.NET 8 Core

Build .NET 8 backends with minimal APIs and clean architecture. Implements Entity Framework Core, CQRS with MediatR, JWT authentication, and AOT compilation for cloud-native microservices.

This skill helps you build modern .NET 8 services. It scaffolds minimal API endpoints, structures clean/onion architecture layers, configures Entity Framework Core with migrations, implements CQRS using MediatR, wires JWT authentication and authorization policies, and enables AOT compilation for fast cold starts in containers.

When to use

Use when building .NET 8 applications with minimal APIs, clean architecture, or cloud-native microservices, and for Entity Framework Core, CQRS with MediatR, JWT auth, or AOT compilation.

Examples

Minimal API with EF Core

Build a CRUD endpoint set

Create a .NET 8 minimal API for products using Entity Framework Core, DTO mapping, validation, and JWT authentication

CQRS with MediatR

Separate reads from writes

Refactor this .NET service to use CQRS with MediatR commands, queries, and handlers, plus FluentValidation behaviors