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Javier Calvarro Nelson fa8b5be246 Trim author-component SKILL.md to reduce token overhead (284→62 lines)
The previous 284-line skill added ~54K tokens of context which heavily penalized
the improvement score despite quality improvements. Condensed to 62 lines keeping
only the highest-impact rules (parameter patterns, EventCallback, async/disposal,
don'ts) while removing verbose examples the model already knows.

With --runs 3: passes 3/5 scenarios (vs 2/5 before trim).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-22 17:38:20 +02:00
Javier Calvarro Nelson 994d030ba7 Narrow plan-ui-change scope to prevent stealing activation from other skills
- Emphasize 'existing page' and 'explicitly asks to plan or decompose'
- Add 'building new applications from scratch' to DO NOT USE FOR
- Remove broad phrases like 'any page request with 3+ sections'

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2026-05-22 13:22:44 +02:00
Javier Calvarro Nelson 02930325b0 Fix plan-ui-change skill: ensure implementation follows planning
- Remove 'before writing any code' phrasing that caused model to stop at plan
- Add explicit instruction to immediately implement after planning
- Remove 'multi-step wizards' from plan-ui-change USE FOR (belongs to author-component)
- Update wizard eval prompt to emphasize component authoring over planning

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2026-05-22 13:22:44 +02:00
Javier Calvarro Nelson 61b463742e Improve skill activation for plan-ui-change and use-js-interop
- Broaden plan-ui-change description to include multi-step wizards,
  chat interfaces, and pages with 3+ distinct visual sections
- Add explicit planning/decomposition cues to eval prompts for
  previously non-activating scenarios (wizard, chat)
- Clarify JS interop requirement in drag-and-drop file upload eval prompt
- Add .dotnet/ to .gitignore (local SDK install)

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2026-05-22 13:22:43 +02:00
Javier Calvarro Nelson 760ff44ffc Add dotnet-blazor plugin with activation fixes from PR #357
Integrates the 9 Blazor skills from PR #357 (javiercn/author-component) with
fixes for the systemic activation failure (all skills showing NOT ACTIVATED):

Key fixes:
- Improve skill descriptions with explicit USE FOR/DO NOT USE FOR patterns that
  match the activation keyword style used by working skills in the repo
- Add license: MIT to all skill frontmatter per repo conventions
- Add marketplace entries (.github/plugin, .claude-plugin, .cursor-plugin)
- Add CODEOWNERS entry for @dotnet/aspnet
- Add README.md plugin entry
- Add both playwright and microsoft-docs MCP servers to allowed-external-deps.txt

MCP server analysis:
- The eval framework (AgentRunner.cs:302-307) already skips non-stdio MCP servers
- playwright (type: 'local') and microsoft-docs (type: 'http') are both filtered
  out during evaluation, so they don't affect eval results
- Root cause of NOT ACTIVATED is likely description quality, not MCP servers

Skills included:
- author-component: Blazor component authoring patterns
- collect-user-input: Forms, validation, EditForm patterns
- configure-auth: Authentication/authorization across render modes
- coordinate-components: Cross-component state sharing
- create-blazor-project: New project scaffolding with correct render modes
- fetch-and-send-data: API calls and async data lifecycle
- plan-ui-change: Component decomposition planning
- support-prerendering: Prerender-to-interactive handoff
- use-js-interop: IJSRuntime, IJSObjectReference, .razor.js modules

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2026-05-22 13:22:43 +02:00
Javier Calvarro Nelson 4ba5466d4b Add convert-blazor-server-to-webapp skill to dotnet-aspnet plugin
Integrates the Blazor Server to Blazor Web App migration skill from PR #207.
Covers converting AddServerSideBlazor/MapBlazorHub to AddRazorComponents/
MapRazorComponents, _Host.cshtml to App.razor, and related migration steps.

Includes 4 eval scenarios: basic conversion, auth state migration,
prerendering-disabled case, and a negative test for already-converted apps.

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2026-05-22 13:22:43 +02:00
YuliiaKovalova 5f1170152b Add MSBuild target authoring skills (target-authoring, property-patterns, item-management, extension-points) (#669)
* Add 4 MSBuild target authoring skills for dotnet-msbuild plugin

New skills:
- target-authoring: three-level target chain, DependsOn extension, naming conventions
- property-patterns: conditional defaults, composition, path normalization, TFM helpers
- item-management: Include/Remove/Update, batching, transforms, FileWrites registration
- extension-points: CustomBefore/After hooks, import gating, NuGet build extensions

Each skill includes eval.yaml tests with anti-pattern fixtures.

Closes #668

* Address Copilot review feedback

- target-authoring: Reword DO NOT USE clause to exclude only deep
  incremental-build diagnostics, not basic Inputs/Outputs usage
- property-patterns: Close unclosed XML elements in String Functions
  snippet (PropertyGroup, TargetFrameworkMoniker)
- extension-points: Add missing CustomAfterMySDK property definition
  to match the import at bottom of example

* Remove accidental pr-body.md file

* Fix wildcard import placeholder path and quote NormalizePath args

- extension-points: Use full MSBuildExtensionsPath expression and
  consistent Exists() casing in wildcard import example
- property-patterns: Quote property arguments in NormalizePath call

* Tune eval prompts to reduce overfitting

Rewrite all 4 eval prompts as natural developer problem descriptions
instead of skill-aligned checklists. Softens technique-prescriptive
rubric items. Result: overfitting scores drop from 0.15-0.31 to
0.06-0.08 (all green). property-patterns now passes eval.

