dotnet-tool-publishing SKILL.md skillA
dotnet-tool-publishing from arasz/ai-badger is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add arasz/ai-badger/dotnet-tool-publishing@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- arasz/ai-badger
- Path
features/dotnet/skills/dotnet-workload/references/dotnet-tool-publishing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Aug 24, 2026
- Size
- 18,952 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Use when packaging or publishing a .NET CLI tool (PackAsTool) or library to NuGet: the MSB3030 build-before-pack trap (and its Web-SDK inversion), multi-RID matrix shells + the shell-race fix, gitignored bundled assets, Trusted Publishing/OIDC with human approval gates, the 409-published-nothing diagnosis, ToolCommandName/PATH shim rules, and full fresh-install verification for MCP tools with bundled models.
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
# Publishing .NET CLI tools (PackAsTool -> NuGet)
Use when: packing a `PackAsTool` dotnet tool, pushing it to NuGet (incl. Trusted
Publishing), building the GitHub Actions publish workflow, or version-bumping a
published tool. Reference implementation: the reference tool (Cocona 2.2.0), published 1.1.0 via Trusted
Publishing 2026-08-05. Verified against the official NuGet Trusted Publishing
docs the same day.
## The pack trap: MSB3030 on clean checkouts (verified 2026-08-05)
`dotnet pack` on a PackAsTool project FAILS on a clean checkout:
Microsoft.NET.Publish.targets(372,5): error MSB3030: Could not copy the file
".../bin/Release/net10.0/<tool>.deps.json" because it was not found
The publish pass inside pack expects bin/Release outputs the implicit build does
not produce. Reproduced: fresh clone + `dotnet pack -c Release` alone -> 4x MSB3030.
A local worktree that already ran `dotnet build -c Release` masks the bug (pack
then succeeds), which is why it only explodes in CI. the reference tool's first
publish dispatch failed exactly this way.
Fix — always build first, then pack with --no-build:
dotnet build src/CliTool/CliTool.csproj -c Release
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add arasz/ai-badger/dotnet-tool-publishing@sha256:763734a6bb8cc8b3The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_whrxawk44lspp7hg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 24, 2026.
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 (18952 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
arasz/ai-badger · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_whrxawk44lspp7hg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arasz/ai-badger/dotnet-tool-publishing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/763734a6bb8cc8b3dab5a255d784f6b3aa17e9485f00a7553329b108107dca4a
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.
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