Add remote dotnet plugins by ManishJayaswal · Pull Request #992 · github/awesome-copilot

ManishJayaswal · 2026-03-13T00:04:24Z

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Description

Adds two plugins from dotnet skills repo - dotnet ( has skills for general dotnet coding tasks) and dotnet-diag that has skills for doing performance analysis and debugging

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Pull request overview

This PR adds two remote plugins (dotnet, dotnet-diag) to the external plugin registry/marketplace and includes a broad set of additional plugin content plus a sweeping change to how many plugins reference agents/skills in plugin.json.

Changes:

Register dotnet and dotnet-diag in plugins/external.json and .github/plugin/marketplace.json.
Add multiple new agents/skills/reference docs across various plugin folders.
Update many plugin.json files to reference ./agents directories (and normalize skill paths).

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plugins/mcp-m365-copilot/agents/mcp-m365-agent-expert.md	Adds new MCP/M365 agent definition content
plugins/mcp-m365-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent reference to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/kotlin-mcp-development/agents/kotlin-mcp-expert.md	Adds Kotlin MCP agent definition content
plugins/kotlin-mcp-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent reference to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/java-mcp-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent reference to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/java-development/skills/java-springboot/SKILL.md	Adds Spring Boot best-practices skill
plugins/java-development/skills/java-junit/SKILL.md	Adds JUnit best-practices skill
plugins/java-development/skills/java-docs/SKILL.md	Adds Javadoc best-practices skill
plugins/java-development/skills/create-spring-boot-java-project/SKILL.md	Adds Spring Boot project scaffolding skill
plugins/java-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill paths (removes trailing slashes)
plugins/go-mcp-development/agents/go-mcp-expert.md	Adds Go MCP agent definition content
plugins/go-mcp-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent reference to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-reviewer.md	Adds security review subagent definition
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-orchestrator.md	Adds orchestration agent definition
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-implementer.md	Adds implementation agent definition
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-documentation-writer.md	Adds documentation agent definition
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-devops.md	Adds DevOps agent definition
plugins/gem-team/agents/gem-browser-tester.md	Adds browser testing agent definition
plugins/gem-team/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent references to `./agents`
plugins/frontend-web-dev/skills/playwright-generate-test/SKILL.md	Adds Playwright test generation skill
plugins/frontend-web-dev/skills/playwright-explore-website/SKILL.md	Adds Playwright exploration skill
plugins/frontend-web-dev/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-mcp/references/connection-references.md	Adds FlowStudio MCP reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-mcp/references/action-types.md	Adds FlowStudio action types reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-mcp/references/MCP-BOOTSTRAP.md	Adds FlowStudio MCP bootstrap reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-debug/references/debug-workflow.md	Adds FlowStudio debug workflow reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-debug/references/common-errors.md	Adds FlowStudio common errors reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-build/references/trigger-types.md	Adds FlowStudio trigger templates reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-build/references/flow-schema.md	Adds FlowStudio flow schema reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/skills/flowstudio-power-automate-build/references/build-patterns.md	Adds FlowStudio build patterns reference doc
plugins/flowstudio-power-automate/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill paths (removes trailing slashes)
plugins/external.json	Registers external `dotnet` + `dotnet-diag` plugins
plugins/edge-ai-tasks/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agent references to `./agents`
plugins/doublecheck/skills/doublecheck/assets/verification-report-template.md	Adds verification report template asset
plugins/doublecheck/agents/doublecheck.md	Adds Doublecheck verification agent
plugins/doublecheck/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/devops-oncall/skills/multi-stage-dockerfile/SKILL.md	Adds multi-stage Dockerfile skill
plugins/devops-oncall/agents/azure-principal-architect.md	Adds Azure principal architect agent
plugins/devops-oncall/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/dataverse/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill path (removes trailing slash)
plugins/dataverse-sdk-for-python/skills/dataverse-python-usecase-builder/SKILL.md	Adds Dataverse use-case builder skill
plugins/dataverse-sdk-for-python/skills/dataverse-python-quickstart/SKILL.md	Adds Dataverse quickstart skill
plugins/dataverse-sdk-for-python/skills/dataverse-python-production-code/SKILL.md	Adds Dataverse production-code skill
plugins/dataverse-sdk-for-python/skills/dataverse-python-advanced-patterns/SKILL.md	Adds Dataverse advanced patterns skill
plugins/dataverse-sdk-for-python/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill paths (removes trailing slashes)
plugins/database-data-management/skills/postgresql-code-review/SKILL.md	Adds PostgreSQL code review skill
plugins/database-data-management/agents/postgresql-dba.md	Adds PostgreSQL DBA agent
plugins/database-data-management/agents/ms-sql-dba.md	Adds MS SQL DBA agent
plugins/database-data-management/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/csharp-mcp-development/skills/csharp-mcp-server-generator/SKILL.md	Adds C# MCP server generator skill
plugins/csharp-mcp-development/agents/csharp-mcp-expert.md	Adds C# MCP expert agent
plugins/csharp-mcp-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/dotnet-upgrade/SKILL.md	Adds .NET upgrade skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/dotnet-best-practices/SKILL.md	Adds .NET best practices skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/csharp-xunit/SKILL.md	Adds xUnit skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/csharp-tunit/SKILL.md	Adds TUnit skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/csharp-nunit/SKILL.md	Adds NUnit skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/csharp-async/SKILL.md	Adds async best practices skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/skills/aspnet-minimal-api-openapi/SKILL.md	Adds Minimal API + OpenAPI skill
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/agents/expert-dotnet-software-engineer.md	Adds .NET expert agent
plugins/csharp-dotnet-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/copilot-sdk/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill path (removes trailing slash)
plugins/context-engineering/skills/what-context-needed/SKILL.md	Adds “what context needed” skill
plugins/context-engineering/skills/refactor-plan/SKILL.md	Adds refactor planning skill
plugins/context-engineering/skills/context-map/SKILL.md	Adds context map skill
plugins/context-engineering/agents/context-architect.md	Adds context architect agent
plugins/context-engineering/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/clojure-interactive-programming/skills/remember-interactive-programming/SKILL.md	Adds interactive programming reminder skill
plugins/clojure-interactive-programming/agents/clojure-interactive-programming.md	Adds Clojure interactive programming agent
plugins/clojure-interactive-programming/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill path
plugins/cast-imaging/agents/cast-imaging-structural-quality-advisor.md	Adds CAST imaging quality advisor agent
plugins/cast-imaging/agents/cast-imaging-software-discovery.md	Adds CAST imaging discovery agent
plugins/cast-imaging/agents/cast-imaging-impact-analysis.md	Adds CAST imaging impact analysis agent
plugins/cast-imaging/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents`
plugins/azure-cloud-development/skills/azure-pricing/references/SERVICE-NAMES.md	Adds Azure pricing service name reference
plugins/azure-cloud-development/skills/azure-pricing/references/REGIONS.md	Adds Azure pricing region mapping reference
plugins/azure-cloud-development/skills/azure-pricing/references/COST-ESTIMATOR.md	Adds Azure pricing estimation reference
plugins/azure-cloud-development/skills/azure-pricing/references/COPILOT-STUDIO-RATES.md	Adds Copilot Studio rate reference
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/terraform-azure-planning.md	Adds Terraform planning agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/terraform-azure-implement.md	Adds Terraform implementation agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/azure-verified-modules-terraform.md	Adds AVM Terraform agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/azure-verified-modules-bicep.md	Adds AVM Bicep agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/azure-saas-architect.md	Adds Azure SaaS architect agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/azure-principal-architect.md	Adds Azure principal architect agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/agents/azure-logic-apps-expert.md	Adds Logic Apps expert agent
plugins/azure-cloud-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/awesome-copilot/skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-skills/SKILL.md	Adds skill suggestion skill
plugins/awesome-copilot/skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-instructions/SKILL.md	Adds instruction suggestion skill
plugins/awesome-copilot/skills/suggest-awesome-github-copilot-agents/SKILL.md	Adds agent suggestion skill
plugins/awesome-copilot/agents/meta-agentic-project-scaffold.md	Adds meta scaffold agent
plugins/awesome-copilot/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Switches agents to `./agents` and normalizes skill paths
plugins/automate-this/.github/plugin/plugin.json	Normalizes skill path (removes trailing slash)
.github/plugin/marketplace.json	Adds `dotnet` + `dotnet-diag` marketplace entries

