Syncfusion onboarding
Use this skill as the front door to Syncfusion. Route the task to the official framework or component
skill. Do not try to reproduce the Syncfusion API from memory here — Syncfusion spans web, desktop,
mobile, document-processing, viewer and editor products, and the same component name has different
packages, imports, registration and licensing rules across them. Cross-framework guessing is the
single largest source of Syncfusion code that does not compile. The second is same-platform name
collision: the word the user typed matches one component while the behavior they asked for belongs
to another — resolve it by comparing inventory descriptions against the required behavior, never by
name alone.
Hard rule — read the inventory before naming any skill
You MUST have read the platform inventory at
https://ai.syncfusion.com/<platform-slug>/inventory.txt
in this session
before you name, install, or write code against any Syncfusion component skill.
If you have not read it in this session, fetch it now and do not continue.
When the user asks for a component, before you say "I will install skill X" or write any code:
- State the candidate skills you considered (from the inventory, not from memory).
- State the required behavior inferred from the user's request.
- State the evidence — the inventory entry, name, or description that matches.
- Cite the inventory file you read.
If no inventory entry covers the behavior, say so explicitly and ask the human before proceeding.
Never propose a skill name, package name, or import path that is not present in the inventory you
just read. If the only source you have for a name is your training data, label it
unverified and
stop until you can cite the inventory or an installed
.
Route first
The fastest correct path is almost always:
- Identify the platform from the repository manifest.
- Fetch
https://ai.syncfusion.com/<platform-slug>/llms.txt
for that platform. It is self-sufficient:
skill pack, packages, license registration, a complete example, and a verification checklist.
- Read the platform inventory —
https://ai.syncfusion.com/<platform-slug>/inventory.txt
— once
during setup, not per request. From it, retain a session inventory: a compact routing map of
each component skill with its category, its package, and the behaviors its description covers.
The session inventory is the routing source for the rest of the session, for as long as session
memory lasts.
- List the candidate component skills from the session inventory: every skill whose name,
category, or description matches the request. Component names collide inside a platform too,
not only across platforms: "a calendar to display events" matches both the Calendars skill
(date-selection inputs) and the Scheduler skill (event and appointment management).
- Choose by required behavior, not by the word the user typed, and state the candidates, the
choice, and the evidence exactly as the "Hard rule" checklist above requires. If two
candidates still tie and the choice changes the implementation, ask one short question and stop.
- Install the skill pack or component skill the comparison selects.
- Read
https://ai.syncfusion.com/licensing.md
before touching any key.
Subsequent requests in the same session resolve from the session inventory — do not fetch the
inventory again. This covers both direct requests ("add a Grid") and requests that describe a goal
rather than name a component ("view my PDF file", "edit a document", "display events on a
calendar"). Match the described behavior against the behaviors the map records for each skill; do
not keyword-match the user's words, which wastes context and produces wrong-component answers.
Refetch the inventory, only when the session inventory cannot resolve the request: no candidate
covers the behavior, two candidates tie in a way that changes the implementation, or the request
names a component the map does not contain — it may be newer than the setup read or belong to a
different platform slug.
Sources of knowledge
Two sources. Pick the one you are actually reading from, and say so out loud when you make a claim:
- Session inventory — the routing map retained from and the installed skill's
/ . Use this for any claim about a component's package, import, or
behavior. Cite the file and section.
- Trained memory — patterns baked into the model. Not citable. Do not use it to fill gaps in
the session inventory; the refetch triggers in "Route first" say what to do instead.
Platform Slugs:
xamarin-to-maui-migration
If you have no network access, the rest of this skill and its references carry enough to proceed.
Establish the project context
Inspect the repository before asking the user for anything already present. Determine:
- framework, language, runtime, package manager
- existing Syncfusion packages and their exact versions
- the requested component or SDK and the features actually needed
- whether this is a new integration, an edit, an upgrade, a migration, or troubleshooting
- existing theme and CSS setup, application bootstrap, and test and build commands
- existing skills directory and MCP configuration
- evidence of license registration — without printing or exposing any key
Manifest signals:
for React, Angular, Vue and JavaScript;
for Blazor,
ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, MAUI, WPF, WinForms and WinUI;
for Flutter.
Do not mix examples across platforms. If the repository does not resolve the platform and the choice
changes the implementation, ask one short question and stop.
Two slugs can both be correct: a React application that displays PDFs in the browser and signs them
on a .NET server needs
and
. Two
UI framework slugs never are.
Choose the path
| Need | Path |
|---|
| Generate or modify Syncfusion code | A — official agent skills |
| Verify a current API, release change, or advanced configuration | B — current documentation |
| Resolve license setup or a license warning | C — licensing |
| Evaluate Syncfusion before changing the project | D — research only |
A typical implementation uses A, consults B for uncertain details, observes C throughout, and finishes
with verification.
