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Template Discovery · dotnet | DecimalAI

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Template Discovery

dotnet/template-discovery

Source dotnet/skills ↗License MIT

Helps find, inspect, and compare (at a high level) .NET project templates. Resolves natural-language project descriptions to ranked template matches with pre-filled parameters. USE FOR: finding the right dotnet new template for a task, inspecting a template's parameters and constraints, understanding what a template produces before creating a project, resolving intent like "web API with auth" to concrete template + parameters. DO NOT USE FOR: actually creating projects (use template-instantiatio

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Automatic

Coding pack

Last verified 9/2/2026

What it changes

Passed 3 of 9 test cases with the skill, and 4 of 9 without it.

Without skill46%

With skill33%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Explains falling back to intent mapping decisions.
Leads response formatted with **Use xunit** prior to supporting details.
Leads response formatted with **Use winforms** prior to supporting details.

and 1 more in the full report

4 fixed4 passed either way9 still failing7 broke

Pass-rate lift: -12 pp
Tokens: +162%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: +31%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v28 of 24 cases passed with skill · 9 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/dotnet-template-discovery/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/dotnet-template-discovery/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add dotnet-template-discovery, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/dotnet-template-discovery/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add dotnet-template-discovery

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/dotnet-template-discovery/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/dotnet-template-discovery/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/dotnet-template-discovery/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/dotnet-template-discovery.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 4 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 4

Prompt

I am searching for legacy or traditional Windows Forms C# application templates. What is the CLI short name to inspect its options and defaults?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Recommends the winforms template short name.	Passed	Passed
Leads response formatted with Use winforms prior to supporting details.	Missed	Passed

case-15 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/2/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md197 linessingle file

Template Discovery

This skill helps an agent find, inspect, and select the right dotnet new template for a given task using dotnet new CLI commands for search, listing, and parameter inspection.

When to Use

User asks "What templates are available for X?"
User describes a project in natural language ("I need a web API with authentication")
User wants to compare templates or understand parameters before creating a project
User needs to know what a template produces (files, structure) before committing

When Not to Use

User wants to create a project — route to template-instantiation skill
User wants to author or validate a custom template — route to template-authoring skill
User wants a detailed side-by-side comparison of templates — route to template-comparison skill
User wants smart cross-parameter defaults during creation — route to template-smart-defaults skill
User is troubleshooting build issues — route to dotnet-msbuild plugin

Recommendation requests: answer first, confirm second. Inspection requests: inspect first. For a general "which template?" question, start from the Step 1 mappings so a transient CLI failure cannot leave the user without an answer. When the user explicitly asks what is installed, requests exact options/defaults, or asks for dry-run output, run the relevant dotnet new command before writing the final answer. Never end a turn on a dotnet new call or a "let me confirm..." teaser.

Inspection requests require inspection. If the user asks for installed choices, exact parameters/defaults, compatibility constraints, or the exact dry-run file list, run the corresponding dotnet new command. Do not replace observed data with remembered flags. Report a flag only when the current template's --help output contains it.

Inputs

Input	Required	Description
User intent or keywords	Yes	Natural-language description or keywords (e.g., "web API", "console app", "MAUI")
Language preference	No	C#, F#, or VB — defaults to C#
Framework preference	No	Target framework (e.g., net10.0, net9.0)

Workflow

Track record

Benchmark

3 / 9

test cases passed, vs 4 / 9 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v5 — 9/1/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

dotnet / skills

plugins/dotnet-template-engine/skills/template-discovery/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 9/1/2026Version v2

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Template Discovery

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