Catalog of MSBuild anti-patterns with detection rules and fix recipes. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: reviewing, auditing, or cleaning up .csproj, .vbproj, .fsproj, .props, .targets, or .proj files. Each anti-pattern has a symptom, explanation, and concrete BADâGOOD transformation.
Install
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill msbuild-antipatternsnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill msbuild-antipatterns -a claude-code -gnpx skills add dotnet/skills --skill msbuild-antipatterns -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills.git --path plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatternsgh skill install dotnet/skills msbuild-antipatternsgit 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/msbuild-antipatterns ~/.claude/skills/msbuild-antipatterns # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/dotnet__skills/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns ~/.agents/skills/msbuild-antipatterns # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode