Focus code review effort on the 20% of code that causes 80% of issues. Prioritizes data access, security, concurrency, and integration boundaries over formatting and style. Uses blast radius scoring to determine review depth. Includes checkpoint schedules, critical path identification, and a batch review checklist. Load this skill when reviewing code, PRs, or architecture, or when the user mentions "review", "code review", "PR review", "what should I review", "review priorities", "blast radius", or "critical path".

Architecture selection advisor for .NET applications. Asks structured questions about domain complexity, team size, system lifetime, compliance, and integration needs, then recommends the best-fit architecture: Vertical Slice, Clean Architecture, DDD + Clean Architecture, or Modular Monolith. Load this skill when the user asks "which architecture", "choose architecture", "set up project", "new project", "architecture decision", "restructure", or "how should I organize". Always load BEFORE any architecture-specific skill.

Authentication and authorization for ASP.NET Core. Covers JWT bearer tokens, OpenID Connect, ASP.NET Identity, authorization policies, role and claim-based authorization, and API key authentication. Load this skill when implementing login, protecting endpoints, designing authorization rules, or when the user mentions "auth", "JWT", "bearer token", "OIDC", "OpenID Connect", "Identity", "claims", "roles", "authorize", "RequireAuthorization", "API key", or "cookie auth".

Autonomous iteration loops for .NET development: build-fix, test-fix, refactor, and scaffold loops. Each loop has bounded iterations, progress detection, and fail-safe guards that prevent infinite retries and wasted tokens. Load this skill when Claude needs to fix build errors, fix failing tests, perform multi-step refactoring, scaffold a new feature, or when the user says "fix the build", "make the tests pass", "refactor this", "scaffold", "generate and verify", "keep going until it works", "autonomous", or "loop".

Caching strategies for .NET 10 applications. Covers HybridCache (the default), output caching, response caching, and distributed cache patterns. Load this skill when implementing caching, optimizing read performance, reducing database load, or when the user mentions "cache", "HybridCache", "Redis", "output cache", "response cache", "distributed cache", "IMemoryCache", "cache invalidation", "stampede protection", or "cache-aside".

CI/CD pipelines for .NET applications. Covers GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps YAML pipelines with build, test, publish, and deploy stages. Load this skill when setting up continuous integration, automated testing, deployment workflows, or when the user mentions "CI/CD", "pipeline", "GitHub Actions", "Azure DevOps", "workflow", "deploy", "build pipeline", "publish", "NuGet push", "release", or "continuous integration".

Structured code review workflow for .NET projects using Roslyn MCP tools. Multi-dimensional review covering correctness, security, performance, architecture compliance, and test coverage. Load when: "review PR", "review code", "code review", "PR review", "review changes", "review my code", "check code quality".

Configuration patterns for .NET 10 applications. Covers the Options pattern, IOptionsSnapshot vs IOptions, secrets management, and environment-based configuration. Load this skill when setting up application configuration, managing secrets, binding configuration sections, or when the user mentions "configuration", "appsettings", "Options pattern", "IOptions", "IOptionsSnapshot", "secrets", "user secrets", "environment variables", "connection string", or "config binding".

Token budget management for Claude Code sessions. Teaches how to minimize context consumption using MCP-first navigation, lazy loading, subagent isolation, and strategic file reading. Keeps Claude effective throughout long sessions by treating the 200k token window as a budget, not a dumping ground. Load this skill when context is running low, sessions feel sluggish, Claude starts forgetting earlier context, or when planning how to explore a large codebase efficiently. Keywords: "context", "tokens", "budget", "running out of context", "too many files", "large codebase", "memory".

Detects and enforces project-specific coding conventions by analyzing existing codebase patterns. Learns naming conventions, folder structure, test organization, and coding style from the existing code. Load when: "conventions", "coding standards", "project patterns", "enforce style", "detect patterns", "learn conventions", "code consistency".

Domain-Driven Design tactical patterns for .NET applications. Covers aggregates, aggregate roots, value objects, domain events, domain services, strongly-typed IDs, and repository patterns for aggregate persistence. Load this skill when implementing DDD, working with aggregates, value objects, domain events, bounded contexts, or when the architecture-advisor recommends DDD + Clean Architecture. Pair with the clean-architecture skill.

Systematic code cleanup pipeline for .NET projects. Runs 7 ordered steps: formatting, unused usings, analyzer warnings, dead code removal, TODO resolution, sealed class audit, and CancellationToken propagation. Each step is verified independently with tests between phases. Load this skill when: "clean up", "de-sloppify", "tidy up", "remove dead code", "code cleanup", "housekeeping", "tech debt", "fix warnings", "seal classes", "add CancellationToken", "unused usings", "format code".

Dependency injection patterns for .NET 10. Covers service lifetimes, keyed services, the decorator pattern, factory pattern, and common DI pitfalls. Load this skill when registering services, resolving lifetime issues, designing service composition, or when the user mentions "DI", "dependency injection", "service registration", "AddScoped", "AddTransient", "AddSingleton", "keyed services", "decorator", "Scrutor", "IServiceCollection", or "captive dependency".

Entity Framework Core patterns for .NET 10. Covers DbContext configuration, migrations workflow, interceptors, compiled queries, ExecuteUpdateAsync, ExecuteDeleteAsync, value converters, and query optimization. Load this skill when working with databases, writing queries, managing schema changes, or when the user mentions "EF Core", "Entity Framework", "DbContext", "migration", "LINQ query", "database", "SQL", "N+1", "Include", "split query", "value converter", "interceptor", or "compiled query".

Error handling strategy for .NET 10 applications. Covers the Result pattern, ProblemDetails (RFC 9457), global exception handling, FluentValidation, and structured error responses. Load this skill when implementing error handling, validation, or designing API error contracts, or when the user mentions "error handling", "Result pattern", "ProblemDetails", "exception", "validation", "FluentValidation", "error response", "global exception handler", or "RFC 9457".

IHttpClientFactory and typed HTTP clients for .NET 10 applications. Covers named/typed/keyed clients, DelegatingHandlers, resilience with Microsoft.Extensions.Http.Resilience, and testing patterns. Load this skill when configuring HTTP clients, adding retry/circuit breaker policies, or when the user mentions "HttpClient", "IHttpClientFactory", "AddHttpClient", "typed client", "named client", "DelegatingHandler", "resilience", "retry", "circuit breaker", "hedging", "Polly", "AddStandardResilienceHandler", "socket exhaustion", or "Refit".

Confidence-scored instinct system for learning project-specific patterns through an observe-hypothesize-confirm cycle. Instincts start as low-confidence hypotheses and graduate to permanent rules in MEMORY.md once confirmed. Stored per-project in .claude/instincts.md. Load this skill when you notice a recurring pattern, want to track a project convention, encounter "learn this", "I think they always", "notice a pattern", "instinct", "hypothesis", "confidence", or when starting a session (to load existing instincts).

Asynchronous messaging patterns for .NET applications. Covers Wolverine and MassTransit, outbox pattern, saga and choreography, and broker configuration for RabbitMQ and Azure Service Bus. Load this skill when implementing event-driven communication, background processing, module-to-module messaging, or when the user mentions "Wolverine", "MassTransit", "message bus", "RabbitMQ", "Azure Service Bus", "event", "publish", "consumer", "outbox", "saga", "integration event", "queue", or "pub/sub".

Safe migration workflows for EF Core database migrations, .NET version upgrades, and NuGet dependency updates. Includes rollback strategies and verification steps. Load when: "migration", "add migration", "ef migration", "update database", "upgrade nuget", "update packages", "dependency update", "version upgrade".