dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns/SKILL.md

msbuild-antipatterns skillA

msbuild-antipatterns is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: Detect and fix MSBuild anti-patterns in project and build files. USE WHEN asked to review, audit, lint, clean up, or code-review a .csproj/.vbproj/.fsproj/.props/.targets/.proj (or Directory.Build.props/.targets) file, when asked 'is this project file correct?' or 'what's wrong with my build file?', or when hunting subtle build bugs caused by how a project is authored. Each anti-pattern has a symptom and a concrete BAD→GOOD fix. DO NOT USE FOR: non-MSBuild build systems (npm, Maven, CMake), or m.

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/msbuild-antipatterns@git:20260717.1b99afa
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/msbuild-antipatterns@sha256:08b36b41196b1282

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 18,586 BA view · diff
git:20260716.b83443a2026-07-16 b83443a 18,553 BA view · diff
git:20260629.8a527002026-06-29 8a52700 18,553 BA view · diff
git:20260624.67e2a472026-06-24 67e2a47 18,124 BA view · diff
git:20260616.8a437b12026-06-16 8a437b1 18,169 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 (18586 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_j5cnjyh2jb6wlwmf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/msbuild-antipatterns
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/08b36b41196b1282fc96bee299cbabf10e876969be0d9abb5b40ae4f15665ae4

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