MCP Server .NET docs reference incorrect project template package

[R-Hurl]

I wanted to start a discussion around the documentation for creating an MCP server using .NET, as it appears to be out of date following a recent change to the project templates.

Issue

The current documentation instructs users to install the MCP server project template using:

dotnet new install Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Templates

However, this package now only installs the aichatweb template. The MCP server project template was recently moved to the Microsoft.McpServer.ProjectTemplates NuGet package as part of the following commit:

As a result, following the documented steps no longer makes the mcpserver template available, which can be confusing for users trying to get started using MCP in .NET

Documentation impacted

These docs currently reference the old template package as of the time of this writing:

• Building Your First MCP Server with .NET and Publishing to NuGet
• Create a minimal MCP server using C# and publish to NuGet

Suggestion

It would be great to update the documentation to reference the new Microsoft.McpServer.ProjectTemplates package (or otherwise clarify the new installation steps), so new users don’t run into the same confusion.

[KalleOlaviNiemitalo]

• Create a minimal MCP server using C# and publish to NuGet

That was updated in dotnet/docs#50714 to recommend dotnet new install Microsoft.McpServer.ProjectTemplates.