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title: "Entity Framework Core Patterns - Air Market"
description: "Entity Framework Core is easy to start with and easy to misuse, and the mistakes usually show up later as slow queries or messy migrations. This collects the practices that avoid them. Reach for it w…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/efcore-patterns"
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[Air Market](/) / [Data & Analytics](/category/data) / Entity Framework Core Patterns

Skill by [Aaron Stannard](/@aaronontheweb)

# Entity Framework Core Patterns

Use EF Core the way it wants to be used

## What this does

Entity Framework Core is easy to start with and easy to misuse, and the mistakes usually show up later as slow queries or messy migrations. This collects the practices that avoid them. Reach for it when writing EF Core queries or when migrations have become awkward to run.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Fix queries that load related collections badly
- Get my migrations under control
- Avoid the usual EF Core traps

## Information

**Entity Framework Core Patterns at a glance**

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| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Aaron Stannard](/@aaronontheweb) |
| Category | [Data & Analytics](/category/data) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 18 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills](https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills/tree/316756fb309b9ee42d86d5db0d70504d62f3b0c3/skills/efcore-patterns) |
| GitHub stars | 1,123 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of Entity Framework Core Patterns and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What Entity Framework Core Patterns's check was run against**

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| Commit | 316756fb309b9ee42d86d5db0d70504d62f3b0c3 |
| Content hash | 7a8dad46a29c590f277a3fe963e97c13e871198a0da34618ada74a6a4c000e2d |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills/blob/316756fb309b9ee42d86d5db0d70504d62f3b0c3/skills/efcore-patterns/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for Entity Framework Core Patterns](/security/efcore-patterns)

## About Entity Framework Core Patterns

This skill gathers Entity Framework Core best practices: NoTracking as the default, query splitting when loading navigation collections, and migration management including dedicated migration services.

It also lists common pitfalls to steer clear of.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is Entity Framework Core Patterns safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of Entity Framework Core Patterns and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 316756fb309b, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/efcore-patterns.

### How do I install Entity Framework Core Patterns?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/efcore-patterns on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/Aaronontheweb/dotnet-skills/tree/316756fb309b9ee42d86d5db0d70504d62f3b0c3/skills/efcore-patterns. Install from that link, not the branch.

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