# Wcf

> Work on WCF services, clients, bindings, contracts, and migration decisions for SOAP and multi-transport service-oriented systems on .NET Framework or compatible stacks. USE FOR: working on WCF services, bindings, or clients; deciding whether a service should stay WCF or move to modern HTTP APIs; reviewing transport, security, or interoperability. DO NOT USE FOR: unrelated stacks; generic tasks t…

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-managedcode-dotnet-skills-wcf`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [managedcode](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/managedcode)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [managedcode](https://github.com/managedcode)
- **Source:** https://github.com/managedcode/dotnet-skills/tree/main/catalog/Frameworks/WCF/skills/wcf
- **Website:** https://skills.managed-code.com

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-managedcode-dotnet-skills-wcf
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Windows Communication Foundation

## Trigger On

- working on WCF services, bindings, or clients
- deciding whether a service should stay WCF or move to modern HTTP APIs
- reviewing transport, security, or interoperability settings

## Workflow

1. Use WCF where SOAP, WS-* features, or multi-transport service requirements are real; do not rewrite those needs into HTTP-only guidance by accident.
2. Keep contracts, bindings, behaviors, and hosting configuration explicit because WCF complexity compounds through configuration indirection.
3. For new REST-style services, prefer modern ASP.NET Core APIs instead of extending WCF into a shape it is no longer best suited for.
4. Plan migrations per endpoint and capability: transport, security model, transaction requirements, metadata, and client compatibility.
5. Validate interoperability and deployment assumptions with the actual client ecosystem, not only local service startup.
6. When WCF coexists with ASP.NET, be explicit about which runtime behaviors are shared and which are not.

## Deliver

- stable WCF service or client configuration
- realistic migration guidance to newer stacks where appropriate
- clear contract and binding ownership

## Validate

- WCF is used for a reason the modern stack does not replace directly
- binding and security behavior are explicit
- interop is verified with real consumers

## References

- [migration.md](references/migration.md) - WCF to gRPC/REST/CoreWCF migration paths, decision framework, and endpoint-by-endpoint migration strategy
- [patterns.md](references/patterns.md) - WCF maintenance patterns for configuration, contracts, hosting, security, diagnostics, and client proxy management

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [managedcode](https://github.com/managedcode)
- **Source:** [managedcode/dotnet-skills](https://github.com/managedcode/dotnet-skills)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://skills.managed-code.com

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-managedcode-dotnet-skills-wcf
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/managedcode
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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