reviewing-msbuild-code

Reviews MSBuild code changes using a 24-dimension methodology. Activates for code review, PR review, pull request analysis, design review, architecture review, code quality assessment, or style check of MSBuild code. Covers backwards compatibility, ChangeWave discipline, performance, allocation awareness, test coverage, error message quality, logging, string comparison, API surface, target authoring, cross-platform correctness, code simplification, concurrency, naming, SDK integration, evaluation model integrity, correctness, dependency management, security, and build infrastructure.

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Repository: dotnet/msbuild
Last source activity: March 18, 2026 at 10:24
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name: reviewing-msbuild-code
description: Reviews MSBuild code changes using a 24-dimension methodology. Activates for code review, PR review, pull request analysis, design review, architecture review, code quality assessment, or style check of MSBuild code. Covers backwards compatibility, ChangeWave discipline, performance, allocation awareness, test coverage, error message quality, logging, string comparison, API surface, target authoring, cross-platform correctness, code simplification, concurrency, naming, SDK integration, evaluation model integrity, correctness, dependency management, security, and build infrastructure.

# MSBuild Code Review Invoke `@expert-reviewer` for 24-dimension MSBuild code review. The agent contains the full methodology, principles, dimension rules with checklists, folder hotspot mapping, and 4-wave workflow.

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release

Orchestrate an MSBuild release: create the tracking issue, branch, configure DARC channels and subscriptions, bump version in main, final-brand the release branch, insert into VS, and publish post-GA. Covers the full monthly release lifecycle aligned with VS shipping cadence.

2026-09-23

maintaining-binary-log-compatibility

Guides changes to MSBuild binary log infrastructure. Consult when modifying BinaryLogger or BinaryLogReplayEventSource, adding new BuildEventArgs types, changing event serialization/deserialization, modifying ProjectImportsCollector, adjusting message importance levels, or making changes that affect .binlog content. Also applies when verifying that behavioral changes are properly reflected in binary log output.

2026-09-14

deploy-msbuild-to-vs

Deploy locally-built MSBuild binaries into a Visual Studio installation for testing and debugging. Use when you need VS itself to use your local MSBuild changes, or when debugging MSBuild as invoked by VS.

2026-09-10

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