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Microsoft.Extensions.Options patterns including IValidateOptions, strongly-typed settings, validation on startup, and the Options pattern for clean configuration management.

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# Microsoft.Extensions Configuration Patterns

## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:
- Binding configuration from appsettings.json to strongly-typed classes
- Validating configuration at application startup (fail fast)
- Implementing complex validation logic for settings
- Designing configuration classes that are testable and maintainable
- Understanding IOptions<T>, IOptionsSnapshot<T>, and IOptionsMonitor<T>

## Reference Files

- [advanced-patterns.md](advanced-patterns.md): Validators with dependencies, named options, complete production example (AkkaSettings), and testing validators
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