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Dashboard data showed coverage-analysis failing to activate in 8/10
recent scheduled plugin-mode runs for the 'Coverage plateau diagnosis'
scenario, while activating reliably in isolated mode. PR #647 added
positive triggers to coverage-analysis but did not address sibling
attention competition.
The crap-score description matched the plateau prompt almost as well as
coverage-analysis (it advertised 'evaluate whether complex methods have
sufficient test coverage' + 'Requires code coverage data (Cobertura
XML)') without redirecting project-wide / stuck-coverage diagnosis to
coverage-analysis. With 22 sibling skills competing for attention this
overlap is enough to suppress activation altogether.
Tighten the crap-score frontmatter to:
- Scope positive triggers to a named method, class, or single source
file (the actual eval surface — see tests/dotnet-test/crap-score/
eval.yaml, all 3 scenarios target OrderService.cs).
- Add explicit DO NOT USE FOR redirects covering project-wide coverage
analysis, coverage plateau / stuck coverage, what's blocking
coverage, and where to add tests across a project — all of which
point at coverage-analysis.
skill-validator check passes (22 skills, 11 agents, 1 plugin).
Aggregate dotnet-test description size: 14,932 chars (limit 15,000).
markdownlint passes.
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* Fix coverage-analysis activation for plateau diagnosis prompts
coverage-analysis SKILL.md:
- Trim verbose implementation details (provider detection,
ReportGenerator) that consumed description budget without
aiding skill activation
- Add explicit USE FOR keywords: coverage stuck, coverage plateau,
can't increase coverage, what's blocking coverage
code-testing-agent SKILL.md:
- Add 'diagnosing coverage plateaus or CRAP score computation
(use coverage-analysis)' to DO NOT USE FOR boundary to prevent
test-generation skill from intercepting diagnostic prompts
* Potential fix for pull request finding
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* Strengthen code-testing-agent activation; harden coverage-analysis isolated mode
Address eval regressions reported on PR #647 (run 25813728646):
1. code-testing-agent: `Generate tests for ContosoUniversity ASP.NET Core MVC app`
was NOT ACTIVATED in plugin mode (detectedSkills=[], skillEventCount=0,
invokedAgents=[]). The model bypassed the skill system entirely.
- SKILL.md description: restructure to use the proven `Use when user says ...`
pattern with quoted trigger phrases (matching the run-tests skill that
consistently activates), make the link to the code-testing-generator
sub-agent explicit, and tighten DO NOT USE FOR clauses.
- eval prompt (eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml): make the request
pipeline-shaped (`project-wide, multi-file test generation task`,
`scaffold a new test project`) so the model recognizes it as multi-step
work that benefits from the orchestrated pipeline. Explicitly request
coverlet.collector + a Cobertura XML run so rubric criterion 1
(`high line coverage as reported by the Cobertura XML in TestResults/`)
becomes achievable without overfitting.
2. code-testing-tester agent + code-testing-extensions/dotnet.md: open a
scoped exception to the `skip coverage tools` rule. Default behavior
stays the same, but when the user/harness explicitly asks for a
Cobertura/XML coverage artifact, the agent may add coverlet.collector
to the generated test csproj so the harness's coverage command produces
output. The agent still does not run the coverage command itself.
3. coverage-analysis SKILL.md: add a `User-visible output is mandatory`
guard at the top of the Workflow section. The latest eval showed isolated
mode producing literally `(no output)` in 2 of 3 scenarios — the agent
ran Compute-CrapScores.ps1 / Extract-MethodCoverage.ps1 / ReportGenerator
in parallel, then the session ended without ever surfacing findings.
The guard tells the agent to always return a partial summary instead of
ending silent, and to deprioritize ReportGenerator HTML when budget is
tight. (Plugin-mode quality is already strong: 4.3 / 4.3 / 5.0 — no
regression risk there.)
Aggregate dotnet-test plugin description size: 14,925 chars (limit 15,000).
skill-validator check passes (22 skills, 11 agents, 1 plugin); markdownlint
passes for all 4 modified files.
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* Restore MSTest modernization exclusion in code-testing-agent description
* Fix isolated-mode coverage-analysis: emit summary before optional ReportGenerator
The previous workflow encouraged the agent to run `dotnet tool install` for
ReportGenerator in parallel with the CRAP scoring scripts (Phase 2 "Steps
3 and 4 in parallel" + Phase 3 "Steps 5 and 6 in parallel"). In isolated
mode that pattern reliably crashed the session with "Failed to persist
session events: timeout while waiting for mutex to become available"
right after the scripts returned valid data, so the agent never produced
the user-facing summary.
Restructure the workflow into 5 phases:
- Phase 1 (Setup) - unchanged
- Phase 2 (Test execution) - skip when Cobertura XML already exists
- Phase 3 (Analysis) - run only the two PowerShell scripts, no RG
- Phase 4 (User-facing summary) - MANDATORY, must be the next assistant
response after Phase 3, before any RG work; also save
coverage-analysis.md as a secondary follow-up
- Phase 5 (ReportGenerator HTML/CSV) - strictly optional, post-summary,
skipped by default for existing-Cobertura and plateau-diagnosis paths
Also update references/output-format.md so the Reports section marks RG
artifacts as "Not generated (optional - request HTML reports to enable)"
when Phase 5 has not run, and update references/guidelines.md so the
"show and open the markdown report" rule explicitly defers to the
user-facing assistant response.
Targets the isolated-mode regressions in PR #647 eval:
- Project-wide coverage with existing Cobertura: 1.0/5 -> expected 3+
- Coverage plateau diagnosis: 1.0/5 -> expected 3+
- Run coverage from scratch: 2.3/5 -> expected steady or up
Verified: skill-validator check --plugin ./plugins/dotnet-test passes;
markdownlint-cli2 clean on all 3 modified files.
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* Address PR #647 review comments
1. Prerequisites: distinguish the from-scratch path (needs NuGet for the
coverage-provider package install + optional internet for ReportGenerator)
from the existing-Cobertura path (needs neither).
2. Add Step 2c "Discover or accept existing Cobertura XML" so the
existing-data path actually has $coberturaFiles populated before
Phase 3, instead of relying on Phase 2's discovery (which it
skips). Also clarify Step 2's destructive Remove-Item only manages
the skill-owned coverage-analysis/ subdirectory.
3. references/output-format.md: replace the unconditional
"Reports saved to: <coverageDir>/reports/" line with one that
always points at <coverageDir>/ (markdown summary + raw Cobertura)
and only mentions reports/ if Phase 5 ran.
4. Have Compute-CrapScores.ps1 emit OVERALL_LINE_COVERAGE and
OVERALL_BRANCH_COVERAGE from the Cobertura root attributes, and
update Phase 4 to read those values directly from the script's
output. The Phase 4 mandatory-summary rule no longer requires a
separate XML parse before composing the response.
