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filter-syntax from cratis/ai is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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mdr add cratis/ai/filter-syntax@git:20261102.97944e7

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Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
cratis/ai
Path
.cratis/ai/skills/filter-syntax/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
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Latest version
git:20261102.97944e7, committed Nov 2, 2026
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Repository stars
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License
MIT

Use when run-tests needs a filter translated after the .NET test platform and framework are known. Not for direct invocation, unfiltered runs or platform detection.

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

<!-- Modified by Cratis from dotnet's original (MIT): frontmatter, applicability, navigation and the changes listed in NOTICE. Upstream: https://github.com/dotnet/skills (plugins/dotnet-test/skills/filter-syntax/SKILL.md; see NOTICE) -->

# Test Filter Syntax Reference

Cratis rules in `.cratis/ai/rules/` (including `csharp.md`, `specs.csharp.md`, and `orleans.md`) and the `cratis-*` skills win where they differ. Specification authoring belongs to **cratis-specifications-csharp**; identify the actual runner rather than assuming xUnit v2/VSTest. Supported Cratis executable suites use direct runner flags first (see its [running-specs reference](../cratis-specifications-csharp/references/running-specs.md)). The dotnet-test forms below are technical syntax when that entrypoint is explicitly required, not the Cratis default.

Filter syntax depends on the **platform** and **test framework**.

## VSTest filters (MSTest, xUnit v2, NUnit on VSTest)

```bash
dotnet test --filter <EXPRESSION>
```

Expression syntax: `<Property><Operator><Value>[|&<Expression>]`

**Operators:**

| Operator | Meaning |
|----------|---------|
| `=` | Exact match |
| `!=` | Not exact match |
| `~` | Contains |
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add cratis/ai/filter-syntax@sha256:606e752f530e8cbd

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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Source

GitHub

cratis/ai · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_goi5i2emmnyhtd3y
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cratis/ai/filter-syntax
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/606e752f530e8cbd606a1f64b2f6f01b785581d240787e09bb9f2e2fb98bfda4

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