Extension Points

Guide for MSBuild extensibility: CustomBefore/CustomAfter hooks, wildcard imports with alphabetic ordering, import gating with control properties, NuGet package build extension layout (build/buildTransitive), and the MicrosoftCommonPropsHasBeenImported guard. Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context. USE FOR: diagnosing and fixing MSBuild import and hook patterns, reviewing and fixing extension point anti-patterns in Directory.Build files, fixing missing Exists() guards on imports that break fresh clones, fixing NuGet package hooks being silently dropped instead of appended, making build targets extensible for other projects, injecting custom logic into the build pipeline, creating NuGet packages that extend the build, conditionally disabling imports. DO NOT USE FOR: target authoring patterns (use target-authoring), props vs targets placement (use directory-build-organization), general anti-patterns (use msbuild-antipatterns), non-MSBuild build systems.

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/extension-points
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/extension-points/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/extension-points/SKILL.md

@misc{extension-points-2026,
  author    = {dotnet},
  title     = {Extension Points [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/extension-points/}
}