directory-build-organization SKILL.md skillA
directory-build-organization 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/directory-build-organization@git:20261002.c75e165Pins git:20261002.c75e165 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/directory-build-organization/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 10
- Latest version
- git:20261002.c75e165, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 6, 2026
- Size
- 11,053 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,788
- License
- MIT
USE ONLY for (1) two or more projects with repeated MSBuild policy, targets, or package versions, or (2) an existing Directory.Build.props/targets/rsp hierarchy with an import, placement, or layering defect. A one-project repo without an existing Directory.Build file is outside scope; do not load this skill. Covers centralizing shared policy and targets, Directory.Packages.props across projects, parent hierarchy/import structure, props-versus-targets placement, and folder/project exceptions.…
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
# Organizing Build Infrastructure with Directory.Build Files ## Intent control - For "should we", "how should we organize", "recommend", "advise", or review requests, inspect the actual project files and return a proposed layout only. Do not create or edit files unless the user explicitly asks to apply, move, centralize, or clean up the configuration. - Before summarizing, verify which project retains each project-specific property, item, or target. Name the actual file; do not infer it from sibling names. - Recommend a verification command only after discovering a real `.sln`, `.slnx`, `.proj`, or project file at that path. If no repo-root entry point exists, give commands for the discovered projects or state that the entry point was not found. - Every advice response must explain that `Microsoft.Common.props` searches upward from each project and automatically imports the nearest `Directory.Build.props` early; project values can then override shared defaults. Explain the equivalent late `Microsoft.Common.targets` import when recommending `Directory.Build.targets`. ## Directory.Build.props vs Directory.Build.targets …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/directory-build-organization@sha256:747e01fe8e1e78f6The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.c75e165, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nkwwbihflzn7fajz)
2 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between Mar 6, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 23 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261002.c75e165 latest | 2026-10-02 | c75e165 | 11,053 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.2a896b2 | 2026-10-02 | 2a896b2 | 11,104 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.f3cad1e | 2026-09-30 | f3cad1e | 9,762 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.83662c4 | 2026-09-30 | 83662c4 | 9,735 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.ac46442 | 2026-09-30 | ac46442 | 9,503 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260624.67e2a47 | 2026-06-24 | 67e2a47 | 9,865 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260505.2f9922e | 2026-05-05 | 2f9922e | 9,954 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260421.05aeb65 | 2026-04-21 | 05aeb65 | 9,992 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260317.7e7dabd | 2026-03-17 | 7e7dabd | 9,979 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260306.d5bd687 | 2026-03-06 | d5bd687 | 9,460 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11053 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
dotnet/skills · 5,788 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nkwwbihflzn7fajz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/directory-build-organization GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/747e01fe8e1e78f65b52527b066d7e195375351749996c8e03dbed21e4720af4
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.