dotnet/skills · plugins/dotnet-test/skills/writing-mstest-tests/SKILL.md

writing-mstest-tests skillA

writing-mstest-tests is agent-read markdown (skill) from dotnet/skills: ALWAYS USE when asked to fix, rewrite, update, improve, modernize, show corrected code for, or explain existing MSTest tests or MSTest-specific configuration. Use for "review" when corrected code or edits are wanted, even for one pasted assertion or passing tests with bad failure output. Covers expected/actual labels; generic Boolean, collection, string, numeric, null, identity, exception, hard-cast, and object[] checks; TestContext/lifecycle; timeout/cancellation; OS/CI conditions, retry, clean.

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add dotnet/skills/writing-mstest-tests@git:20260904.cb9651d
Exact content
mdr add dotnet/skills/writing-mstest-tests@sha256:9da7a07ba196350c

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

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Versions

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260904.cb9651d latest2026-09-04 cb9651d 24,706 BA view · diff
git:20260903.30b30ef2026-09-03 30b30ef 23,349 BA view · diff
git:20260902.00b3bac2026-09-02 00b3bac 23,254 BA view · diff
git:20260828.2b9056b2026-08-28 2b9056b 22,224 BA view · diff
git:20260827.a77e7da2026-08-27 a77e7da 20,420 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (24706 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

GitHub

dotnet/skills · 5,437 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-17 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ruicmow7zi7hapsb
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/writing-mstest-tests
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9da7a07ba196350c5bf9e53a1dbdc4820080a4178804748211c12e58622459a0

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