dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-smart-defaults/SKILL.md

template-smart-defaults skillA

template-smart-defaults is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: 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 ne.

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/template-smart-defaults@git:20260831.a7a6170
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/template-smart-defaults@sha256:4d0318483b5c6459

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

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git:20260831.a7a6170 latest2026-08-31 a7a6170 7,870 BA view · diff
git:20260720.b39a0412026-07-20 b39a041 6,522 BA view · diff
git:20260612.74c58502026-06-12 74c5850 4,809 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 (7870 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_uziumgad5q5vyldi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/template-smart-defaults
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4d0318483b5c645927881279cca406caee230736f242706c8567610e94e4c8f3

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