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Update app building skill with publishing gotcha
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Fix note pointing out @sa property name
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion src/SeqCli/Skills/Resources/building-seq-plug-in-apps/SKILL.md
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<PackageReference Include="Seq.Apps" Version="..." />
<!-- Add Seq.Syntax (project or package reference) if using the Seq template language -->
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<!-- Package dependencies into primary NUPKG file, except those shipped in the app host itself -->
<None Include="./obj/publish/**/*" Exclude="./obj/publish/$(MSBuildProjectName).dll;./obj/publish/Seq.Apps.dll;./obj/publish/Serilog.dll" Pack="true" PackagePath="lib/$(TargetFramework)" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
```

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- Default time zone: `Etc/UTC`
- Default date/time format: `o` (ISO-8601 round-trip)

## Gotchas

- Seq does not resolve package dependencies when installing apps. Apps must package assembly dependencies into their own NUPKG (see CSPROJ conventions above).

## References

- [CLEF specification](https://clef-json.org) — the Compact Log Event Format (`@t`, `@mt`, `@m`, `@l`, `@x`, `@i`, `@r`)
- [Posting raw events](https://docs.datalust.co/docs/posting-raw-events) — CLEF reference including Seq trace extensions (`@tr`, `@sp`, `@ps`, `@st`, `@sc`, `@ra`, `@sk`)
- [Posting raw events](https://docs.datalust.co/docs/posting-raw-events) — CLEF reference including Seq trace extensions (`@tr`, `@sp`, `@ps`, `@st`, `@sa`, `@ra`, `@sk`)
- [Template syntax](https://docs.datalust.co/docs/template-syntax) — documentation for the Seq template language used in app settings
- [seq-apps-runtime](https://github.com/datalust/seq-apps-runtime) — source code for the `Seq.Apps` API (`SeqApp`, `ISubscribeToAsync<LogEvent>`, `ISubscribeToJsonAsync`, etc.)
- [seqcli](https://github.com/datalust/seqcli) — source code for the `seqcli app run` command that Seq uses to host apps at runtime
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