Oleksii Nikiforov (@nikiforovall)

Blogged: Microsoft Agent Framework — Foundations

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Blogged: Building RAG with .NET AI Building Blocks - Microsoft.Extensions.AI

How to build a provider-agnostic RAG system in .NET using Microsoft.Extensions.AI, VectorData, and Aspire for orchestration, testing, and evaluation.

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Blogged: Long-Term Risks of AI-Assisted Development

AI coding tools are powerful but come with real risks. This blog post explores the potential pitfalls and how to navigate them safely.

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Blogged: "LazyClaude 0.12.0: Marketplace Plugin Management"

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A keyboard-driven TUI for managing Claude Code customizations. Version 0.12.0 adds an integrated marketplace browser for discovering and installing plugins.

#claude #claudecode #tui #productivity

Blogged: "LazyClaude: Explore Your Claude Code Setup Without Breaking Flow"

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A lazygit-inspired TUI to browse all your Claude Code customizations

#claude #claudecode

Blogged: "VSCode Morph Agent: Let AI Control Your Workspace"

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Explore how AI agents can manipulate your IDE workspace to enhance agentic coding workflows

Blogged: "Transform .NET Diagnostics into a Specialized AI Agent with Claude Agent SDK"

Learn how to build conversational agents with the Claude Agents SDK that help you triage code quality issues interactively.

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#dotnet #python #AI #MCP #ClaudeSDK #CodeQuality

Claude Code Handbook: Best Practices and Recommendations

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Blogged: "MCP Landscape for .NET Developers"

This presentation provides an overview of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem.

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#ai #dotnet #mcp #presentation

Blogged: "Testing with Playwright and Claude Code"

Discover how Playwright MCP Server and Claude Code can help you perform manual and exploratory testing of web applications.

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#playwright #claude_code #mcp

Blogged: "Add Authentication to MCP Servers using Microsoft Entra ID"

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#dotnet #mcp #ai #auth

Blogged: "Introducing Technical Debt Master: AI-Powered Code Analysis with Local LLMs"

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AI-based CLI tool that automates technical debt discovery, triage, and resolution.

#ai #agents #mcp #aspire #cli

Blogged: "Monitoring Claude Code with .NET Aspire Dashboard"

Learn how to monitor your Claude Code usage and performance with .NET Aspire dashboard.

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#claude #ai #agents #otel #dotnet

Blogged: "My Claude Code Usage Best Practices and Recommendations"

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#claude #agent #ai #mcp

Blogged: "Hangfire MCP Server in Standalone Mode"

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#dotnet #mcp #ai #aspire

I don't think I will be the reason for global warming or something like that.

Also, no need to use LLMs. MCP Inspector provides a way to trigger tools directly.

Also, a valid approach, and I did it before. I don't like it because I don't want to write custom code (+build) every time I need to run a new job.

In my case, not all jobs can be scheduled from the Hangfire dashboard. Sometimes, I need to specify parameters to be able to dev test some background processes.

I don't want to write custom code every time I need to schedule a job.

Blogged: "Simplifying Background Job Scheduling Using Hangfire MCP Server"

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #aspire #hangfire

Blogged: "Code Review with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code"

Learn how to leverage GitHub Copilot's code review capabilities in Visual Studio Code, including a custom agent-based workflow.

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#vscode #productivity #ai #copilot #codereview

Blogged: "Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code"

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#copilot #github #productivity

Blogged: "Composable AI with .NET Aspire: Extending DIAL Assistants with Add-Ons"

Learn how to build composable AI applications with .NET Aspire and AI DIAL Addons.

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#aspire #dotnet #dial #genai

Blogged: "Learn how to use Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Template in Hybrid Mode"

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #aspire

Blogged: "Simplifying Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Development with Aspire"

Learn how to develop MCP servers with Aspire.

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #aspire

Blogged: "Simplifying Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Distribution with .NET Global Tools"

In this post, I will show you how to use a simple template to create an MCP server that can be distributed as a global tool.

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #template

Blogged: "Introducing AI DIAL: The Open-Source AI Orchestration Platform"

In this post, I will introduce you to the AI DIAL Platform and its capabilities and show you how to get started with it using .NET Aspire

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#aspire #dotnet #dial #genai

Blogged: "Enforcing .NET Coding Guidelines with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions"

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#copilot #github #dotnet #productivity

🚀 Check out 'Code Axe' for #VSCode! I made it for personal use, but maybe you'll find it helpful.

Easily move methods by yanking (Ctrl+M X) and sort them topologically (Ctrl+M S).

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What other functionalities do you think could be useful? #DevTools #Refactoring

Blogged: "Deploy Your Bot to Azure in 5 Minutes with Azure Developer CLI (azd)"

Learn how to use a starter template to deploy a bot to Azure with Azure Bot Service and Azure Developer CLI.

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#dotnet #azd #azure

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I'm excited to share that I’ve earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification (AI-102)! 🎉

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