winui-code-review Skill

Source

• Creator: microsoft
• Repository: microsoft/win-dev-skills
• Skill file: plugins/winui/skills/winui-code-review/SKILL.md

What it does

Code quality review for WinUI 3 apps — MVVM compliance, x:Bind correctness, accessibility, theming, security, and performance. Use before committing to catch issues that the compiler and UI tests won't find.

Skill instructions

When to Use Run a code review after the app builds and before committing. This catches quality issues that aren't build errors and aren't visible in UI tests — patterns that compile and run but are wrong, fragile, or slow. How to Review Read through the project's XAML and C files and check each section below. The Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK.Analyzers Roslyn analyzer ships with the winui-dev-workflow skill and is injected into your build when you compile via the BuildAndRun.ps1 script that ships with that skill — the script drops a temporary Directory.Build.props into the project that loads the analyzer DLL and its .targets, then cleans up after the build. Plain dotnet build (or VS) does not load the analyzer automatically; if you want it to surface as build diagnostics outside the script, add the <Analyzer Include="..." / and <Import Project="..." / to your project's own Directory.Build.props (or wait for the planned NuGet package). The analyzer catches a curated set of WinUI 3 / Windows A