Verified: skill-validator check --plugin ./plugins/dotnet-test passes;
markdownlint-cli2 clean on all modified files; Compute-CrapScores.ps1
smoke-tested on a synthetic Cobertura XML (emits OVERALL_LINE_COVERAGE:75,
OVERALL_BRANCH_COVERAGE:50 alongside HOTSPOTS).
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* Apply suggestion from @Evangelink
* Address unresolved coverage-analysis and eval review comments
* Refine follow-up review feedback from validation
* Tighten coverage aggregation fallback notes and counters
* Clarify pre-response save instruction wording
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* Add Go, Java, Rust, Ruby, Swift, and Kotlin extensions to code-testing-extensions
Adds six new language-specific guidance files to the code-testing-extensions skill, modeled on the existing python.md and typescript.md structure.
Each new extension covers: investigate-first rule, toolchain detection, build commands, test commands (with framework variants), lint command, project layout/imports, common errors with fixes, mocking rules, dependency installation as last resort, and a Skip Coverage Tools footer.
SKILL.md is updated to advertise the new files in the discovery table.
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* Address review feedback and fix markdownlint issues
- rust.md: replace # code span (MD038) with quoted text
- java.md: clarify wildcard-import guidance to avoid contradicting the explicit-imports template
- java.md: scope 'class must be public' to JUnit 4 only (JUnit 5 allows package-private)
- java.md: correct Mockito final-class fix to inline mock maker (default in 5+, mockito-inline for 3.x/4.x); remove incorrect mockito-subclass suggestion
- kotlin.md: same Mockito final-class correction
- kotlin.md: replace nonexistent testScheduler.testDispatcher() with StandardTestDispatcher(testScheduler)
- kotlin.md: rephrase coroutines-test dependency guidance to avoid contradiction
- kotlin.md: correct cross-module 'internal' fix; @VisibleForTesting does not widen Kotlin visibility
- ruby.md: replace numbered block parameter '_1' with '|f| require f' (works on Ruby < 2.7)
- swift.md: Swift Testing requires Swift 6/Xcode 16, not 5.10
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* Add coverage-touching and self-referential assertion heuristics
- test-anti-patterns: add 'Coverage touching' and 'Self-referential assertion'
as named Critical-severity anti-patterns in the detection catalog
- assertion-quality: add 'Tests with self-referential assertions' metric and
a calibration rule distinguishing tautological from valid round-trip assertions
- Add eval scenarios for both new heuristics in test-anti-patterns (coverage-
touching ProductCatalog facade, self-referential SerializerTests)
- Add eval scenario and fixture for self-referential assertions in
assertion-quality (ConfigTests with identity/round-trip patterns)
* Fix test-anti-patterns activation: rewrite description with USE FOR keyword list
The skill was not activating in any eval scenario because the description
used narrative prose instead of the explicit 'USE FOR:' / 'DO NOT USE FOR:'
keyword list pattern that well-activating sibling skills use (run-tests,
writing-mstest-tests). Restructured the description with trigger phrases
matching common user prompts.
* Fix eval activation, timeouts, and add missing vally scenarios
- test-anti-patterns/eval.vally.yaml: increase timeout 2m→5m, add
coverage-touching and self-referential scenarios with constraints
- assertion-quality/eval.vally.yaml: add self-referential scenario
with environment files, broaden assertion pattern
- test-anti-patterns/eval.yaml: add setup.files to all 6 scenarios
to create workspace files that trigger skill discovery/activation
- assertion-quality/eval.yaml: increase timeouts 120→300 for
self-referential and decline-request scenarios, broaden
self-referential assertion pattern
- Create fixture files for mixed-severity, well-written,
coverage-touching, and self-referential test-anti-patterns scenarios
* Address review comments: fix test names and use source references
- Rename ThrowsArgumentException to ThrowsArgumentOutOfRangeException in
PaymentProcessorTests.cs fixture and inlined code in eval.yaml and
eval.vally.yaml to match the actual exception type being asserted.
- Replace inline csproj content blocks with source references to existing
fixture files for UserRepo, Payments, and CatalogService scenarios in
eval.yaml to avoid drift between fixtures and eval setup.
* Address review comments: pin MSTest versions, use source refs, fix naming
- Pin MSTest to 3.8.2 in all fixture .csproj files, add standard
properties (ImplicitUsings, Nullable, IsPackable)
- Replace inline csproj content blocks with source references to
fixture files to avoid content drift
- Create missing .csproj fixtures for flaky-coupled, duplicate-magic,
and assertion-quality self-referential scenarios
- Fix test method names: ThrowsArgumentException ->
ThrowsArgumentOutOfRangeException to match the actual assertion
* Fix activation, eval timeouts, and per-skill description limits
Address remaining issues from PR #635 eval scoreboard
(run 25677669933) and skill-validator failures:
1. test-anti-patterns activation (was NOT ACTIVATED in BOTH plugin and
isolated mode for ALL 6 scenarios — model answered everything from
inline code without ever needing the skill):
- eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml: drop the giant inline `csharp` blocks
from every prompt. Each prompt now names the workspace files
explicitly (`Audit `Foo.Tests/FooTests.cs` for .NET test
anti-patterns ...`) and asks for the skill's signature deliverable
(severity-ranked list with concrete code-level fixes). The model
must read the workspace, which gives it a chance to consult the
skill — and the skill's structured-findings format is the actual
value-add over inline analysis.
- All 6 scenarios consistently get reject_tools (read-only review)
and timeout 180s.
- eval.vally.yaml: also added missing environment.files for each
scenario (was prompt-only before, no fixture on disk).
2. assertion-quality `Flag assertion-free tests` plugin-mode activation
(was bouncing to other skills because the prompt was generic `check
whether these tests verify anything useful`):
- eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml: rewrite the prompt to name the file
(`SmokeTests/ApiEndpointSmokeTests.cs`) and explicitly request
`assertion quality and depth`, `assertion-free tests`, and
`trivial assertions like Assert.IsNotNull` — direct trigger
phrases for assertion-quality.
- assertion-quality SKILL.md: extend description with explicit USE
FOR keywords for `assertion-free tests`, `self-referential`, and
`tautological` so plugin-mode activation isn't won by sibling
skills like test-anti-patterns.
3. test-anti-patterns description size — was 1,301 chars (over the
1,024 per-skill limit) AND pushed dotnet-test plugin aggregate to
15,312 (over the 15,000 limit), failing skill-check on PR #635.
Trimmed to 779 chars; aggregate now at 14,983.
4. Vally job-level timeout (60m → 180m) was already raised on main
in commit 0f31228b5 (#641); inheriting that via merge of upstream/main.
Verified: skill-validator check --plugin passes (22 skills, 11 agents,
1 plugin); markdownlint clean; all 4 eval YAMLs parse OK.
