dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-generation/SKILL.md

binlog-generation skillA

binlog-generation is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: Generate MSBuild binary logs (binlogs) for build diagnostics and analysis. USE FOR: adding /bl:{} to any dotnet build, test, pack, publish, or restore command to capture a full build execution trace, prerequisite for binlog-failure-analysis and build-perf-diagnostics skills, enabling post-build investigation of errors or performance. Requires MSBuild 17.8+ / .NET 8 SDK+ for {} placeholder; PowerShell needs -bl:{{}}. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems (npm, Maven, CMake), analyzing an exis.

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/binlog-generation@git:20260717.1b99afa
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/binlog-generation@sha256:6a35bd9871239d31

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:20260717.1b99afa latest2026-07-17 1b99afa 4,154 BA view · diff
git:20260624.67e2a472026-06-24 67e2a47 3,309 BA view · diff
git:20260421.05aeb652026-04-21 05aeb65 3,401 BA view · diff
git:20260317.7e7dabd2026-03-17 7e7dabd 3,388 BA view · diff
git:20260227.250b1c22026-02-27 250b1c2 2,869 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 (4154 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_fcat2x7kmpyxm2wz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/binlog-generation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6a35bd9871239d314e36836bd425c93e50c295e9794166aef620bbd0754bca85

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