f385

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