platform-detection SKILL.md skillA
platform-detection 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/platform-detection@git:20260925.a824bbbPins git:20260925.a824bbb 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/platform-detection/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20260925.a824bbb, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 26, 2026
- Size
- 13,292 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,788
- License
- MIT
Identify a .NET project's test platform, framework, command mode, and SDK-style vs classic project system. Use only for "which test platform/framework?", "VSTest or MTP?", or "what runner does this project use?", including bridge settings, UseVSTest opt-outs, and incompatible or conflicting VSTest/MTP configuration. Resolves global.json, project, packages.config, Directory.Build.props, and Directory.Packages.props precedence for MSTest/xUnit/NUnit/TUnit. DO NOT USE when the user asks to…
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
# Test Platform and Framework Detection Determine **which test platform** (VSTest or Microsoft.Testing.Platform) and **which test framework** (MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, TUnit) a project uses. ## Response contract Honor the user's requested labels and order exactly, substituting the actual classification for every placeholder. Start with the verdict: never put a heading, scratch analysis, tool syntax, or an echoed template before it. Follow with one concise evidence sentence naming the repository facts needed to justify every requested classification. When `Framework` is requested, name the package or project SDK that identifies it. Use a second sentence only for a conflict, an incomplete configuration, or target-framework-specific differences. `Platform` means the platform that actually executes tests: **VSTest** or **MTP**. If conflicting or incomplete configuration prevents execution, report it as unavailable rather than inventing a successful platform. Never classify the executed platform from `global.json` `test.runner` alone. That setting selects `dotnet test` command mode; even an explicit `VSTest` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/platform-detection@sha256:c824bf8f8cbf1233The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260925.a824bbb, 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_vde7ovfi347s643t)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Aug 26, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260925.a824bbb latest | 2026-09-25 | a824bbb | 13,292 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260903.30b30ef | 2026-09-03 | 30b30ef | 13,190 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260902.00b3bac | 2026-09-02 | 00b3bac | 12,605 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.2b9056b | 2026-08-28 | 2b9056b | 12,282 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260827.7e5b598 | 2026-08-27 | 7e5b598 | 11,540 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260826.3adf7cb | 2026-08-26 | 3adf7cb | 7,888 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 (13292 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_vde7ovfi347s643t GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/platform-detection GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c824bf8f8cbf1233b8b0dbc6e38fae6ac2486c42a6a1f6553a6335daa6838c1a
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.