scaffold-dotnet-test-project SKILL.md skillA
scaffold-dotnet-test-project 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/scaffold-dotnet-test-project@git:20261009.0478872Pins git:20261009.0478872 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/scaffold-dotnet-test-project/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261009.0478872, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 28, 2026
- Size
- 12,346 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,836
- License
- MIT
MUST USE when an existing .NET test project was excluded from a .slnf/CI solution filter, disappeared from .sln/.slnx discovery, or lost its production ProjectReference; also for requests to set up, create, reuse, add, register, include, or repair a test project. Handles "tests pass directly but CI discovers zero", exact solution wiring, xUnit/NUnit/MSTest, and central packages. DO NOT USE to only author tests in an already-wired project (code-testing), run tests, migrate, or correct MSTest…
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
# Scaffold or Repair a .NET Test Project Create the smallest missing test container or repair only the missing wiring. The goal is test discovery through the repository's real build entry point, not a preferred solution layout. ## Repository overlay For every repository-scoped task where read-only file inspection is allowed, check `.agents/skill-overlays/dotnet-test/scaffold-dotnet-test-project.md` at the repository root before any other discovery. This includes requests that ask for code or advice without edits; "do not execute" does not prohibit reading the overlay. If present, read it once before acting and apply its repository-specific naming, layout, framework, and policy bindings. Before applying it, require its frontmatter to declare `core: dotnet-test/scaffold-dotnet-test-project`, `binding-revision: "1"`, and `mode: extend`. If any value is missing or different, report the mismatch and continue using this skill's portable guidance without applying the overlay. Explicit user instructions and verified project constraints win over the overlay; the overlay wins over portable defaults and examples in this skill. If …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/scaffold-dotnet-test-project@sha256:dfb06c39a27523f5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.0478872, 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_inmwogb6jebciv6w)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261009.0478872 latest | 2026-10-09 | 0478872 | 12,346 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261008.a51399b | 2026-10-08 | a51399b | 11,297 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.ac8f412 | 2026-09-04 | ac8f412 | 11,309 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.cb9651d | 2026-09-04 | cb9651d | 10,832 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.30b30ef | 2026-09-03 | 30b30ef | 9,430 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.00b3bac | 2026-09-02 | 00b3bac | 9,186 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.2b9056b | 2026-08-28 | 2b9056b | 9,050 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 (12346 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_inmwogb6jebciv6w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/scaffold-dotnet-test-project GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dfb06c39a27523f5135abd81fdc64ec86c200799af39d085b412510fb4c43683
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