maui-skills

.NET MAUI Skills

A collection of 37 skills for .NET MAUI development and Xamarin migration, designed for use with GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code. Each skill provides focused, expert-level guidance on a specific area of .NET MAUI app development or migration from Xamarin.

Skills are loaded on-demand when your prompt matches the skill's topic, injecting detailed guidance, code examples, and platform-specific notes into the AI's context.

Available Skills

Skill	Description
maui-accessibility	Guide for making .NET MAUI apps accessible — screen reader support via SemanticProperties, heading levels, AutomationProperties visibility control, programmatic focus and announcements, and platform-specific gotchas for TalkBack, VoiceOver, and Narrator.
maui-animations	.NET MAUI view animations, custom animations, easing functions, rotation, scale, translation, and fade effects.
maui-app-icons-splash	.NET MAUI app icon configuration, splash screen setup, SVG to PNG conversion at build time, composed/adaptive icons, and platform-specific icon and splash screen requirements for Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, and Windows.
maui-app-lifecycle	.NET MAUI app lifecycle guidance covering the four app states (not running, running, deactivated, stopped), cross-platform Window lifecycle events, backgrounding and resume behaviour, platform-specific lifecycle mapping for Android and iOS/Mac Catalyst, and state-preservation patterns.
maui-aspire	Guide for .NET MAUI apps consuming .NET Aspire-hosted backend services. Covers AppHost configuration, service discovery for mobile clients, HttpClient DI setup, Entra ID authentication with MSAL.NET for calling protected APIs, development workflow, and platform-specific networking.
maui-authentication	Add authentication to .NET MAUI apps. Covers WebAuthenticator for generic OAuth 2.0 / social login, and MSAL.NET for Microsoft Entra ID with broker support, token caching, Conditional Access, platform-specific setup, and Blazor Hybrid integration.
maui-collectionview	Guidance for implementing CollectionView in .NET MAUI apps — data display, layouts (list & grid), selection, grouping, scrolling, empty views, templates, incremental loading, swipe actions, and pull-to-refresh.
maui-current-apis	Always-on guardrail for .NET MAUI API currency. Prevents AI coding agents from using deprecated, obsolete, or removed APIs across XAML/C#, Blazor Hybrid, and MauiReactor. Includes a reasoning framework for detecting project target framework and library versions, plus a curated table of the most common deprecated API traps in .NET MAUI 10.
maui-custom-handlers	Guide for creating custom .NET MAUI handlers, customizing existing handlers with property mappers, and implementing platform-specific native views. Covers PrependToMapping/ModifyMapping/AppendToMapping, PropertyMapper, CommandMapper, partial handler classes, and handler registration.
maui-data-binding	Guidance for .NET MAUI XAML data bindings, compiled bindings, value converters, binding modes, multi-binding, relative bindings, and MVVM best practices.
maui-deep-linking	Guide for implementing deep linking in .NET MAUI apps. Covers Android App Links with intent filters, Digital Asset Links, and AutoVerify; iOS Universal Links with Associated Domains entitlements and Apple App Site Association files; custom URI schemes; and domain verification for both platforms.
maui-dependency-injection	Guidance for dependency injection in .NET MAUI apps — service registration, lifetime selection (Singleton/Transient/Scoped), constructor injection, automatic resolution via Shell navigation, explicit resolution patterns, platform-specific registrations, and testability best practices.
maui-file-handling	Guidance for file picker, file system helpers, bundled assets, and app data storage in .NET MAUI applications. Covers FilePicker APIs, FileResult handling, platform permissions, and common pitfalls across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.