Path A — official agent skills
Syncfusion publishes component-aware skills containing setup, imports, modules and services,
properties, events, theming, accessibility guidance and implementation patterns — and, more valuable,
the failure modes that public documentation omits.
- Check whether the matching skill is already installed in the agent's skills location.
- If missing and installation is within the user's request, choose the narrowest official pack
or component skill from the retained inventory routing map, using the behavior-based
comparison above. Read
references/skill-packs.md
for the verified repository names and commands.
- Before running a networked install or changing project-level agent configuration, follow the
host's authorization rules.
- Read the selected component completely before implementing. Read only the supporting
references the requested features need.
- Follow the installed skill over remembered snippets. Match the versions already in the project
unless the user asked for an upgrade.
Prefer a single component skill when the component is known; install a full platform pack when the
user expects broad or repeated Syncfusion work. Project-local installation keeps the skill aligned
with the repository and shareable with the team.
Installing an agent skill does not install the Syncfusion product packages. The component skill
identifies the actual runtime dependencies; install those separately.
Path B — current documentation
Use when the answer depends on a current API, a recently released feature, an exact package,
migration behaviour, or a troubleshooting detail.
- Use the configured Syncfusion MCP server and its documentation search tool when available.
- Otherwise search the official documentation for the exact framework, component and installed
version.
- Use official demos and repositories to supplement documentation — never cross-framework snippets
found by general search.
Skills guide code generation; MCP servers retrieve current documentation. They are complementary, and
MCP is optional — it requires an API key, and the anonymous path must work without one. See
.
Say when a detail was verified from current documentation. Do not invent an API when authoritative
information is unavailable; state what you could not confirm.
Path C — licensing
Installing and reading Syncfusion agent skills requires no license. Using Syncfusion component
libraries or document SDKs is governed by the applicable commercial, Community, trial or other
product license.
- Never generate, guess, log, echo or commit a license key or MCP API key.
- Do not claim the project is licensed because packages build or skills are installed.
- Reuse the project's existing secret-management pattern. Keep secrets out of source control and out
of client-visible output, unless the platform's official registration method explicitly requires
application-level registration.
- Use the licensing page for the exact framework and installed version; mechanisms differ by platform
and release.
- Never suppress, hide or CSS-hide a licensing banner or warning.
- If a key or account action is required, explain what the human must obtain or authorize, and stop.
- Treat license terms as authoritative. Do not infer production rights from a trial or Community
license without verification.
An MCP API key is a credential for the documentation assistant. It is not a product license key.
Full rules:
Path D — research only
When the user is evaluating Syncfusion, install nothing — no packages, no skills, no MCP
configuration. Identify the target framework and workload, then compare the relevant official
product, documentation, demos, deployment model and licensing requirements. Separate verified facts
from recommendations.
Implement
- Preserve the project's framework version, architecture, formatting and dependency conventions.
- Install only the packages the selected component and features require.
- Include every required import, module or service injection, provider, handler, tag-helper
registration, theme stylesheet, runtime asset and server dependency the component skill describes.
- Implement the smallest end-to-end slice that demonstrates the requested behaviour, with realistic
typed data.
- Emit complete files. No ellipses, no "rest of your code", no partial diff as the primary output.
- Validate loading, empty, error and primary interaction states where relevant.
- Cite the source for every component claim — session inventory or installed . If a
line cannot be cited, do not write it.
Verify
Do not report success from compilation alone. Full checklist:
references/verification.md
At minimum: the component renders or executes, the requested feature is observably exercised, no
licensing warning appears, the runtime log is clean of missing-module and missing-asset errors, and
no key appears in the diff. If runtime verification is unavailable in your environment, say exactly
what remains unverified and give the user a concise manual check.
Troubleshoot in this order
- Framework and Syncfusion package version compatibility
- Missing package, peer dependency, module, service, provider, handler or import
- Theme CSS, fonts, scripts, static assets, or a required server-side endpoint
- Data shape, identifiers, date and number parsing, async lifecycle
- Feature-specific configuration from the installed component skill
- Current official documentation, or an MCP lookup
- A minimal reproduction with unrelated application code removed
Preserve the original error text. Distinguish a product defect from an integration or configuration
issue. Use Syncfusion Support when a minimal reproduction still fails against documented behaviour:
https://support.syncfusion.com/
For each proposed fix, cite the source, per "Implement" and the "Hard rule" above.
References
| Reference | When to use |
|---|
references/skill-packs.md
| Choosing or installing a pack; you need a verified repository name |
| Configuring an MCP server, or deciding whether you need one |
| Any key, secret, CI, or account question |
references/verification.md
| Before reporting that an implementation works |