newrelic-dotnet-agent

Use when the user mentions a Dotty PR, dotty (package/dependency) updates, or asks to update the .NET agent compatibility docs / net-agent-compatibility-requirements after tested library version bumps.

Run the New Relic .NET agent integration tests locally. Use whenever you need to run, debug, or reproduce an integration test (host-run IntegrationTests, UnboundedIntegrationTests, or ContainerIntegrationTests), are verifying an agent/wrapper change end to end, or find yourself reaching for `dotnet test` against a test project in this repo. You run these from the CLI yourself -- secrets and infra are already in place. Covers the build-first prerequisite, picking the layer, the run command per layer, and the env gotchas behind confusing failures.

Mandatory unit-test and code-coverage rules for the .NET agent. Use when writing an implementation plan, writing or modifying unit tests, or adding/changing production code in the Core project or the NewRelic.Agent.Extensions project. Apply without being prompted by the user.

Build the New Relic .NET agent locally and validate that code changes compile. Use this whenever you are about to build the agent, need to confirm your edits compile, need to refresh the agent home directories (newrelichome_*) before running tests, or find yourself reaching for `dotnet build` / `msbuild` on any project in this repo. Always build the full solution from the CLI in Debug -- never a single project. Covers that command and the traps that waste time (building individual projects, Release config, building the profiler by hand, dragging preview SDKs into build tools).

Open an Angler PR that adds the latest .NET agent release to metric_names.txt. Use when the user asks to add a .NET agent version to Angler, update Angler for a new agent release, or "create the Angler PR" after a .NET agent release ships.