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setup-local-sdk 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/setup-local-sdk@git:20260624.72c0d2cPins git:20260624.72c0d2c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- dotnet/skills
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- git:20260624.72c0d2c, committed Jun 24, 2026
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- MIT
Install a .NET SDK locally for safe preview testing, specific-version pinning, or reproducible team setups — without modifying the system-wide installation. USE FOR: trying .NET previews safely, testing specific SDK versions, installing MAUI or other workloads on a preview, updating or replacing an existing local SDK, creating reproducible team/CI install scripts, configuring global.json paths. DO NOT USE FOR: system-wide SDK installs, .NET hosts older than 10, runtime-only installs, or…
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What the file says
# setup-local-sdk ## Purpose Guide the user through installing a .NET SDK into a project-local `.dotnet/` directory and wiring it up via the `global.json` `paths` feature (.NET 10+). The examples use .NET 11, but this works with any version — prerelease or stable. The result is a fully isolated SDK that: - Does **not** modify the system-wide .NET installation. - Is picked up automatically by `dotnet` commands from the project root. - Can be deleted to revert (`rm -rf .dotnet/` or `Remove-Item -Recurse -Force .\.dotnet`). ## When NOT to use - User wants a **system-wide** install — direct to the official installer. - Host `dotnet` is **older than v10** — `paths` doesn't exist; explain and stop. - User needs a **runtime-only** install — `paths` applies to SDK resolution only. ## Inputs / Prerequisites | Input | Required | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | Channel or version | No | `11.0` | e.g. `11.0`, `STS`, `LTS`, or an exact version like `11.0.100-preview.2.26159.112` | | Quality | No | `preview` | One of: `daily`, `preview`, `ga` | | jq | No | — | Optional for bash team scripts when patching an existing `global.json`; without it, do not overwrite the file | …
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How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/setup-local-sdk@sha256:6b4904db9ae950daThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260624.72c0d2c, 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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Source
dotnet/skills · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vvhwbax3lzc3wz5b GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/setup-local-sdk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6b4904db9ae950da582f85dc2f4cf2adf586776d84ce805a273edb4045f1a74e
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