// Use when creating, validating, or reasoning about DevConfig files for AWS SDK for .NET changes, including deciding whether Core or Services entries are required, choosing patch vs minor bumps, and writing changelog messages.
Exact patterns generated code must follow to match the AWS SDK for .NET public API surface
How to deserialize a Smithy model.json into typed C# records and navigate the shape graph
Rules for converting Smithy shape types to .NET types, including nullability and collection defaults
Use when working on the AWS SDK for .NET source code itself, including Core runtime changes, service client implementations, generator or model changes, repo-specific build and validation flows, and V3/V4 branch-targeting decisions.
| name | aws-sdk-net-devconfig |
| description | Use when creating, validating, or reasoning about DevConfig files for AWS SDK for .NET changes, including deciding whether Core or Services entries are required, choosing patch vs minor bumps, and writing changelog messages. |
Use this skill only when the task is specifically about DevConfig creation or validation.
references/devconfig.md
Purpose, location, required cases, file structure, creation process, version numbering, and third-party PR handling.