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title: "MSBuild Server for CLI Caching - Air Market"
description: "You rebuild from the command line and it takes longer than it should, while building in your IDE feels quicker. This explains why and walks you through switching on a build server that stays running…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/msbuild-server"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / MSBuild Server for CLI Caching

Skill by [.NET Platform](/@dotnet)

# MSBuild Server for CLI Caching

When your command-line builds drag but the IDE feels fine

## What this does

You rebuild from the command line and it takes longer than it should, while building in your IDE feels quicker. This explains why and walks you through switching on a build server that stays running between builds so work is cached. It is for command-line builds only; your IDE already works this way.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Speed up slow incremental builds from the terminal
- Find out why CLI builds lag behind the IDE
- Turn on server-based build caching

## Information

**MSBuild Server for CLI Caching at a glance**

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| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [.NET Platform](/@dotnet) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 3 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [dotnet/skills](https://github.com/dotnet/skills/tree/4975793af043e1f4ddd75c86778bd9bbcc94d7dd/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-server) |
| GitHub stars | 5,236 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 1,530, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of MSBuild Server for CLI Caching and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What MSBuild Server for CLI Caching's check was run against**

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| --- | --- |
| Commit | 4975793af043e1f4ddd75c86778bd9bbcc94d7dd |
| Content hash | 022ae1e322b6ab8dd21ee86e5e56ae657269a084621676ab27f5063cdeac4e82 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/dotnet/skills/blob/4975793af043e1f4ddd75c86778bd9bbcc94d7dd/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-server/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 MSBuild Server for CLI Caching](/security/msbuild-server)

## About MSBuild Server for CLI Caching

This is a guide to using MSBuild Server to improve build performance from the command line. It covers the MSBUILDUSESERVER=1 environment variable, which enables persistent server-based caching between builds.

It is meant for the case where incremental CLI builds feel slow, or noticeably slower than the same builds in an IDE. It does not apply to IDE builds, since Visual Studio already keeps a long-lived process.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is MSBuild Server for CLI Caching safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of MSBuild Server for CLI Caching and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 4975793af043, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/msbuild-server.

### How do I install MSBuild Server for CLI Caching?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/msbuild-server 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/dotnet/skills/tree/4975793af043e1f4ddd75c86778bd9bbcc94d7dd/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-server. Install from that link, not the branch.

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- [More Developer Tools listings](/category/devtools)
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