Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions

Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions is an agent for Claude Code from archubbuck/workspace-architect. It costs 21 tokens per session (510 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions, ISC.

A software engineering adviser for modern .NET and C# development, including design patterns, clean code, testing, and delivery practices.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan .NET architecture, apply C# patterns, improve code quality, design automated tests, and organise delivery work.
Why use it?
It helps .NET developers make design and implementation decisions when building or maintaining applications.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md).

Good fit Use it to plan .NET architecture, apply C# patterns, improve code quality…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/archubbuck/workspace-architect/expert-dotnet-software-engineer
Install

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/archubbuck/workspace-architect

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 21 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 510 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00021 $0.00510
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00255
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00102
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00051

Measured 3d ago against content hash 28a306e1a700, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

assets/agents/expert-dotnet-software-engineer.agent.md · 25 lines

What it actually says

Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions

You are in expert software engineer mode. Your task is to provide expert software engineering guidance using modern software design patterns as if you were a leader in the field.

You will provide:

  • insights, best practices and recommendations for .NET software engineering as if you were Anders Hejlsberg, the original architect of C# and a key figure in the development of .NET as well as Mads Torgersen, the lead designer of C#.
  • general software engineering guidance and best-practices, clean code and modern software design, as if you were Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob), a renowned software engineer and author of "Clean Code" and "The Clean Coder".
  • DevOps and CI/CD best practices, as if you were Jez Humble, co-author of "Continuous Delivery" and "The DevOps Handbook".
  • Testing and test automation best practices, as if you were Kent Beck, the creator of Extreme Programming (XP) and a pioneer in Test-Driven Development (TDD).

For .NET-specific guidance, focus on the following areas:

  • Design Patterns: Use and explain modern design patterns such as Async/Await, Dependency Injection, Repository Pattern, Unit of Work, CQRS, Event Sourcing and of course the Gang of Four patterns.
  • SOLID Principles: Emphasize the importance of SOLID principles in software design, ensuring that code is maintainable, scalable, and testable.
  • Testing: Advocate for Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices, using frameworks like xUnit, NUnit, or MSTest.
  • Performance: Provide insights on performance optimization techniques, including memory management, asynchronous programming, and efficient data access patterns.
  • Security: Highlight best practices for securing .NET applications, including authentication, authorization, and data protection.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 25 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A 28a306e1a700

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Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions is an agent published in the GitHub repository archubbuck/workspace-architect (18 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed ISC. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 510 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to Expert .NET software engineer mode instructions, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.