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plugins/external.json

+  {
+    "name": "dotnet",
+    "description": "Common everyday C#/.NET coding skills. Expected to be useful to all .NET developers.",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "author": {
+      "name": "Microsoft",
+      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+    },
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/dotnet/skills",
+    "keywords": ["dotnet", "csharp", "coding", "skills", "csharp-script", "single-file", "nuget-publishing", "pinvoke"],
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/dotnet/skills",
+    "source": {
+      "source": "github",
+      "repo": "dotnet/skills",
+      "path": "plugins/dotnet"
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "dotnet-diag",
+    "description": "Skills for .NET performance investigations, debugging, and incident analysis.",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "author": {
+      "name": "Microsoft",
+      "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"
+    },
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/dotnet/skills",
+    "keywords": ["dotnet", "diagnostics", "performance", "debugging", "tracing", "symbolicate", "android-tombstone", "dump-collection", "microbenchmarking", "clr-activation"],
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/dotnet/skills",
+    "source": {
+      "source": "github",
+      "repo": "dotnet/skills",
+      "path": "plugins/dotnet-diag"
+    }
  }


plugins/java-mcp-development/.github/plugin/plugin.json

  "agents": [
-    "./agents/java-mcp-expert.md"
+    "./agents"
  ],
  "skills": [
-    "./skills/java-mcp-server-generator/"
+    "./skills/java-mcp-server-generator"
  ]


plugins/java-development/skills/java-docs/SKILL.md

+---
+name: java-docs
+description: 'Ensure that Java types are documented with Javadoc comments and follow best practices for documentation.'
+---


plugins/java-development/skills/create-spring-boot-java-project/SKILL.md

+- If you need to custom the project name, please change the `artifactId` and the `packageName` in [download-spring-boot-project-template](./create-spring-boot-java-project.prompt.md#download-spring-boot-project-template)
+
+- If you need to update the Spring Boot version, please change the `bootVersion` in [download-spring-boot-project-template](./create-spring-boot-java-project.prompt.md#download-spring-boot-project-template)


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adding dotnet and dotnet-diag as remote plugins

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		- If you need to custom the project name, please change the `artifactId` and the `packageName` in [download-spring-boot-project-template](./create-spring-boot-java-project.prompt.md#download-spring-boot-project-template)

		- If you need to update the Spring Boot version, please change the `bootVersion` in [download-spring-boot-project-template](./create-spring-boot-java-project.prompt.md#download-spring-boot-project-template)

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Adds two plugins from dotnet skills repo - dotnet ( has skills for general dotnet coding tasks) and dotnet-diag that has skills for doing performance analysis and debugging

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