Build, debug, modernize, or review ASP.NET Core applications with correct hosting, middleware, security, configuration, logging, and deployment patterns on current .NET. USE FOR: working on ASP.NET Core apps, services, or middleware; changing auth, routing, configuration, hosting, or deployment behavior; deciding…
Build, upgrade, and operate Aspire 13.5.x C# or TypeScript application hosts with the current CLI, AppHost, ServiceDefaults, integrations, dashboard, testing, MCP, and deployment patterns for distributed apps. USE FOR: Aspire.AppHost.Sdk, Aspire.Hosting., DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder, apphost.mts…
Build, review, or migrate Azure Functions in .NET with correct execution model, isolated worker setup, bindings, DI, and Durable Functions patterns. USE FOR: working on Azure Functions in .NET; migrating from the in-process model to the isolated worker model; adding Durable Functions, bindings, or host configuration.…
Build and review Blazor applications across server, WebAssembly, web app, and hybrid scenarios with correct component design, state flow, rendering, and hosting choices. USE FOR: building interactive web UIs with C# instead of JavaScript; choosing between Server, WebAssembly, or Auto render modes; designing component…
Maintain or migrate EF6-based applications with realistic guidance on what to keep, what to modernize, and when EF Core is or is not the right next step. USE FOR: EF6 codebases; runtime versus ORM migration decisions; EDMX, code-first, ObjectContext, and legacy data-access review. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks…
Design, tune, or review EF Core data access with proper modeling, migrations, query translation, performance, and lifetime management for modern .NET applications. USE FOR: DbContext, migrations, model configuration, EF queries, tracking, loading, performance, transactions, and EF6 migration decisions. DO NOT USE FOR…
Build, review, or migrate .NET MAUI applications across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows with correct cross-platform UI, platform integration, and native packaging assumptions. USE FOR: working on cross-platform mobile or desktop UI in .NET MAUI; integrating device capabilities, navigation, or platform-specific code…
Use ML.NET to train, evaluate, or integrate machine-learning models into .NET applications with realistic data preparation, inference, and deployment expectations. USE FOR: ML.NET integration; local model training or retraining; inference pipelines, model loading, evaluation, and deployment review. DO NOT USE FOR…
Build .NET AI agents, harnesses, and multi-agent workflows with Microsoft Agent Framework using the right agent type, sessions, tools, workflows, hosting protocols, and enterprise guardrails. USE FOR: building or reviewing .NET code that uses Microsoft.Agents., Microsoft.Extensions.AI, AIAgent, HarnessAgent…
Design and implement Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core using handler-first endpoints, route groups, filters, and lightweight composition suited to modern .NET services. USE FOR: building new HTTP APIs in ASP.NET Core; creating lightweight microservices; choosing between Minimal APIs and controllers. DO NOT USE FOR…
Comprehensive guide for developing in the Astro monorepo. Covers architecture, debugging, testing, and critical constraints. Use when working on features, fixes, tests, or understanding the codebase structure.
Configure OpenTelemetry distributed tracing, metrics, and logging in ASP.NET Core using the .NET OpenTelemetry SDK. Use when adding observability, setting up OTLP exporters, creating custom metrics/spans, or troubleshooting distributed trace correlation.
Guides conversion of a pre-.NET 8 Blazor Server app into a .NET 8+ Blazor Web App. USE FOR: migrating apps that use AddServerSideBlazor and MapBlazorHub to the AddRazorComponents/MapRazorComponents model, converting Host.cshtml to an App.razor root component, replacing blazor.server.js with blazor.web.js, migrating…
Guides creation and modification of ASP.NET Core Web API endpoints with correct HTTP semantics, OpenAPI metadata, and error handling. USE FOR: adding new API endpoints (controllers or minimal APIs), wiring up OpenAPI/Swagger, creating .http test files, setting up global error handling middleware. DO NOT USE FOR…
Diagnoses and fixes .NET MAUI development environment issues. Validates .NET SDK, workloads, Java JDK, Android SDK, Xcode, and Windows SDK. All version requirements discovered dynamically from NuGet WorkloadDependencies.json — never hardcoded. Use when: setting up MAUI development, build errors mentioning…
Guidance for .NET MAUI XAML and C# data bindings — compiled bindings, INotifyPropertyChanged / ObservableObject, value converters, binding modes, multi-binding, relative bindings, fallbacks, and MVVM best practices. USE FOR: setting up compiled bindings with x:DataType, implementing INotifyPropertyChanged or…
.NET MAUI safe area and edge-to-edge layout guidance for .NET 10+. Covers the new SafeAreaEdges property, SafeAreaRegions enum, per-edge control, keyboard avoidance, Blazor Hybrid CSS safe areas, migration from legacy iOS-only APIs, and platform-specific behavior for Android, iOS, and Mac Catalyst. USE FOR: "safe…
Design Microsoft Orleans systems from each primitive's purpose and failure model. USE FOR: grains, digital twins, state versus databases, transactions, messaging, streams, timers, reminders, Durable Jobs, stateless workers, grain services, startup, and hosting. DO NOT USE FOR: other actor stacks, batches…