Oleksii Nikiforov (@nikiforovall)
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Oleksii Nikiforov (@nikiforovall)
@nikiforovall.bsky.social
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
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Claude Code Handbook: Best Practices and Recommendations

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October 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
September 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Blogged: "Add Authentication to MCP Servers using Microsoft Entra ID"

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#dotnet #mcp #ai #auth
September 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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
August 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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
June 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Blogged: "My Claude Code Usage Best Practices and Recommendations"

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#claude #agent #ai #mcp
June 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Blogged: "Hangfire MCP Server in Standalone Mode"

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#dotnet #mcp #ai #aspire
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Blogged: "Simplifying Background Job Scheduling Using Hangfire MCP Server"

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #aspire #hangfire
May 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
May 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Blogged: "Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code"

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#copilot #github #productivity
Prompt Engineering with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code
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April 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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
April 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Blogged: "Learn how to use Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Template in Hybrid Mode"

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#dotnet #ai #mcp #aspire
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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
April 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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
March 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Blogged: "Enforcing .NET Coding Guidelines with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions"

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#copilot #github #dotnet #productivity
March 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚀 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
March 2, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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
December 22, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I'm excited to share that I’ve earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification (AI-102)! 🎉

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December 22, 2024 at 9:00 AM
🔎Blogged: "Part 3: Hybrid Search with Elasticsearch in .NET"
Use the reciprocal rank fusion algorithm to combine the results of BM25 and kNN semantic search.

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#dotnet #elasticsearch #ai
November 16, 2024 at 3:48 PM