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* Address round-2 review comments: add missing production stubs, reject_tools
Address the 3 new Copilot review comments on PR #635
(IDs 3240547649, 3240547701, 3240547725):
1. coverage-touching fixture: `ProductCatalogTests.cs` references
`new InMemoryStore()` but the fixture only declared the
`IProductStore` interface. Audit agents could surface `this won't
compile` as the top finding instead of the intended coverage-touching
pattern. Added a minimal `InMemoryStore : IProductStore`
implementation in the same file as `ProductCatalog.cs`.
2. self-referential fixture: `SerializerTests.cs` referenced 8 production
types (Serializer, UserDto, Money, Config, NameNormalizer, Mapper,
UserEntity, Validator) with no production code on disk. Added a new
`Serialization/Serialization.cs` file with minimal stubs for all 8
types so the audit can stay focused on assertion semantics. Updated
the `Detect self-referential...` scenario in eval.yaml +
eval.vally.yaml to copy the new file into the workspace.
3. assertion-quality `Identify self-referential assertions...` scenario:
added `reject_tools: [bash, edit, create]` and explicit `Do not
edit the files` wording to match the read-only audit pattern used by
other scenarios in the file. Applied to both eval.yaml and
eval.vally.yaml (where it lives under `constraints.reject_tools`).
Verified: skill-validator check passes, markdownlint clean, all 4
eval YAMLs parse OK.
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* Strengthen activation: name anti-patterns explicitly, dedupe self-referential boundary
PR #635 eval scoreboard run [25859929883](https://github.com/dotnet/skills/actions/runs/25859929883):
- 3 test-anti-patterns scenarios still NOT ACTIVATED in plugin mode (mixed
severity, flakiness, well-written) — variance was high (CV 0.90-1.59),
but only 1-3 of 9 plugin runs actually loaded the skill, vs 3/3 for
scenarios that named specific patterns (coverage-touching, self-referential).
- assertion-quality 'Identify self-referential' NOT ACTIVATED in plugin —
detectedSkills was empty (model picked neither AQ nor TAP despite both
matching the prompt's 'self-referential or tautological' phrasing).
Two-pronged fix:
1. Reduce overlap between assertion-quality and test-anti-patterns —
remove 'self-referential or tautological assertions' from
test-anti-patterns USE FOR. Both skills could plausibly own this, but
assertion-quality is the more focused owner; in plugin mode neither
was winning, so giving assertion-quality the unambiguous trigger
improves activation. test-anti-patterns still owns the broader 'tests
pass but don't verify anything', and the test-anti-patterns 'Detect
self-referential' eval scenario activates fine on the explicit
'audit ... for .NET test anti-patterns' phrasing.
2. Strengthen the 5 problem prompts with skill-specific terminology —
the working pattern from coverage-touching/self-referential prompts
(3/3 and 2/3 plugin activation) was naming the specific anti-pattern
category. Apply the same pattern to the failing scenarios:
- test-anti-patterns/Detect mixed severity: enumerate the catalog
(missing/no assertions, swallowed exceptions, always-true /
self-comparing, weak negative, broad exception types, unused
fields) and ask for findings tied to named anti-patterns.
- test-anti-patterns/Detect flakiness: name the pattern categories
explicitly (Thread.Sleep / DateTime.Now flakiness, ordering
dependency, shared static state, reflection coupling, god tests).
- test-anti-patterns/Recognize well-written: enumerate the catalog
and ask for severity-ranked output 'Critical / Warning / Info /
no issues found' tied to named anti-patterns.
- assertion-quality/Identify self-referential: ask for an
'assertion-quality analysis' / 'assertion-quality metrics' /
'assertion-quality review' (3 mentions of the skill name) and
name the metric (how many tests are self-referential).
Same prompt updates applied to both eval.yaml and eval.vally.yaml.
skill-validator check passes (22 skills, 11 agents, 1 plugin),
aggregate description 14,938 / 15,000.
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The `Handle exit code 8 when migrating from VSTest to MTP` scenario was
not activating the migrate-vstest-to-mtp skill in plugin mode in the
latest scheduled eval (skillActivationPlugin.activated=false,
detectedSkills=[], skillEventCount=0, vally row showed `--`), even
though all 10 other scenarios in this eval activated cleanly.
Three layered fixes:
1. Prompt (eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml): switch from past-tense
`We migrated`/`How do I fix this behavioral difference` to
present-tense migration framing — `We're migrating ... After
enabling MTP ... How do I handle this MTP behavioral difference?`.
The previous past-tense framing read as a generic post-migration CI
troubleshooting question, which the model felt confident answering
without consulting any skill.
2. SKILL.md description: add an explicit `USE FOR:` clause for MTP
behavioral differences (exit code 8, zero tests discovered,
--ignore-exit-code, TESTINGPLATFORM_EXITCODE_IGNORE), matching the
pattern that fixed coverage-analysis activation in 9fc75e2cd.
Aggregate dotnet-test description size stays at 15,000 chars (limit).
3. SKILL.md `When Not to Use`: tighten `project already runs on MTP
-- migration is done` so it no longer disqualifies post-enable
behavioral-difference cases like exit code 8.
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* Fix evaluation timeouts and improve prompts for dotnet-test skills
- writing-mstest-tests: increase global vally timeout from 3m to 5m to match
the 300s eval.yaml timeout for the complex 'Modernize legacy test patterns' stimulus
- code-testing-agent: increase timeout from 40m/2400s to 60m/3600s
- mtp-hot-reload: increase timeout from 6m to 10m and remove overly strict
expect_tools constraint on launchSettings stimulus
- migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3: rephrase prompt for assertion overload errors to
mention CS1501 and cover AreNotEqual/AreSame alongside AreEqual
* Increase eval timeouts for mtp-hot-reload and migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3 scenarios
* Strengthen activation prompts and add missing vally scenarios
- migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3: Add explicit 'MSTest v2 to v3' migration
language in .testsettings and DataRow prompts (both eval.yaml and
eval.vally.yaml)
- writing-mstest-tests: Add 'MSTest' keyword and skill-specific
terminology to all prompts that lacked activation signal
- writing-mstest-tests: Add 5 missing vally scenarios (string
assertions, comparison assertions, collection/null/reference
assertions, conditional execution, parallelization)
- Add service-registry fixture files for the collection assertions
scenario
* Improve skill activation via SKILL.md descriptions and prompt alignment
Three-pronged fix for systematic NOT ACTIVATED failures:
1. SKILL.md descriptions: Restructure writing-mstest-tests, migrate-
mstest-v1v2-to-v3, and code-testing-agent descriptions to use the
proven 'Use when user says' pattern with quoted trigger phrases
(matching the working run-tests pattern)
2. Vally prompts: Each prompt now contains at least one exact quoted
trigger phrase from its SKILL.md description to ensure strong
description-to-prompt matching
3. Specific fixes:
- writing-mstest-tests: All 15 prompts now include MSTest-specific
trigger phrases (Assert.ThrowsExactly, sealed test class, DataRow,
DynamicData, Assert.HasCount, Assert.IsInstanceOfType, etc.)
- migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3: Add '.NET 5 dropped' and 'framework
compatibility issues' to trigger phrases; strengthen dropped-TFM
prompt
- code-testing-agent: Add 'generate comprehensive unit tests' and
'achieve high code coverage' to trigger phrases
* Revert SKILL.md description changes that caused activation regression
The description restructuring in 67056d8ec broke skill activation:
- migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3: went from 6/9 activating to 0/9
- writing-mstest-tests: lost isolated activation
- code-testing-agent: unnecessary change to working description
Restore all three SKILL.md files to their pre-regression state.
Keep the vally prompt improvements from 259727e.
* Fix writing-mstest-tests plugin-mode activation
- Add MSTest carve-out to code-testing-agent DO NOT USE FOR to prevent
it from intercepting MSTest-specific prompts
- Add test parallelization/MSTest.Sdk keywords to writing-mstest-tests
description (scenario 15 failed even in isolated mode)
- Strengthen prompts to be more MSTest-specific:
- Scenario 1: emphasize MSTest patterns over generic 'write tests'
- Scenario 4: remove vague 'something seems off', directly ask to
fix swapped Assert.AreEqual arguments
- Scenario 5: reframe as modernization request with specific APIs
- Scenario 13: name specific MSTest assertion APIs in the prompt
* Fix writing-mstest-tests description over 1024 char limit
Shorten the USE FOR section by removing redundant 'help me write
comprehensive tests' and condensing the assertion API list.
Description is now 944 chars (limit: 1024).
* Increase vally job timeout from 60m to 180m
The code-testing-agent eval has a 60m per-stimulus timeout, and vally
runs multiple configurations (baseline, isolated, plugin). The 60m
job-level timeout was causing the job to be cancelled mid-evaluation.
Match the 180m timeout from the evaluate job in evaluation.yml.
* Address PR review comments
- Add IsPackable=false to writing-mstest-tests fixture csproj for
consistency with other dotnet-test fixture projects
- Fix grammar in migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3 eval prompts: add comma
after 'upgrade' and add 'file' for clarity (both eval.yaml and
eval.vally.yaml)
* Trim dotnet-test aggregate description size under 15,000 limit
Consolidate duplicate filter keyword mentions in migrate-vstest-to-mtp
and shorten the cross-reference in migrate-xunit-to-xunit-v3 while
keeping the --filter-class/--filter-trait/--filter-query trigger
keywords for skill activation.
* Fix vally skill activation for 9 failing eval scenarios
Improve eval.vally.yaml prompts that were too specific, causing the model
to answer from general knowledge without activating the skill:
- migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3: Remove leading question that gives away the
answer ('Is .NET 5 dropped?'); use multi-target fixture matching eval.yaml
- writing-mstest-tests (7 scenarios): Add 'following MSTest best practices'
to trigger skill reading; make prompts more open-ended (don't name exact
APIs like OSCondition, Assert.AreSame); match eval.yaml prompt style
- code-testing-agent: Clarify app complexity to encourage skill pipeline
The pattern: vally prompts that give away exact API names or answers let
the model skip reading the skill. More open-ended prompts referencing
'best practices' trigger skill activation.
* Improve skills and eval prompts for regression scenarios
migrate-xunit-to-xunit-v3 SKILL.md:
- Restructure from 16 steps to 13, merging redundant steps
- Move test platform selection from step 12 to step 4
- Mark steps 6-12 as conditional with prioritization note
- Remove external URL references that caused web_fetch detours
writing-mstest-tests SKILL.md:
- Add Response Guidelines for proportional responses
- Remove redundant Validation checklist and Common Pitfalls table
(all items already covered in workflow steps)
- Reduces token count from 3,305 to 2,944
migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3 eval.vally.yaml:
- Relax DataRow rubric to account for MSTest 3.8.0 fixing the
16-parameter constructor limit
writing-mstest-tests eval.vally.yaml:
- Make 3 prompts more open-ended by removing API name hints
(Assert.HasCount, Assert.StartsWith, DynamicData to ValueTuples)
so baseline model cannot answer confidently without the skill
* CTA: invocation-only baseline (dispatch mechanics, no content rules)
Experiment branch to isolate the impact of "invoke prompted subagents
more often" from the impact of "make those subagents do richer work."
Same baseline as dev/ykovalova/cta-prompt-tuning (main = 66628b6), but
strips out every content/quality rule and keeps only the dispatch
plumbing.
Comparison branch: dev/ykovalova/cta-prompt-tuning (HEAD: bd530be)
which contains both the dispatch mechanics AND content/quality rules.
Files modified (3 vs 5 in cta-prompt-tuning):
- code-testing-generator.agent.md +110 lines
- code-testing-implementer.agent.md +11 lines
- code-testing-fixer.agent.md +1 line
- code-testing-researcher.agent.md UNTOUCHED (baseline)
- code-testing-planner.agent.md UNTOUCHED (baseline)
KEPT (invocation / dispatch mechanics):
Generator:
- Rule 1: every task() call MUST use agent_type "dotnet-test:code-testing-..."
