check-bin-obj-clash

check-bin-obj-clash is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from managedcode/dotnet-skills. It costs 160 tokens per session (4,867 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of check-bin-obj-clash, MIT.

A checker for .NET projects that looks for multiple projects writing build files to the same output or temporary folder.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for finding conflicting OutputPath and IntermediateOutputPath settings in multi-project or multi-targeted MSBuild builds.
Why use it?
Shared folders can cause files to be overwritten, locked, missing, or intermittently fail during parallel builds and package restore. It also catches path conflicts between target frameworks and solutions.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit It is for finding conflicting OutputPath and IntermediateOutputPath settings in multi-project or multi-targeted MSBuild builds.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/managedcode/dotnet-skills/check-bin-obj-clash
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add managedcode/dotnet-skills --skill check-bin-obj-clash
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/managedcode/dotnet-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 160 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,867 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 $0.00160 $0.04867
Opus 5 $0.00080 $0.02433
Sonnet 5 $0.00032 $0.00973
Haiku 4.5 $0.00016 $0.00487

Measured 5d ago against content hash 160357b3e592, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

check-bin-obj-clash 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 5d 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 check-bin-obj-clash — 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.

catalog/Tools/Official-DotNet-MSBuild/skills/check-bin-obj-clash/SKILL.md · 316 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 316 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Detecting OutputPath and IntermediateOutputPath Clashes

Overview

This skill helps identify when multiple MSBuild project evaluations share the same OutputPath or IntermediateOutputPath. This is a common source of build failures including:

  • File access conflicts during parallel builds
  • Missing or overwritten output files
  • Intermittent build failures
  • "File in use" errors
  • NuGet restore errors like Cannot create a file when that file already exists - this strongly indicates multiple projects share the same IntermediateOutputPath where project.assets.json is written

Clashes can occur between:

  • Different projects sharing the same output directory
  • Multi-targeting builds (e.g., TargetFrameworks=net8.0;net9.0) where the path doesn't include the target framework
  • Multiple solution builds where the same project is built from different solutions in a single build

Note: Project instances with BuildProjectReferences=false should be ignored when analyzing clashes - these are P2P reference resolution builds that only query metadata (via GetTargetPath) and do not actually write to output directories.

When to Use This Skill

Invoke this skill immediately when you see:

  • Cannot create a file when that file already exists during NuGet restore
  • The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process
  • Intermittent build failures that succeed on retry
  • Missing output files or unexpected overwriting

Step 1: Generate a Binary Log

Use the binlog-generation skill to generate a binary log with the correct naming convention.

Primary workflow — binlog MCP

The MCP server exposes structured tools for inspecting a .binlog without parsing text logs. Call them directly instead of replaying the binlog to a text file. Call tools/list for the MCP first if you are unsure which tools are available.

Important constraints:

  • The .binlog file is a binary format — do NOT try to cat, head, strings, or read it directly. Use only the MCP tools to query it.
  • Synthesize findings as you go. Do not spend all available time investigating — once you have enough evidence, present your conclusions.

Read the full file on GitHub · 316 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 5d ago First seen · 316 lines · 160 tokens per session scan A 160357b3e592

Subscribe to this mod's changes

check-bin-obj-clash is a skill published in the GitHub repository managedcode/dotnet-skills (477 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 160 tokens to every session and 4,867 once invoked, about $0.0008 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to check-bin-obj-clash, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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