binlog-failure-analysis SKILL.md skillA
binlog-failure-analysis 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/binlog-failure-analysis@git:20261020.cbb2bb7Pins git:20261020.cbb2bb7 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-msbuild/skills/binlog-failure-analysis/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261020.cbb2bb7, committed Oct 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 21, 2026
- Size
- 3,095 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
Analyze MSBuild binary logs to diagnose build failures. USE FOR: build errors that are unclear from console output, diagnosing cascading failures across multi-project builds, tracing MSBuild target execution order, and generally any MSBuild build issues. Requires an existing .binlog file. DO NOT USE FOR: generating binlogs (use binlog-generation), binlog MCP startup or connection failures (use troubleshoot-binlog-mcp), non-MSBuild build systems.
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
# Analyzing MSBuild Failures with Binary Logs This skill diagnoses MSBuild build failures from a `.binlog` file. The preferred path uses the **binlog MCP server** (`Microsoft.AITools.BinlogMcp`, exposed under the `binlog` MCP namespace) which is bundled with this plugin. If the MCP server is not available, use `troubleshoot-binlog-mcp` to diagnose startup when repair is wanted. If repair is blocked, declined, or unnecessary for this task, continue with the **binlog replay** workflow at the bottom. ## Primary workflow — binlog MCP The MCP server exposes structured tools for inspecting a `.binlog` without parsing text logs. Call them directly instead of replaying the binlog to a text file. Call `tools/list` for the MCP first if you are unsure which tools are available. **Important constraints:** - The `.binlog` file is a **binary format** — do NOT try to `cat`, `head`, `strings`, or read it directly. Use only the MCP tools to query it. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/binlog-failure-analysis@sha256:fad9baa1a00f1d2aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.cbb2bb7, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between May 21, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 25 days.
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| git:20261020.cbb2bb7 latest | 2026-10-20 | cbb2bb7 | 3,095 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.ac46442 | 2026-09-30 | ac46442 | 2,886 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.d94c404 | 2026-08-05 | d94c404 | 2,880 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260804.805a42a | 2026-08-04 | 805a42a | 2,929 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260624.67e2a47 | 2026-06-24 | 67e2a47 | 2,928 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260522.0724ccf | 2026-05-22 | 0724ccf | 3,136 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260521.e951d69 | 2026-05-21 | e951d69 | 3,126 B | A | view |
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 (3095 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
dotnet/skills · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xejdc5zghaql5kcs GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/binlog-failure-analysis GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fad9baa1a00f1d2af4599118cd061260ee7c60b1ca7969e01e9110835d5b6ecd
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.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.