Aaron Stannard contributor

Dotnet Skills

Register the official .NET marketplace to load 27 skills and five agents for C#, Aspire, Akka.NET, and testing patterns in Claude Code.

Overview

dotnet-skills is a plugin marketplace for the Build phase that provides 27 skills and 5 agents for .NET, Akka.NET, Aspire, and testing in Claude Code.

What is this marketplace?

  • 27 skills plus 5 specialized agents in one dotnet-skills plugin (v1.0.0)
  • Coverage for Akka.NET, .NET Aspire, modern C#, F#, and testing frameworks
  • Official marketplace positioning from Aaron Stannard’s dotnet-skills repository
  • Complete toolkit framing for backend and cloud-native .NET stacks
  • Single-plugin install for domain-specific guidance instead of generic C# prompts
  • Marketplace lists 1 plugin (dotnet-skills v1.0.0)
  • Description states 27 skills and 5 specialized agents

Compatible agents: Claude Code, Cursor, any compatible agent

Community signal: 993 GitHub stars.

What problem does it solve?

General-purpose coding agents give weak or outdated .NET, Aspire, and Akka.NET guidance when you are building real backends and distributed systems.

Who is it for?

Solo and indie builders shipping .NET APIs or Aspire-hosted apps who want domain-tuned agent skills instead of generic backend prompts.

Skip if: JavaScript-only frontends, non-.NET stacks, or builders who need marketplace plugins unrelated to C# backend work.

What do I get? / Deliverables

After adding the marketplace plugin, Claude Code can pull specialized .NET skills and agents aligned with modern C#, Aspire, and testing workflows.

  • 27 installable .NET-oriented skills inside the agent session
  • 5 specialized agents for Akka.NET, Aspire, testing, and modern C# tasks
  • Repository-linked official marketplace metadata (v1.0.0)

Plugins in this marketplace

1 plugin — install individually after you add the marketplace.

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Journey fit

Build is canonical because the toolkit targets implementing and structuring .NET services, apps, and distributed patterns—not launch or growth tooling. Backend matches C#, Akka.NET, Aspire orchestration, and service patterns more than frontend-only or agent-generic shelving.

How it compares

Domain-specific .NET skill marketplace, not a general AI agent framework or database MCP server.

Common Questions / FAQ

Who is Dotnet Skills for?

It is for Claude Code users building with C#, F#, Akka.NET, Aspire, and .NET testing stacks who want curated skills and agents.

When should I use Dotnet Skills?

Use it when starting or maintaining a .NET backend, distributed actor system, or Aspire solution and you want agent answers grounded in that toolchain.

How do I add Dotnet Skills to my agent?

Install the Dotnet Skills marketplace from the published GitHub repository and enable the Dotnet Skills plugin in Claude Code.

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