run-tests SKILL.md skillA
run-tests from dotnet/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dotnet/skills/run-tests@git:20261009.e191d40Pins git:20261009.e191d40 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dotnet/skills
- Path
plugins/dotnet-test/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261009.e191d40, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 26, 2026
- Size
- 15,571 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,788
- License
- MIT
ALWAYS USE before running .NET tests or answering with a test command or flags. Trigger on "run the tests", "exact dotnet test command", one test/class/category/trait/target framework, combined filters, `--filter-query`, `--no-build`, `--diag`, diagnostic logs, TRX, coverage collection, crash/hang dumps, filter errors, or unrecognized options. Chooses repository-compatible classic, VSTest, bridged MTP, or native MTP syntax for MSTest/xUnit/NUnit/TUnit. DO NOT USE for platform identification…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Run .NET Tests Return or execute the command or command sequence that matches the repository's project system, test platform, framework, and SDK mode. ## Repository overlay For every repository-scoped task where read-only file inspection is allowed, check `.agents/skill-overlays/dotnet-test/run-tests.md` at the repository root before any other discovery. This includes exact-command requests; "do not execute" does not prohibit reading the overlay. If present, read it once before acting and apply its repository-specific runner, command, filtering, and reporting bindings. Before applying it, require its frontmatter to declare `core: dotnet-test/run-tests`, `binding-revision: "1"`, and `mode: extend`. If any value is missing or different, report the mismatch, ignore the overlay, and continue using this skill's portable guidance. Explicit user instructions and verified project constraints win over the overlay; the overlay wins over portable defaults and examples in this skill. If the file is present but unreadable or conflicts with the repository, report the problem, ignore the overlay, and continue with portable guidance subject to …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/run-tests@sha256:7b9698bb5c1f172cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.e191d40, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_cuiwlfptyyu6oiyv)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Aug 26, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261009.e191d40 latest | 2026-10-09 | e191d40 | 15,571 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.cb9651d | 2026-09-04 | cb9651d | 15,440 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.30b30ef | 2026-09-03 | 30b30ef | 14,109 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.00b3bac | 2026-09-02 | 00b3bac | 14,207 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.2b9056b | 2026-08-28 | 2b9056b | 13,800 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260826.3adf7cb | 2026-08-26 | 3adf7cb | 13,012 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15571 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
dotnet/skills · 5,788 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cuiwlfptyyu6oiyv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/run-tests GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b9698bb5c1f172ca35695dc3b614957c2cb8badf7b230a4b8118d173650fe2b
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