Overview
dotnet-core-expert is an open-source backend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by Jeffallan. Its author describes it as: “Use when building .NET 8 applications with minimal APIs, clean architecture, or cloud-native microservices. Invoke for Entity Framework Core, CQRS with MediatR, JWT authentication, AOT compilation.”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills`.
What dotnet-core-expert does
1. **Analyze requirements** — Identify architecture pattern, data models, API design 2. **Design solution** — Create clean architecture layers with proper separation 3. **Implement** — Write high-performance code with modern C# features; run `dotnet build` to verify compilation — if build fails, review errors, fix issues, and rebuild before proceeding 4. **Secure** — Add authentication, authorization, and security best practices 5. **Test** — Write comprehensive tests with xUnit and integration testing; run `dotnet test` to confirm all tests pass — if tests fail, diagnose failures, fix the imp…
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for dotnet-core-expert is organised into these sections:
- Core Workflow
- Reference Guide
- Constraints
- MUST DO
- MUST NOT DO
- Code Examples
- Minimal API Endpoint
- MediatR Query Handler
- EF Core DbContext with Async Query
- DTO with Record Type
- Output Templates
Installation
Add dotnet-core-expert to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
dotnet-core-expert is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in Jeffallan/claude-skills, an established project with 11,060 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does dotnet-core-expert do?
- Use when building .NET 8 applications with minimal APIs, clean architecture, or cloud-native microservices. Invoke for Entity Framework Core, CQRS with MediatR, JWT authentication, AOT compilation.
- How do I install dotnet-core-expert?
- Run /plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills before installing.
- Is dotnet-core-expert free to use?
- Yes. dotnet-core-expert is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does dotnet-core-expert work with?
- dotnet-core-expert lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does dotnet-core-expert come from?
- dotnet-core-expert ships inside Jeffallan/claude-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 11,060 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.