(without this, calls dispatch generic built-ins and never reach the
named CTA agents)
- Rule 2: routing table -- which named agent for which job
- Rule 3: prefer one named-agent dispatch over many tool calls
- Rule 4: orchestrator MUST NOT edit/create test files itself
(forces implementer dispatch)
- Rule 5: orchestrator MUST NOT run builds/tests via terminal
(forces builder/tester dispatch)
- Rule 6: every run MUST dispatch the planner (no exceptions for "small"
scope; Direct still goes through planner)
- Rule 7: every build/test failure MUST dispatch the fixer
- Step 1b: mandatory initial researcher dispatch (every strategy)
- Direct strategy rewritten: dispatches planner -> implementer -> builder
-> tester -> fixer -> linter (was "Skip Steps 3-5, write tests inline")
- All Step 3/4/5/6/7/8/9 dispatches converted from runSubagent({agent:...})
to task({ agent_type: "dotnet-test:code-testing-...", name:..., prompt:...})
- Step 9 validator dispatch (forces builder dispatch for cleanup)
- Steps 6/7 mandatory builder/tester dispatch wrapper
Implementer:
- Section 5: "you MUST dispatch fixer for build errors" + no-inline-edit
block (forces fixer dispatch on build failures)
- Section 6: "you MUST dispatch fixer for test failures" + no-inline-edit
block (forces fixer dispatch on test failures)
- Section 7: "Format Code (mandatory if a lint command exists)"
(was "Optional"; mandatory firing of linter)
- Rule 6: never declare SUCCESS while build/tests fail (gates SUCCESS on
fixer dispatch)
- Rule 7: no inline test-file edits between failed dispatch and fixer
Fixer:
- Frontmatter description widened to advertise handling of failing tests
(without this, the orchestrator's routing logic does not select the
fixer for test failures, so even Rule 7's mandate produces no firing
-- this is the change that took fixer firing from 0.00/inst to 0.39/inst
in earlier iterations)
DROPPED (content / quality rules -- in cta-prompt-tuning, NOT here):
Generator:
- Test-strength rules embedded in implementer dispatch prompt
- Test-design rules embedded in implementer dispatch prompt (OFAT,
mutation self-check, never mock subject under test)
- File-location rules embedded in implementer dispatch prompt
- TARGET ENTITIES / PHASE CHECKLIST / TEST TRACEABILITY blocks in
implementer dispatch prompt
- CHECKLIST format spec in planner dispatch prompt
- Step 9 validator's detailed cleanup classification
Implementer:
- Section 4b "Verify CHECKLIST coverage" pre-completion check
- Section 8 "CHECKLIST COVERAGE" report block
- "Honor the CHECKLIST" rule
Fixer:
- "Process -- Failing Tests" section (5-step diagnosis flow)
- All anti-weakening / anti-skipping rules
- "Re-derive expected from production source" guidance
Planner:
- CHECKLIST format ("one item per TARGET BEHAVIOR, Source/Variants/
Expected mandatory")
- "Test name from research.md conventions" rule
- "At least 2 phases" rule
Researcher:
- Section 8 "Extract Local Test Naming & Style Conventions"
- TARGET ENTITIES / TARGET BEHAVIORS / TEST INFRASTRUCTURE structure
in research.md
- Test naming pattern extraction
WHAT THE SUBAGENTS WILL ACTUALLY DO:
The researcher / planner / implementer / fixer all operate at baseline
behavior -- they receive the same prompts they receive in the upstream
"vanilla" runs. The only difference vs vanilla is that the orchestrator
ACTUALLY DISPATCHES THEM (where vanilla often inlines the work or skips
sub-agent dispatch entirely).
EXPECTED COMPARISON:
If quality on this branch is similar to or higher than dev/ykovalova/
cta-prompt-tuning (bd530be), then "more dispatches" is the dominant
quality lever and the content/quality rules in cta-prompt-tuning are
adding marginal or noise-level value.
If quality on this branch is materially lower than cta-prompt-tuning,
then the content/quality rules are doing the heavy lifting and the
dispatch mechanics alone are insufficient.
If quality on this branch matches or exceeds vanilla but trails
cta-prompt-tuning, then the dispatch mechanics provide a baseline lift
and the content rules add an incremental quality layer on top.
Rubber-duck check passed (validated dispatch-vs-content classification;
fixer frontmatter is routing metadata not a runtime gate; surviving
dispatch prompts contain no dangling references to removed CHECKLIST /
TARGET ENTITIES / TEST STRENGTH / naming-convention concepts).
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* CTA: extract unit-under-test + behaviors quality cue (no caps)
* Address PR #646 review feedback
- Step 1b prompt: explicitly request unit-under-test (file:line) and behaviors
so the verification gate rarely needs re-dispatch.
- Step 3: rename to 'Deep Research Phase', mark skipped for Direct strategy,
and switch from overwriting research.md to extending it (no double-research).
- Step references: update '6-9' -> '6-10' and 'Step 9' -> 'Steps 9-10' in the
strategy table and the All-strategies-MUST line, since reporting is Step 10.
- Step 6 builder prompt: drop '*.sln' glob (could expand to multiple args);
use 'dotnet build --no-incremental' (auto-discovers .sln) per dotnet.md.
- Step 9: stop overloading the builder agent; perform diff/cleanup directly
in the orchestrator (Rule 5 forbids inline build/test, not git/fs hygiene).
- Fixer agent: update mission text to cover failing tests and assertion
correction (front-matter description already mentioned this; body now
matches), with explicit no-Ignore/no-Skip/no-production-rewrite guardrails.
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Cover previously uncovered skill aspects:
- [Validation] All .cs files in scope were scanned (check count)
- [Validation] Report includes category totals, top patterns, and affected files
- [Validation] obj/ and bin/ directories were excluded
- [Pitfall] Scanning obj/ or generated code
- [Pitfall] Missing statics inside lambdas/LINQ
- [WorkflowStep] Step 4: Present the report
Three new scenarios with supporting fixtures:
- Structured report with file count, categories, and top patterns
- Exclude obj/bin directories (with Generated.cs decoy in obj/)
- Detect statics inside lambdas and LINQ expressions
* Add Python and TypeScript extension files for code-testing pipeline
First-draft language extension files following the dotnet.md pattern.
These guide the polyglot test agent on build/test/lint/fix for each language.
Python: pytest-focused, environment/runner detection (Poetry/PDM/uv/Hatch),
public-API testing philosophy, common errors, mocking guidelines.
TypeScript: package-manager detection (npm/pnpm/yarn/bun), Jest+Vitest+Mocha
support, ESM/CJS guidance, TS-specific considerations, framework detection.
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* Revise python.md and typescript.md based on 10-agent review
Key changes:
- Add 'Rule #1: Investigate the repo first' as top section
- Remove generic templates (anchor to wrong conventions)
- Remove testing philosophy (unactionable for agent)
- Fix command inconsistency (parameterize with <prefix>/<exec>)
- Move dependency install to 'last resort' section
- Add error-driven fixer playbook with concrete fixes
- Fix Mocha --grep (test name, not file filter)
- Fix ESM guidance (don't change package.json type field)
- Add monorepo/workspace guidance (Nx, Turborepo)
- Add framework notes (React, Express, NestJS)
- Add Jest mock hoisting warning
- Cut from 224+289 lines to 117+136 lines (~57% reduction)
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* Add powershell.md extension for Pester v5 test generation
Key sections:
- Repo investigation first (shell target detection)
- Pester v5 discovery vs run phase rules
- Import patterns for modules, library scripts, and executable scripts
- Cross-platform guidance (pwsh vs powershell.exe, Join-Path, casing)
- Non-terminating error handling with Should -Throw
- Mock scoping, -ModuleName, PesterBoundParameters
- TestDrive: for file-based tests
- Non-obvious assertion gotchas (Contain vs Be, Throw needs scriptblock)
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* Reword test infra guidance; add framework detection to dotnet.md
- Reword 'do not add' to 'use existing, only introduce if none exist'
- Add test framework detection table to dotnet.md (MSTest/xUnit/NUnit)
- Tailor wording per language (Python defaults to pytest, TS follows
scripts.test, PS defaults to Pester)
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* Make Python extension framework-adaptive instead of pytest-centric
Rule #1 now searches for ALL test file formats (not just test_*.py),
explicitly calls out custom frameworks like UTscapy, and emphasizes
adopting repo conventions fully rather than layering pytest on top.
Test Commands section now has a custom framework block before the
pytest block, and Test File Naming defers to repo conventions.
