Repository
microsoft/MSBuildLocator agent skills
- skills
- 3
- official
- 3
- GitHub stars
- 263
GitHub description: “An API to locate MSBuild assemblies from an installed Visual Studio location. Use this to ensure that calling the MSBuild API will use the same toolset that a build from Visual Studio or msbuild.exe would.”
- Stars
- 263 (90 forks)
- Licence
- Unknown
- Last push
- Oct 2026
- Created
- Aug 2017
- msbuild
- visual-studio
Install all skills
npx skills add microsoft/MSBuildLocatorAdd --skill <name> for a single skill and -a <agent> to choose the agent (see the agent guides).
Skills in microsoft/MSBuildLocator, ranked
Ranked by score. Sort bymost stars,trending,newest,recently updated
| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reference for how MSBuildLocator loads MSBuild assemblies and finds the .NET SDK on .NET Core hosts, for anyone editing or debugging that loader code. | microsoft/ | 263 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Unknown | yesterday |
| 2 | Explains how MSBuildLocator loads MSBuild assemblies and finds Visual Studio installs on the .NET Framework net46 target, for anyone editing or reviewing that code. | microsoft/ | 263 | — | ~745 | Automated safety check: Pass | Unknown | yesterday |
| 3 | Repository-specific checks for Microsoft.Build.Locator code reviews. | microsoft/ | 263 | — | ~293 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best skill in microsoft/MSBuildLocator?
MSBuildLocator .NET Core Loader (official) from microsoft/MSBuildLocator ranks first of the 3 skills in microsoft/MSBuildLocator listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 263 GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 1.1k tokens and it passes the automated safety check with no findings. Next come MSBuildLocator .NET Framework Loader and Code Review.
Are the skills in microsoft/MSBuildLocator official?
3 of the 3 skills in microsoft/MSBuildLocator are official, published by the vendor's own GitHub organization: MSBuildLocator .NET Core Loader, MSBuildLocator .NET Framework Loader and Code Review.
How do I install all skills from microsoft/MSBuildLocator?
Run npx skills add microsoft/MSBuildLocator in your project: the open-source skills CLI installs the repository's skills into your coding agent's skills folder. To install a single skill, open its page here for the exact command.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.