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project-setup
Tech-stack selection advisor for .NET projects: recommended defaults for database, auth, caching, messaging, observability, and resilience, with the rationale behind each default. Load when choosing or reviewing a project's tech stack, or when the user says "tech stack", "which database", "pick a stack", "recommended defaults", or "what should I use for". For project initialization use dotnet-init, for codebase assessment use health-check, for upgrades and schema changes use migrate.
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# Project Setup — Tech-Stack Advisor
This skill owns one thing: the kit's recommended tech-stack defaults and why. The workflows that consume it live elsewhere:
- **Initializing a project / generating CLAUDE.md** → `dotnet-init` (interactive flow, architecture questionnaire, CLAUDE.md generation)
- **Assessing an existing codebase** → `health-check` (the canonical 8-dimension graded assessment)
- **EF Core schema, NuGet, or .NET version migrations** → `migrate`
- **Choosing an architecture** → `architecture-advisor` (always ask before recommending)
## Core Principles
1. **Recommend a default, explain the why, let the user choose** — Every dimension has a kit default, but defaults are starting points, not mandates. State the trade-off in one line so the choice is informed.
2. **Prefer built-in .NET over third-party** — `HybridCache` over Redis-client wrappers, built-in rate limiting over packages, built-in OpenAPI over Swashbuckle. Fewer dependencies means fewer licensing surprises and upgrade breaks.
3. **License-aware picks** — MediatR (v13+), MassTransit (v9+), and FluentAssertions (v8+) went commercial. The kit defaults to MIT alternatives: Mediator, Wolverine, plain xUnit asserts.