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The 'Fix Assert.AreEqual object overload errors after v3 upgrade' evaluation
scenario was failing because:
1. The prompt said 'latest major version' without mentioning 'v3' or 'MSTest v3',
missing the skill's activation keywords.
2. The project file showed MSTest 3.8.0 (post-upgrade state) with no v2 context,
while the SKILL.md 'When Not to Use' said 'Project already uses MSTest v3'.
3. The prompt's 'fix compilation issues' phrasing competed with writing-mstest-tests
skill activation.
Changes:
- Updated prompt to explicitly mention upgrading from v2 to v3 and reference
MSTest v3 compatibility issues
- Added XML comment in csproj showing the pre-upgrade v2 package versions
- Clarified SKILL.md 'When Not to Use' to distinguish fully-migrated projects
from projects with active migration errors
Move assertion-quality, test-gap-analysis, test-smell-detection, and
test-tagging from dotnet-experimental to dotnet-test. These skills have
demonstrated sufficient eval coverage, unique value beyond baseline model
capabilities, and are already integrated into the test-quality-auditor
agent pipeline.
Changes:
- Move skills and tests, dropping the exp- prefix
- Update all cross-references in skill descriptions and routing tables
- Update test-quality-auditor agent and eval scenarios
- Update CODEOWNERS for the moved paths
- Delete duplicate exp-dotnet-test-frameworks (identical to dotnet-test-frameworks)
- Fix stale exp-dotnet-test-frameworks reference in exp-test-maintainability
Skills held back for further iteration:
- exp-mock-usage-analysis: baseline model scores 5/5 on key scenarios
- exp-test-maintainability: quality gains offset by token overhead
The scenario was timing out on CI because:
- The 180s timeout left insufficient headroom for CI machines
(local runs take 120-135s, CI machines are slower due to load,
network NuGet restores, and parallel execution)
Changes:
- Add 'dotnet restore' setup command to pre-warm NuGet cache before
the agent starts (same pattern used by migrate-mstest-v3-to-v4)
- Increase timeout from 180s to 300s to accommodate CI variability
* Improve test quality for benchmark performance
Based on SWE Atlas benchmark analysis (48.8% vanilla vs 19-34% CTA):
1. Default to Direct strategy for single-task requests — reduces
multi-agent overhead that costs tokens without improving results
2. Run tests immediately in Direct strategy — catches assertion
errors early instead of accumulating failures
3. Read source thoroughly before writing tests — trace actual logic
and return values, not just function signatures
4. Quality over Quantity guidelines — cover stated requirements first,
fewer focused tests beat many shallow ones
5. Verify tests are implementation-specific — tests that pass with
an empty function body aren't testing anything useful
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* Combine redundant implementation-specificity bullets into one
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* Fix dotnet-test-frameworks skill activation for evaluations
The skill had user-invocable: false and a description saying 'DO NOT USE
directly', which prevented the model from activating it during evaluation.
All 6 eval scenarios default to expect_activation: true, causing
SkillNotActivated failures on CI.
- Remove user-invocable: false from both dotnet-test and experimental copies
- Rewrite description with activation keywords matching eval prompts
(assertion mapping, framework identification, skip annotations, exception
assertions, lifecycle conversion, integration test markers)
- Preserve note that other analysis skills also load this as reference data
* Restore user-invocable: false, fix cross-refs, add expect_activation: false
Address review comment: remove exp-* skill references from dotnet-test-
frameworks description since those skills reference exp-dotnet-test-
frameworks instead.
Optimize eval results: this reference data skill's content is knowledge
the model already has (baseline scores 5.0/5 on most scenarios). Direct
activation adds token/time overhead without quality improvement:
- Restore user-invocable: false (correct for reference data skill)
- Shorten description to not trigger activation
- Add expect_activation: false to all 6 scenarios
The skill's value is realized when loaded by consumer skills (e.g.
test-anti-patterns), not via direct user queries.
Add end-to-end input/output examples to anchor expected behavior for the
LLM, addressing the Example Quality (2/5) review feedback.
Changes:
- New extensions/dotnet-examples.md with .NET-specific examples: sample
source code, research output, plan output, generated test file, fix
cycle walkthroughs, and final report
- SKILL.md: replace one-liner examples with strategy selection table,
pipeline walkthrough, and pointer to language-specific extensions
- Generator agent: add strategy decision examples and sample final report
- Researcher/Planner/Implementer agents: add references to extension
examples for concrete output shapes
Architecture keeps core agents language-agnostic — all language-specific
examples live in the extensions/ folder.
Harden the test generator agent to ensure final build validation, test
validation, and git commit always run — even when using the Direct
strategy for small requests.
Changes:
- Step 1: Mandate reading language-specific extensions (e.g., dotnet.md)
before writing any code. The extension contains critical project
registration (dotnet sln add) and build validation guidance.
- Step 2: Direct strategy now skips only Steps 3-5 (research, plan,
implement sub-agents), NOT Steps 6-9. Added explicit note that
Steps 6-9 are mandatory for ALL strategies.
- Step 6: Clarify full-solution build must use no --framework flag to
catch multi-target framework issues (e.g., net472 errors).
- Step 7: Require fresh build for final test validation (no --no-build).
- New Step 9: Explicit git commit with verification that the diff is
non-empty.
- New rules 9-11: Read extensions first, always validate+commit,
preserve existing tests.
Motivated by MSBench investigation showing:
- Agent used Direct strategy and skipped final validation entirely
- Agent never read extensions/dotnet.md (missing dotnet sln add)
- Agent forgot to git commit (300 tests created, Changes +0 -0)
- Agent deleted pre-existing tests while adding new ones
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The test-anti-patterns skill was not reliably activated in plugin mode
because sibling descriptions overlapped:
- test-quality-auditor agent: narrowed to multi-skill audit pipelines
only, explicitly excluding single-file reviews
- writing-mstest-tests skill: removed 'review' and 'anti-patterns' from
description, added explicit exclusion for test quality auditing
- test-anti-patterns skill: expanded trigger phrases to better match
review prompts (flaky tests, duplication, tests that pass without
verifying)
- Add 'Use when:' trigger phrases to all 7 sub-agent descriptions
so parent agents can reliably discover and delegate to them
- Add .testagent/ cleanup rule to generator agent to prevent
ephemeral pipeline state from being committed
* Add test-quality-auditor hub agent for .NET test suite analysis
Introduces a new test-quality-auditor agent that triages test quality
concerns to specialized analysis skills: assertion quality, test smells,
anti-patterns, mock usage, test gaps, maintainability, coverage risk,
and test tagging. Includes a comprehensive audit pipeline that chains
multiple skills for broad health checks.
