troubleshoot-binlog-mcp SKILL.md skillA
troubleshoot-binlog-mcp from dotnet/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dotnet/skills/troubleshoot-binlog-mcp@git:20261020.cbb2bb7Pins git:20261020.cbb2bb7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dotnet/skills
- Path
plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/troubleshoot-binlog-mcp/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261020.cbb2bb7, committed Oct 20, 2026
- Size
- 7,868 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
Diagnose dotnet-msbuild binlog MCP startup failures. USE FOR: CONNECTION_CLOSED, binlog server won't connect, missing binlog tools, Microsoft.AITools.BinlogMcp not found, dnx launch errors. Checks workspace SDK, feeds, and source mapping without bypassing policy. DO NOT USE FOR: errors inside a binlog (use binlog-failure-analysis), capturing binlogs (use binlog-generation), unrelated MCP servers.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Troubleshoot Binlog MCP Startup Explain why the plugin's binlog MCP server cannot connect and give an evidence-based, policy-safe recovery. This diagnoses the **server launch**, not failures recorded in a build. No binlog file or project build is needed. This skill runs on demand. It cannot see a host error that was never exposed to the agent, inject session-start context, or guarantee activation merely because a plugin was installed. ## 1. Establish what failed Use the user's error and any host MCP status or startup logs already available. `CONNECTION_CLOSED` alone says that the transport closed, not why. Do not translate it directly into "package missing." - If the binlog server is connected and its tools are discoverable, stop startup troubleshooting. Continue the original binlog analysis; do not change a working setup. - If the plugin's skills loaded but its binlog server did not, continue below. - If the plugin itself is not installed/enabled or no server is registered, address that host configuration first. Do not diagnose NuGet package resolution without a launch attempt. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/troubleshoot-binlog-mcp@sha256:3fdcbbdcdbe1d07dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.cbb2bb7, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 20, 2026.
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Source
dotnet/skills · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dlux7td5ai3562sc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/troubleshoot-binlog-mcp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3fdcbbdcdbe1d07d2dc79c4481866a4ea238848966349151bf5d42f7cf029fba
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