scaffolding
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npx mdskill add dotnet/efcore/scaffoldingGenerates C# code from database schemas (reverse engineering).
SKILL.md
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--- name: scaffolding description: 'Implementation details for EF Core scaffolding (reverse engineering). Use when changing ef dbcontext scaffold pipeline implementation, database schema reading, CSharpModelGenerator, or related classes.' user-invocable: false --- # Scaffolding Generates C# code from database schemas (reverse engineering). ## When Not to Use - Working on compiled model generation (`dotnet ef dbcontext optimize`) ## Reverse Engineering Pipeline: `IDatabaseModelFactory` (reads schema) → `IScaffoldingModelFactory` (builds EF model) → `IModelCodeGenerator` (generates C#) - `IReverseEngineerScaffolder` — orchestrates full pipeline
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