Agent skill

Dotnet Inspect Metadata

by richlander in richlander/dotnet-inspect

Query raw ECMA-335 assembly metadata — discover table and heap sections, inspect decoded rows and handles, address table or heap coordinates, and project bounded machine-readable results.

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Install Dotnet Inspect Metadata

skills CLI
$ npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill dotnet-inspect-metadata -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install richlander/dotnet-inspect dotnet-inspect-metadata --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/richlander/dotnet-inspect.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/metadata .claude/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
dotnet-inspect-metadata
GitHub stars
151
Token cost
~718 tokens
SKILL.md length
263 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Query raw ECMA-335 assembly metadata — discover table and heap sections, inspect decoded rows and handles, address table or heap coordinates, and project bounded machine-readable results.

  • SKILL.md covers Discover before reading, Query one table and Inspect heaps
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dotnet Inspect Metadata is an agent skill from richlander/dotnet-inspect. Query raw ECMA-335 assembly metadata — discover table and heap sections, inspect decoded rows and handles, address table or heap coordinates, and project bounded machine-readable results.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with .NET. The repository describes itself as: Tool to inspect .NET assets, like docker inspect and kubectl describe.

Example prompts

  • “/dotnet-inspect-metadata”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2b11462. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Dotnet Inspect Metadata loads about 718 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 263 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~718

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 263 words (~718 tokens).

“Use this skill when API views are too high-level and you need the assembly's actual ECMA-335 tables, handles, flags, or heap values. The metadata lens inspects one assembly image and never loads the inspected assembly.”

— opening of SKILL.md by richlander
name
dotnet-inspect-metadata
version
0.1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/metadata of richlander/dotnet-inspect.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2b11462

Compare with similar skills

Dotnet Inspect Metadata next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Microsoft Code ReferenceMicrosoftDocs/mcp1.9k4 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0

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Works with

Questions about Dotnet Inspect Metadata

What does Dotnet Inspect Metadata do?

Query raw ECMA-335 assembly metadata — discover table and heap sections, inspect decoded rows and handles, address table or heap coordinates, and project bounded machine-readable results. Dotnet Inspect Metadata is an agent skill from richlander/dotnet-inspect. Query raw ECMA-335 assembly metadata — discover table and heap sections, inspect decoded rows and handles, address table or heap coordinates, and project bounded machine-readable results.

How do I install Dotnet Inspect Metadata in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill dotnet-inspect-metadata -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/metadata in richlander/dotnet-inspect) into .claude/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dotnet Inspect Metadata in Codex?

Run `npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill dotnet-inspect-metadata -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/metadata in richlander/dotnet-inspect) into .agents/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dotnet Inspect Metadata in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill dotnet-inspect-metadata -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata, .gemini/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata, .github/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata and .opencode/skills/dotnet-inspect-metadata in your project.

What does Dotnet Inspect Metadata need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dotnet Inspect Metadata is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dotnet Inspect Metadata access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dotnet Inspect Metadata safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Dotnet Inspect Metadata use?

No licence was found for Dotnet Inspect Metadata or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Dotnet Inspect Metadata use?

About 718 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Dotnet Inspect Metadata?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dotnet Inspect Metadata: Minimax DOCX (poco-ai/poco-claw, 1.4k stars), Microsoft Skill Creator (MicrosoftDocs/mcp, 1.9k stars), Speckit Constitution (WeihanLi/WeihanLi.Common, 242 stars) and Copilot Session Failure Analysis (dotnet/maui, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dotnet Inspect Metadata?

richlander (a GitHub user) maintains it in richlander/dotnet-inspect, which has 151 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: richlander/dotnet-inspect on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.