* Address Copilot review: clarify diagnostic role and coverage routing
- Reword intro to acknowledge file-modifying workflows (test tagging)
are only used with explicit user confirmation
- Clarify coverage-analysis vs crap-score: prefer coverage-analysis for
project-wide analysis, reserve crap-score for targeted method/class scope
* Add test-migration hub agent for .NET test framework and platform migrations
Introduces a new test-migration agent that auto-detects the current test
framework, version, and platform, then routes to the appropriate migration
skill (MSTest v1/v2→v3, v3→v4, xUnit v2→v3, VSTest→MTP). Handles
multi-step migrations with commit boundaries between steps.
* Align framework detection with platform-detection skill
Address Copilot review: MSTest requires metapackage, Sdk, or both
TestFramework+TestAdapter (not either alone). Add missing xUnit MTP
package variants.
* Add 'dotnet sln add' step to code-testing-implementer
When a new test project is created, register it with the solution
file using 'dotnet sln add' so that 'dotnet test <solution>'
discovers the tests.
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* Address review: improve dotnet sln add guidance
- Use solution identified in research/plan rather than searching
- Account for .slnf solution filter scenarios
- Prefer 'dotnet test --solution' over 'dotnet test <solution>'
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* Move dotnet sln add guidance to dotnet.md extension
The implementer is polyglot, so 'dotnet sln add' doesn't belong
there. Replace with a generic 'register with build system' step
that defers to extensions/, and add the .NET-specific detail
(sln/slnx/slnf handling) to extensions/dotnet.md.
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* Address review: fix solution registration guidance in dotnet.md
- Include .slnf in 'don't substitute' warning alongside .sln/.slnx
- Qualify '--solution' flag as SDK 10+/MTP-only; fall back to
positional form for older SDKs
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* Add testability migration skills and agent for dotnet-test
Introduces three skills and one orchestrator agent to help developers
incrementally replace hard-to-test static dependencies with injectable
abstractions:
- detect-static-dependencies: scans C# code for DateTime.Now, File.*,
Environment.*, HttpClient, Console.*, Process.* and ranks by frequency
- generate-testability-wrappers: generates wrapper interfaces or guides
adoption of built-in abstractions (TimeProvider, IHttpClientFactory,
System.IO.Abstractions)
- migrate-static-to-wrapper: mechanical codemod-style bulk replacement of
static call sites with wrapper calls, scoped per project/namespace
- testability-migration agent: orchestrates the Detect-Generate-Migrate
pipeline end-to-end
Includes eval.yaml tests and fixture projects for all three skills and
the agent.
* Fix activation, token overhead, and eval timeouts
- Expand skill descriptions with more trigger phrases for
migrate-static-to-wrapper and generate-testability-wrappers
to fix NOT ACTIVATED issues
- Collapse verbose replacement mapping tables and constructor
examples to reduce token overhead (~30% fewer tokens)
- Increase generate-testability-wrappers eval timeouts from
120s to 240s to prevent timeout-impacted scoring
- Soften detect-static-dependencies scenario 2 rubric to
reduce run-to-run variance in plugin mode
- Increase migrate-static-to-wrapper non-activation timeout
* Deduplicate test skill references and clarify skill boundaries
- Move platform-detection.md and filter-syntax.md to plugins/dotnet-test/shared/,
removing 3 identical copies of each from run-tests, mtp-hot-reload, and
migrate-vstest-to-mtp reference directories.
- Move dotnet.md from exp-test-smell-detection/extensions/ to shared/ as
dotnet-test-frameworks.md in both dotnet-test and dotnet-experimental plugins.
Update exp-assertion-quality, exp-test-boilerplate-detection, exp-test-tagging,
and test-anti-patterns to reference the shared file instead of inlining
framework detection tables.
- Differentiate test-anti-patterns (quick pragmatic review) from
exp-test-smell-detection (deep formal audit with academic taxonomy) by updating
descriptions and cross-referencing each other in When Not to Use sections.
- Update skill-validator to allow ../../shared/ file references while still
blocking other parent-directory traversals. Add tests for the new rule.
* Switch from shared/ directories to hidden reference skills
Replace the plugin-level shared/ directories with non-invocable reference
skills (user-invocable: false) that other skills reference by name.
- Create platform-detection, filter-syntax, and dotnet-test-frameworks as
hidden skills under plugins/dotnet-test/skills/. These contain the
detection tables and syntax references previously duplicated across
run-tests, mtp-hot-reload, and migrate-vstest-to-mtp.
- Create exp-dotnet-test-frameworks as a hidden skill under
plugins/dotnet-experimental/skills/ for the experimental test analysis
skills (exp-test-smell-detection, exp-assertion-quality, etc.).
- Update all consuming skills to reference these by skill name in backtick
notation instead of file links.
- Revert the skill-validator ../../shared/ exception — no longer needed
since all references now use the standard skill name mechanism.
* Merge exp-test-boilerplate-detection into exp-test-maintainability
exp-test-maintainability was only 6 calibration rules with no workflow.
exp-test-boilerplate-detection had the full 5-category detection workflow,
examples, calibration, and validation. Merge the boilerplate content into
exp-test-maintainability (the broader, more user-facing name) and add the
two unique maintainability rules (DisplayName guidance, DataRow vs
DynamicData preference) to Category 3.
- Replace exp-test-maintainability SKILL.md with the merged content
- Move test fixtures from exp-test-boilerplate-detection to exp-test-maintainability
- Merge eval.yaml scenarios (4 total: 2 from each original skill)
- Delete exp-test-boilerplate-detection skill and tests
- Update all cross-references in exp-test-smell-detection, dotnet-test-frameworks,
exp-dotnet-test-frameworks, and CODEOWNERS
* Add cross-references to test-anti-patterns for deep mock and duplication analysis
Point users to exp-mock-usage-analysis from the Over-mocking entry and
to exp-test-maintainability from the Duplicate tests entry.
* Add exp-dotnet-test-frameworks to CODEOWNERS
* Improve run-tests SDK 10 MTP detection for blame-hang scenario
Inline the critical SDK 10 detection signal (global.json test.runner)
directly in Step 1 instead of deferring entirely to the platform-detection
skill. This makes the distinction between SDK 10 (no -- separator) and
SDK 8/9 (requires -- separator) more prominent.
Add a quick detection summary table, strengthen the Common Pitfalls entry
for SDK 10 with a blame-hang-timeout example, and keep the
platform-detection skill reference for the full detection logic.
* Improve skill activation keywords in descriptions
- exp-test-maintainability: Add 'suggest a better test structure',
'consolidate similar test methods', 'convert copy-paste tests to
data-driven parameterized tests' to match prompts like 'each new case
needs a whole new method, suggest a better structure'.
- test-anti-patterns: Add 'review tests', 'find test problems', 'check
test quality', 'audit tests for common mistakes' to match review-style
prompts that don't use the word 'anti-pattern'.
- run-tests: Add 'hang timeout', 'blame-hang', 'blame-crash', 'TUnit'
to match SDK 10 blame scenarios and TUnit filter scenarios that were
intermittently not activating.
