localizing-wpf-with-baml

localizing-wpf-with-baml is a skill for Claude Code from christian289/dotnet-with-claudecode. It costs 31 tokens per session (1,314 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A method for translating the text and settings in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) desktop applications using marked-up XAML files and the LocBaml tool. It creates separate language resource files called satellite assemblies.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to mark WPF interface elements, set the application language, extract text for translation, and create language-specific resource files.
Why use it?
It lets translators update application text without rebuilding the whole application. It also provides a defined workflow for handling many translatable interface properties.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: user-invocable in frontmatter. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to mark WPF interface elements, set the application language, extract text for translation, and create language-specific resource files.

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Any agent
npx skills add christian289/dotnet-with-claudecode --skill localizing-wpf-with-baml
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/christian289/dotnet-with-claudecode

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 31 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,314 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to medium

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  • medium Excessive Agency · line 4
    Skill selects an external model or provider that may use a different account or billing plan than the operator expects. Undisclosed model switches can cause unexpected cost or quota consumption.
    Fix: Remove the model/provider override or disclose it prominently and require explicit operator approval before invoking an external coding CLI or billed model.
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Origin original No closer match found 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 $0.00031 $0.01314
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00657
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00263
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00131

Measured 11d ago against content hash f3e0cb37eee7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

localizing-wpf-with-baml 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 11d ago.

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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.

archive-skills/localizing-wpf-with-baml/SKILL.md · 181 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 181 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

WPF BAML Localization

Localize WPF applications using x:Uid attributes and LocBaml tool for satellite assembly generation.

1. BAML Localization Overview

BAML Localization Workflow
├── 1. Add x:Uid to XAML elements
├── 2. Set UICulture in project
├── 3. Build to generate default resources
├── 4. Extract with LocBaml /parse
├── 5. Translate CSV files
└── 6. Generate satellite assemblies with LocBaml /generate

When to use BAML:

  • Enterprise applications with professional translation workflow
  • Need to localize without recompiling
  • Complex UI with many localizable properties

2. Adding x:Uid Attributes

<Window x:Class="MyApp.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        x:Uid="MainWindow"
        Title="My Application">
    <Grid x:Uid="MainGrid">
        <StackPanel x:Uid="ContentPanel">
            <TextBlock x:Uid="TitleText" Text="Welcome to My Application"/>
            <TextBlock x:Uid="DescriptionText" Text="Please select an option below."/>
            <Button x:Uid="SaveButton" Content="Save"/>
            <Button x:Uid="CancelButton" Content="Cancel"/>
            <Button x:Uid="HelpButton" Content="Help" ToolTip="Click for help"/>
        </StackPanel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

x:Uid naming conventions:

  • Use descriptive names: SaveButton, TitleText
  • Unique within the XAML file
  • Applied to elements with localizable properties

3. Project Configuration

3.1 Set UICulture

<!-- .csproj -->
<PropertyGroup>
    <UICulture>en-US</UICulture>
</PropertyGroup>

3.2 Build Output Structure

bin/Release/
├── MyApp.exe
├── MyApp.resources.dll
└── ko-KR/
    └── MyApp.resources.dll    ← Korean satellite assembly

4. LocBaml Tool Usage

4.1 Extract Resources

# Parse and extract to CSV
LocBaml /parse MyApp.resources.dll /out:en-US.csv

CSV output format:

MyApp.g.en-US.resources:mainwindow.baml,MainWindow:Window.Title,Title,True,True,None,My Application
MyApp.g.en-US.resources:mainwindow.baml,TitleText:TextBlock.Text,Text,True,True,None,Welcome to My Application
MyApp.g.en-US.resources:mainwindow.baml,SaveButton:Button.Content,Content,True,True,None,Save

Read the full file on GitHub · 181 lines

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. 11d ago First seen · 181 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A f3e0cb37eee7

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localizing-wpf-with-baml is a skill published in the GitHub repository christian289/dotnet-with-claudecode (41 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 1,314 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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