AI Coding Assistant Skills

Every Shiny library has an AI skill that understands its APIs, patterns, and conventions. These skills are organized into plugins that match the documentation sections — install the full marketplace or just the plugins you need.

Claude CodeGitHub Copilot

Step 1 — Add the marketplace:

claude plugin marketplace add shinyorg/skills

Step 2 — Install plugins:

claude plugin install shiny-client@shiny

BLE, GPS, Jobs, Notifications, Push, HTTP Transfers, OBD, Music, Health, DataSync — iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Web

claude plugin install shiny-maui@shiny

Shell, Contact Store

claude plugin install controls@shiny

TableView, BottomSheet, PillView, ImageViewer, Scheduler, Markdown, Mermaid Diagrams — MAUI and Blazor

claude plugin install shiny-mediator@shiny

Mediator/CQRS with middleware and source generators

claude plugin install shiny-data@shiny

DocumentDB and Spatial data libraries

claude plugin install shiny-aspire@shiny

Orleans and Gluetun Aspire integrations

claude plugin install shiny-extensions@shiny

DI, Stores, Reflector, Localization, Hosting modules

Step 1 — Add the marketplace:

copilot plugin marketplace add https://github.com/shinyorg/skills

Step 2 — Install plugins:

copilot plugin install shiny-client@shiny

BLE, GPS, Jobs, Notifications, Push, HTTP Transfers, OBD, Music, Health, DataSync — iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Web

copilot plugin install shiny-maui@shiny

Shell, Contact Store

copilot plugin install controls@shiny

TableView, BottomSheet, PillView, ImageViewer, Scheduler, Markdown, Mermaid Diagrams — MAUI and Blazor

copilot plugin install shiny-mediator@shiny

Mediator/CQRS with middleware and source generators

copilot plugin install shiny-data@shiny

DocumentDB and Spatial data libraries

copilot plugin install shiny-aspire@shiny

Orleans and Gluetun Aspire integrations

copilot plugin install shiny-extensions@shiny

DI, Stores, Reflector, Localization, Hosting modules

View Skills Repository

Plugins

Client — shiny-client

Cross-platform framework for iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Web.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-core	Shiny Core	Hosting, DI, key-value stores, lifecycle hooks, platform abstractions
shiny-bluetoothle	BluetoothLE	Scanning, connecting, GATT operations, managed scanner
shiny-ble-hosting	BLE Hosting	GATT server, advertising, L2CAP CoC channels
shiny-firebase	Push	Firebase Cloud Messaging for iOS and Android
shiny-jobs	Jobs	Background job scheduling, periodic tasks
shiny-locations	Locations	GPS tracking, geofencing, background location
shiny-http-transfers	HTTP Transfers	Background uploads, downloads, progress tracking
shiny-notifications	Notifications	Local notification scheduling, channels, triggers
shiny-push	Push	Push notifications, FCM/APNs, Azure Notification Hubs
shiny-music	Music	Permissions, track querying, playback, file copying
shiny-obd	OBD	OBD-II commands, adapter discovery, BLE transport
shiny-contactstore	Contact Store	Contact CRUD, LINQ queries, permissions
shiny-health	Health	HealthKit / Health Connect queries, writes, observers
shiny-speech	Speech	Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio capture/playback
shiny-aiconversation	AI Conversation	Chat client, wake word, STT/TTS, persistent message store
shiny-data-sync	Data Sync	Bidirectional JSON sync over HTTP, background outbox

MAUI — shiny-maui

Purpose-built .NET MAUI services.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-maui-shell	MAUI Shell	Pages, ViewModels, navigation, source-generated routes

Controls — controls

Cross-platform UI controls for .NET MAUI and Blazor.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-controls	Controls	TableView, BottomSheet, PillView, ImageViewer, Scheduler, Markdown, Mermaid Diagrams

Mediator — shiny-mediator

Mediator/CQRS pattern for .NET with middleware and source generators.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-mediator	Mediator	Handlers, contracts, middleware, HTTP extension, OpenAPI generation

Data — shiny-data

Lightweight AOT-compatible data libraries.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-documentdb	Document DB	Queries, CRUD operations, indexes, AOT configuration
shiny-spatial	Spatial	Spatial queries, geometry types, R*Tree indexing

Aspire — shiny-aspire

.NET Aspire integrations.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-aspire-orleans	Aspire	Orleans hosting, Gluetun VPN container routing

Extensions — shiny-extensions

Source generators and utilities.

Skill	Library	What It Helps With
shiny-di	DI	Attribute-driven service registration, keyed services, categories
shiny-stores	Stores	Cross-platform key/value stores, persistent service binding
shiny-extensions-push	Extensions Push	Server-side push dispatch — APNs, FCM, Web Push, WNS
localizegen	Localization Generator	Strongly-typed localization from .resx files
shiny-maui-hosting	MAUI Hosting	Modular IMauiModule configuration, lifecycle hooks
shiny-web-hosting	Web Hosting	Modular IWebModule configuration for ASP.NET Core