* Add coverage-analysis skill to dotnet-test plugin
Adds an automated, project-wide code coverage and CRAP score analysis skill
for .NET projects. Complements the existing crap-score skill (which is
manual/targeted for single methods) with an end-to-end pipeline:
- Auto-detects solution structure and test projects
- Detects coverage provider (Microsoft.Testing.Extensions.CodeCoverage or
Coverlet) per test project and selects the correct dotnet test arguments
- Runs coverage collection, generates reports via ReportGenerator
- Calculates CRAP scores per method via bundled PowerShell scripts
- Surfaces risk hotspots ranked by danger (complex + uncovered code)
- Produces actionable recommendations with projected score improvements
Boundary with crap-score: coverage-analysis is project-wide and automated;
crap-score is targeted and LLM-directed. The frontmatter descriptions
cross-reference each other so the skill router disambiguates correctly.
Includes eval.yaml with 3 scenarios (existing data analysis, from-scratch
coverage collection, coverage plateau diagnosis) and shared buildable
fixtures.
Fixes#457
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* Update plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/SKILL.md
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* Address PR review: coverage output path and scoped tool install
- Add --coverage-output $rawDir to all MS CodeCoverage dotnet test
commands (unified, .NET 9, .NET 10+, and mixed-project modes) so
Cobertura XML lands in the expected directory for downstream search
- Replace dotnet tool install --global with --tool-path scoped to
the coverage output directory to avoid mutating the user environment
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* Fix Cobertura XML fixture line numbers to match StudentService.cs
FindById starts at line 101 (was 88), Search starts at line 109 (was 96).
Updated both partial-coverage and plateau fixtures.
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* Wrap Get-ChildItem pipelines in @() for single-result array safety
PowerShell returns a scalar FileInfo (not array) when a pipeline yields
exactly one result, making .Count return null. Wrapping in @() ensures
the result is always an array so .Count works reliably for the common
single-test-project case.
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* Remove CODEOWNERS change - not needed for this PR
The existing /plugins/dotnet-test/ and /tests/dotnet-test/ wildcards
already route reviews to @dotnet/dotnet-testing.
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* Address review: .csproj fallback, cross-platform paths, .sln header
- Add .csproj fallback discovery in Step 1 when no .sln found (emit
ENTRY_TYPE:Project) to match documented behavior
- Fix ProjectReference backslash to forward slash in test fixture .csproj
- Remove leading blank line from ContosoUniversity.sln fixture
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* Add plateau/stuck trigger language to frontmatter description
The skill was NOT ACTIVATED for the 'Coverage plateau diagnosis' eval
scenario because the frontmatter description (used by the skill router)
lacked plateau-related keywords. The prompt 'coverage is stuck' and
'what's blocking me' didn't match the existing description text.
Add 'stuck', 'plateaued', and 'blocking improvement' to the frontmatter
Use-when sentence so the skill router activates for plateau diagnosis
prompts.
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* Make CRAP scores mandatory, add existing-data shortcut path
The plateau eval scenario scored 1/5 on CRAP scores across all modes
because the LLM shortcut the workflow when existing Cobertura XML was
provided — it read the XML directly and gave a quick diagnostic answer
without computing CRAP scores or following the output template.
- Add existing-data guidance at top of Workflow section: skip test
execution but still run CRAP score computation (Steps 5-6)
- Add mandatory CRAP rule to guidelines.md: Risk Hotspots table is
required in every output regardless of analysis mode
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* Update plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/SKILL.md
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* Extract shared references and add cross-refs for dotnet-test skills
- Extract platform detection logic into run-tests/references/platform-detection.md
(shared by run-tests, mtp-hot-reload, migrate-vstest-to-mtp)
- Extract filter syntax reference into run-tests/references/filter-syntax.md
(shared by run-tests, mtp-hot-reload, migrate-vstest-to-mtp)
- Add cross-references between skills in When Not to Use / Related Skills sections
- run-tests SKILL.md reduced from 364 to 191 lines
* Fixes
* Initial plan
* Remove agents string field from plugin.json and handle array format in parser
Claude Code CLI validates `agents` as array-of-strings per its plugin manifest
schema. Our plugin.json files had `"agents": "./agents/"` (a string), which
caused "agents: Invalid input" validation errors on install.
Remove the field from the 3 affected plugin.json files — agents are still
discovered by convention from the `agents/` directory. Also make ParsePluginJson
resilient to both string and array formats for forward-compatibility.
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* Remove `agents` string field from plugin.json for Claude Code CLI compatibility
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* Change agents field to array format in plugin.json, update validator to read array-first with string fallback
Plugin.json files now declare agents as an array of file paths:
"agents": ["./agents/foo.agent.md", "./agents/bar.agent.md"]
ParsePluginJson reads the array first (preferred, Claude Code schema),
falls back to a string path (legacy). PluginInfo gains an AgentPaths
field. Validator and discovery use the array when present, else fall
back to directory-based convention.
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* Simplify agents to directory-path array form ["./agents/"], handle directories in array entries
Per Copilot CLI spec, agents field values are "Path(s) to agent directories"
— no need to list individual files. Use ["./agents/"] to mirror how
skills uses "./skills/". Updated validator and discovery to handle both
directory and file entries in the array.
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* Delete .nuget/nuget.exe
* Apply suggestions from code review
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* Convert skills field to array format in plugin.json, update validator to handle both forms
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* Align AgentPaths null checks to use { Count: > 0 } pattern for consistency
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* Change `agents` and `skills` fields in plugin.json to array format for Claude Code CLI compatibility
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* Delete .nuget/nuget.exe
* Consolidate SkillsPath/SkillPaths and AgentsPath/AgentPaths into single array fields
Remove dual string/array fields from PluginInfo. The parser now
normalizes legacy string values into single-element arrays, so all
downstream code uses only SkillPaths and AgentPaths (IReadOnlyList<string>).
This eliminates all array-vs-string fallback branching.
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* Add writing-mstest-tests skill with eval scenarios
Add a new skill for writing modern MSTest 3.x/4.x unit tests covering:
- Test class structure (sealed, AAA pattern, naming conventions)
- Modern assertion APIs (Assert.Throws, IsInstanceOfType, collection asserts)
- Data-driven tests (DataRow, DynamicData with ValueTuples)
- Async tests with cancellation and timeout patterns
- Test lifecycle (constructor init, TestContext injection)
- Anti-pattern detection and modernization
Includes 10 eval scenarios across 4 goal categories with fixture files
for both modern MSTest and legacy anti-pattern test projects.
MSTest.Sdk version is recommended via global.json msbuild-sdks instead of
inline in the project file, ensuring all test projects get bumped together.
* Fixes
* Potential fix for pull request finding
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* Potential fix for pull request finding
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* Potential fix for pull request finding
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* Apply suggestion from @Evangelink
* Apply suggestion from @Evangelink
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Amaury Levé