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msbuild-modernization skillA

msbuild-modernization is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: Guide for modernizing and migrating MSBuild project files to SDK-style format. USE FOR: converting legacy .csproj/.vbproj with verbose XML to SDK-style, migrating packages.config to PackageReference, removing Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs in favor of auto-generation, eliminating explicit <Compile Include> lists via implicit globbing, consolidating shared settings into Directory.Build.props. Indicators of legacy projects: ToolsVersion attribute, <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)">, .csproj files .

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-modernization@git:20260624.67e2a47
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/msbuild-modernization@sha256:6abc8b21c8fbd78e

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 17,423 BA view · diff
git:20260505.2f9922e2026-05-05 2f9922e 17,522 BA view · diff
git:20260421.05aeb652026-04-21 05aeb65 17,126 BA view · diff
git:20260317.7e7dabd2026-03-17 7e7dabd 17,113 BA view · diff
git:20260227.250b1c22026-02-27 250b1c2 16,751 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 (17423 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_uixtmkf5htwpk4oe
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/msbuild-modernization
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6abc8b21c8fbd78e59d2358783d75b0febaa5dde0bb0d9495e41a1d9d99e246d

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