ASP.NET Core APIs, data access, backend services, security, and cloud-native patterns. This consolidated skill spans 32 topic areas. Load the appropriate companion file from references/ based on the routing table below.
Baseline dependency: references/minimal-apis.md defines the core ASP.NET Core Minimal API patterns (route groups, endpoint filters, TypedResults, parameter binding) that apply to most API development tasks. Load it by default when building HTTP endpoints.
Most-shared companion: references/architecture-patterns.md covers vertical slices, request pipelines, error handling, caching, and idempotency patterns used across nearly all ASP.NET Core projects.
Builds ASP.NET Core APIs, EF Core data access, gRPC, SignalR, and backend services with middleware, security (OAuth, JWT, OWASP), resilience, messaging, OpenAPI, .NET Aspire, Semantic Kernel, HybridCache, YARP reverse proxy, output caching, Office documents (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), PDF, and architecture patterns. Spans 32 topic areas. Do not use for UI rendering patterns or CI/CD pipeline authoring. Source: novotnyllc/dotnet-artisan.