template-smart-defaults SKILL.md skillA
template-smart-defaults 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/template-smart-defaults@git:20260831.a7a6170Pins git:20260831.a7a6170 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-template-engine/skills/template-smart-defaults/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260831.a7a6170, committed Aug 31, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 12, 2026
- Size
- 7,870 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
Applies cross-parameter default rules when creating .NET projects with dotnet new, filling gaps consistently without overriding values the user set explicitly. USE FOR: choosing which target framework to pair with native AOT, deciding whether to keep HTTPS when authentication is enabled, recognizing that controllers and minimal-API flags are mutually exclusive, filling unset related parameters during project creation, explaining why a default was applied and ensuring an explicit user value is…
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
# Template Smart Defaults This skill helps an agent fill in cross-parameter defaults when creating a `dotnet new` project. The rules below are guidance heuristics that keep related parameters consistent — they only fill gaps and never override a value the user set explicitly. ## When to Use - The user asks to create a project but leaves related parameters unspecified - A parameter the user chose implies a sensible value for another parameter - You need to explain why a particular default was selected ## When Not to Use - User wants to actually create the project — route to `template-instantiation` - User wants to find or compare templates — route to `template-discovery` or `template-comparison` - User wants to author or validate a custom template — route to `template-authoring` or `template-validation` ## Inputs | Input | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | Template short name | Yes | The template the project will be created from (e.g., `webapi`) | | Parameters already chosen | Yes | The parameter values the user has explicitly set | | Available choices | Recommended | Parameter names/choices from `dotnet new <template> --help` | ## Workflow …
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How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/template-smart-defaults@sha256:4d0318483b5c6459The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260831.a7a6170, 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.
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The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 12, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026, about one every 40 days.
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| git:20260831.a7a6170 latest | 2026-08-31 | a7a6170 | 7,870 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260720.b39a041 | 2026-07-20 | b39a041 | 6,522 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260612.74c5850 | 2026-06-12 | 74c5850 | 4,809 B | A | view |
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Source
dotnet/skills · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
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