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dotnet-mcp-builder

Build Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in C#/.NET against the current ModelContextProtocol 2.x NuGet packages. Helps with cases the model gets wrong without guidance — stale versions (0.x preview or 1.x-era defaults), the v2 stateless-by-default HTTP flip, the 2026-07-28 spec deprecations (roots/sampling/logging), MCP Apps and Tasks extension packages, elicitation URL mode, per-session HTTP wiring, OAuth and reverse-proxy deploy specifics, and debugging MapMcp / STDIO / Streamable-HTTP errors. Also covers STDIO and Streamable HTTP transports (SSE is deprecated), tools, prompts, resources, completions, and a basic .NET MCP client. Trigger when the user says or implies any .NET MCP server work: ModelContextProtocol, McpServerTool, MapMcp, WithStdioServerTransport, "MCP server in C#", "MCP tool in dotnet", "expose this as MCP", or names a primitive (prompt/resource/elicitation/MCP App) in a .NET context. Skip for MCP work in other languages.

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# Building MCP servers in .NET

This skill helps you write production-quality MCP servers and basic clients in C#/.NET against the **official** [`ModelContextProtocol`](https://www.nuget.org/profiles/ModelContextProtocol) NuGet packages, maintained by Microsoft and the MCP project. It targets the **stable 2.x** line and the current spec (2026-07-28).

## When this skill earns its keep

The .NET MCP SDK had years of preview packages (`0.x-preview`) before reaching `1.0`, and v2 flipped several defaults. Without help, the model tends to:
- Pin a stale preview version that won't compile against current samples.
- Apply 1.x-era defaults that v2 reversed (HTTP was stateful by default; in 2.x `Stateless` defaults to `true`).
- Recommend capabilities the 2026-07-28 spec deprecates (roots, sampling, MCP-channel logging — now `[Obsolete]`, warning `MCP9005`).
- Miss recent spec features (multi-round-trip `input_required`, discovery-first negotiation, MCP Apps/Tasks extension packages, elicitation URL mode, structured content blocks).
- Get HTTP transport details wrong (stateful/stateless, proxy buffering, OAuth wiring).
- Forget the STDIO stdout/stderr trap.