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    WinApp CLI + Claude Code: Microsoft Makes Native Windows Apps Agent-Friendly

    On June 3, 2026, Paul Thurrott published an account of using Microsoft’s new Windows Development Skills and the WinApp CLI with Claude Code to generate a native Windows 11 WinUI 3 app from a plain-language prompt. The result was not a miracle, but it was more important than a demo: it showed...
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    How WinApp CLI and Windows Development Skills Let AI Build WinUI 3 Apps Fast

    Paul Thurrott used Microsoft’s new Windows Development Skills preview with Anthropic Claude Code after Build 2026 to generate a native Windows 11 Notepad-style app using WinUI 3, the Windows App SDK, and the WinApp command-line tool in roughly 48 minutes. The result was not a miracle, but it was...
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    Windows App Development CLI v0.2: .NET Support, Manifest Placeholders, and Store Integration

    Microsoft’s winapp CLI just took a meaningful step toward making Windows app packaging and identity less painful for cross-platform and .NET developers — and v0.2’s changes show this tool is starting to behave less like an experiment and more like a practical developer utility you can drop into...
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