dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/incremental-build/SKILL.md

incremental-build skillA

incremental-build is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: Guide for optimizing MSBuild incremental builds. USE FOR: builds slower than expected on subsequent runs, 'nothing changed but it rebuilds anyway', diagnosing why targets re-execute unnecessarily, fixing broken no-op builds. Covers 8 common causes: missing Inputs/Outputs on custom targets, volatile properties in output paths (timestamps/GUIDs), file writes outside tracked Outputs, missing FileWrites registration, glob changes, Visual Studio Fast Up-to-Date Check (FUTDC) issues. Key diagnostic: l.

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/incremental-build@git:20260624.67e2a47
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/incremental-build@sha256:05db7b97519627bc

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:20260624.67e2a47 latest2026-06-24 67e2a47 14,688 BA view · diff
git:20260522.0724ccf2026-05-22 0724ccf 14,875 BA view · diff
git:20260522.1a6e78c2026-05-22 1a6e78c 14,865 BA view · diff
git:20260421.05aeb652026-04-21 05aeb65 13,990 BA view · diff
git:20260317.7e7dabd2026-03-17 7e7dabd 13,977 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 (14688 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_n5gou5rzrdzxbtok
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/incremental-build
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/05db7b97519627bcaaa9fd7d3212e8a6a2d68fb686c6ebf8a0472bf3a6ff8657

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