MCP
Build or consume Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients in .NET using the...
Install
npx skills add managedcode/dotnet-skills --skill mcp -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- managedcode/dotnet-skills500
- Category
- Testing
- Updated
- 6d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Build or consume Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients in .NET using the official MCP C# SDK, including stdio, Streamable HTTP, tools, prompts, resources, and capability negotiation. USE FOR: .NET MCP servers or clients; stdio versus HTTP transport choices; tools, resources, prompts, completions, and capability negotiation. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks that do not need this specific guidance. INVOKES: inspect the repository context, edit targeted files, and run relevant build, test, lint, or validation commands when changes are made.
MCP C# SDK for .NET
Trigger On
- building or consuming MCP servers from a .NET application or library
- choosing between stdio and HTTP transport for MCP
- exposing tools, resources, prompts, completions, or logging to an MCP host
- connecting a .NET app to an existing MCP server and passing discovered tools into
IChatClient - bootstrapping a minimal MCP client/server from the
.NET AIquickstarts or publishing a server to the MCP Registry - implementing capability-aware flows such as roots, sampling, elicitation, subscriptions, session resumption, or enterprise managed authorization
Use This Skill Instead Of
- Use
mcpwhen protocol interoperability is the requirement. - Use
microsoft-extensions-aiwhen you only need model/provider abstraction or local tool orchestration without the MCP wire protocol. - Use
microsoft-agent-frameworkwhen the main problem is agent orchestration; combine it withmcponly when those agents must consume or expose MCP endpoints. - Use the
.NET AIquickstarts for the very first vertical slice, then come back here to harden transport, capability negotiation, publishing, and host interoperability.
Documentation
- MCP C# SDK overview
- Getting Started
- API reference
- Conceptual docs
- Versioning policy
- Experimental APIs
- MCP C# SDK repository
- Model Context Protocol specification
References
Load only what the task needs:
