Analyze MSBuild binary logs to diagnose build failures. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: build errors that are unclear from console output, diagnosing cascading failures across multi-project builds, tracing MSBuild target execution order, and generally any MSBuild build issues. Requires an existing .binlog file.
Install
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill binlog-failure-analysisnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill binlog-failure-analysis -a claude-code -gnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill binlog-failure-analysis -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills.git --path plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-failure-analysisgh skill install dotnet/skills binlog-failure-analysisgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dotnet/skills /tmp/dotnet__skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/dotnet__skills/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-failure-analysis ~/.claude/skills/binlog-failure-analysis # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/dotnet__skills/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-failure-analysis ~/.agents/skills/binlog-failure-analysis # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode