marketplace-publishing

Marketplace Publishing Workflow

This skill documents how to publish skills and agents to the dotnet-skills Claude Code marketplace.

Repository Structure

dotnet-skills/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── marketplace.json      # Marketplace catalog
│   └── plugin.json           # Plugin metadata + skill/agent registry
├── .github/workflows/
│   └── release.yml           # Release automation
├── skills/
│   ├── akka/                 # Akka.NET skills
│   │   ├── best-practices/SKILL.md
│   │   ├── testing-patterns/SKILL.md
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── aspire/               # .NET Aspire skills
│   ├── csharp/               # C# language skills
│   ├── testing/              # Testing framework skills
│   └── meta/                 # Meta skills
├── agents/
│   └── *.md                  # Agent definitions
└── scripts/
    └── validate-marketplace.sh

Adding a New Skill

Step 1: Choose a Category

Skills are organized by domain:

Category	Purpose
akka/	Akka.NET actor patterns, testing, clustering
aspire/	.NET Aspire orchestration, testing, configuration
csharp/	C# language features, coding standards
testing/	Testing frameworks (xUnit, Playwright, Testcontainers)
meta/	Meta skills about this marketplace

Create a new category folder if none fits.

Step 2: Create the Skill Folder

Create a folder with SKILL.md inside:

skills/<category>/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Example: skills/akka/cluster-sharding/SKILL.md

Step 3: Write the SKILL.md

---
name: my-new-skill
description: Brief description of what this skill does and when to use it.
---

# My New Skill

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- [List specific scenarios]

---

## Content

[Comprehensive guide with examples, patterns, and anti-patterns]

Requirements:

• name must be lowercase with hyphens (e.g., cluster-sharding)
• description should be 1-2 sentences explaining when Claude should use this skill
• Content should be 10-40KB covering the topic comprehensively
• Include concrete code examples with modern C# patterns