It's a simple project template for creating a (C#) command-line application, with access to WinRT APIs.
Well right now, not many WinRT APIs work outside an Package/AppContainer context. So things like MessageDialog are broken. But hey, it's a start!
Due to the current state of Visual Studio "11" tooling, I used:
- Visual Studio 2010 SP1
- Visual Studio 2010 SP1 SDK
(Then I built a simple VSIX and edited the project file to target Visual Studio "11")