migrate-vstest-to-mtp SKILL.md skillA
migrate-vstest-to-mtp 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/migrate-vstest-to-mtp@git:20260902.3b670a8Pins git:20260902.3b670a8 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-migration/skills/migrate-vstest-to-mtp/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260902.3b670a8, committed Sep 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 23, 2026
- Size
- 22,210 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
Use this skill before answering, planning, or editing whenever .NET tests or CI are switching from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP), or an MTP migration behaves differently. Triggers include "switch from VSTest"; MSTest/NUnit/xUnit MTP enablement; OutputType=Exe only for test projects in Directory.Build.props; EnableMSTestRunner, EnableNUnitRunner, UseMicrosoftTestingPlatformRunner, or YTest.MTP.XUnit2; .NET 10 global.json test.runner and TestingPlatformDotnetTestSupport; translating…
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
# VSTest -> Microsoft.Testing.Platform Migration Migrate a .NET test solution from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform (MTP). The outcome is a solution where all test projects run on MTP, `dotnet test` works correctly, and CI/CD pipelines are updated. ## First Action Inspect the supplied project, `Directory.Build.props`, `global.json`, and CI files before searching the web or answering from memory. Resolve the framework and SDK mode first: .NET 9 and earlier use the compatibility property plus the `--` separator; .NET 10 native MTP uses `global.json`, removes that property, and passes MTP arguments without the separator. For central properties, never condition on `IsTestProject` in `Directory.Build.props`; use a property already available there, such as `MSBuildProjectName`. > **Important**: Do not mix VSTest-based and MTP-based .NET test projects in the same solution or run configuration -- this is an unsupported scenario. ## When to Use - Switching from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform for any supported test framework - Enabling `dotnet run` / `dotnet watch` / direct executable execution for test projects - Enabling Native AOT or trimmed test execution …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/migrate-vstest-to-mtp@sha256:e4984767f47f06b9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260902.3b670a8, 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_gjcbiskabe2eyuz4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 23, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026, about one every 18 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260902.3b670a8 latest | 2026-09-02 | 3b670a8 | 22,210 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.f775756 | 2026-08-31 | f775756 | 21,637 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260731.030493d | 2026-07-31 | 030493d | 19,265 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260625.cbb6121 | 2026-06-25 | cbb6121 | 19,137 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260623.35ace77 | 2026-06-23 | 35ace77 | 19,133 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 (22210 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 · 5,836 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gjcbiskabe2eyuz4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/migrate-vstest-to-mtp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e4984767f47f06b9cdebdc14f001deb7116e0df2113f034c87d13fe30221a40d
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