* Fix Copilot review round 3: quote property function args, fix fixture

- property-patterns: Quote  in IsPathRooted call
- extension-points: Quote  in GetDirectoryNameOfFileAbove
- item-management fixture: Use literal semicolon instead of %3B in WriteLinesToFile

* Add harder multi-file eval scenarios for all 4 skills

Each skill now has a second scenario with multi-file setups containing
interacting bugs that require cross-file analysis:

- target-authoring: SDK .targets + Directory.Build.targets with 3 bugs
  (target redefinition, fragile BeforeTargets, duplicate DependsOn chain)
- property-patterns: nested Directory.Build.props with 5 bugs
  (import order, unconditional overwrite, unquoted condition, missing
  trailing slash, NoWarn overwrite)
- item-management: csproj with 5 interacting bugs (Include vs Update,
  cross-product batching, eval-time FileWrites, too-broad Remove glob)
- extension-points: Directory.Build.props/targets + NuGet package with
  6 bugs (inverted guard, late ImportByWildcard, CustomBefore overwrite,
  missing Exists guard, target name collision, internal target hook)

Timeouts increased to 180s for all scenarios.

* Fix review round 4: revert unintended README change, quote intrinsic call in condition

* Improve eval quality for 4 new MSBuild authoring skills

Eval improvements across target-authoring, property-patterns,
item-management, and extension-points skills:

- Rewrite prompts to describe observable symptoms without naming
  MSBuild concepts, inspired by real dotnet/msbuild and dotnet/sdk
  issues (msbuild#2470, #12894, #13056, #4109, sdk#43908)
- Broaden assertion regex patterns to test for diagnostic outcomes
  rather than skill-specific vocabulary
- Improve rubric items to test understanding and diagnosis flow
  (diagnosis -> root cause -> fix) instead of skill terminology
- Add task-completion 'fix it' scenario to each skill with
  file_contains assertions that verify the agent applied correct
  patterns (CompileDependsOn append, FileWrites, Exists guard, etc.)
- Remove leading 'Anti-pattern:', 'BUG N:' comments from fixture
  files that were giving away answers to the baseline agent, making
  scenarios more realistic and better at measuring skill value

Each skill now has 3 scenarios: basic review, hard multi-file review,
and a task-completion fix scenario. Total: 12 scenarios across 4 skills.

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* Fix review comments: quote TFM intrinsic, fix PrivateAssets example

- property-patterns SKILL.md: Quote the GetTargetFrameworkIdentifier
  intrinsic call result in the Condition to match the 'always quote
  both sides' guidance and avoid brittle parse when empty
- item-management SKILL.md: Replace PackageReference Update on
  Microsoft.NETCore.App (not a real user-added item) with Include
  on Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers (a concrete analyzer package)

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* Fix eval activation and timeouts based on eval run results

- Add MSBuild domain terms to prompts (e.g., 'MSBuild targets',
  'MSBuild property patterns', 'MSBuild item groups', 'MSBuild
  extension points') to improve skill activation rates — skills
  were NOT ACTIVATED in plugin mode due to prompts being too
  symptom-focused without domain keywords
- Increase timeouts: review scenarios 180s -> 240s, fix-it
  scenarios 180s -> 300s to avoid timeout-related scoring penalties
- Keep prompts symptom-driven but include enough domain context
  for the skill router to activate the correct skill

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* Fix PR review comments and improve eval quality

Review comment fixes:
- TargetAuthoring.csproj: Replace %22/%3B URL encoding with XML
  escaping (&quot;/;) so generated C# code is valid
- target-authoring eval: Fix prompt referencing 'schema files' when
  fixture has endpoint definitions — now says 'endpoint list'
- property-patterns eval: Reword LangVersion rubric — unconditional
  assignment in .props IS overridable by csproj but prevents override
  from earlier imports and command-line properties
- extension-points eval: Add stronger activation terms to Fix scenario
  prompt (explicit mention of CustomBeforeMicrosoftCommonTargets)

Eval quality improvements based on CI results:
- Shorten target-authoring rubric items to reduce overfitting (was 0.30)
- Remove 'Focus on target authoring patterns' instruction from hard
  scenario prompt (was directing agent too specifically)

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* Improve eval: increase timeout, add activation keywords, explicit fix instructions

- property-patterns 'Diagnose multi-level': timeout 240s -> 360s (was hitting limit at 249s)
- target-authoring 'Diagnose custom target': add CompileDependsOn/incremental build keywords for better skill activation
- property-patterns 'Fix': add 'edit ... directly' to prompt to encourage file edits
- target-authoring 'Fix': add 'edit ... directly' to prompt
- item-management 'Fix': add 'edit ... directly' to prompt

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* Fix target-authoring skill description and eval prompts for plugin activation

The skill description said 'DO NOT USE FOR: deep incremental-build diagnostics'
which caused the plugin agent to skip it for scenarios about build regressions.
Clarified that the skill IS for diagnosing target authoring mistakes (missing
Inputs/Outputs, broken dependency chains) that cause full rebuilds.

Also updated eval prompts to use 'target authoring mistakes' framing and
increased Fix scenario timeout to 360s.

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* Increase eval timeouts: extension-points NuGet (240->360s), item-management cascading (240->360s)

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* Fix 3 fresh PR review comments + update eval prompts for target-authoring

- property-patterns/SKILL.md: add warning that TargetFramework-conditioned
  PropertyGroups must be in .targets not .props (empty in single-target .props)
- extension-points/SKILL.md: add Exists() guard to GetPathOfFileAbove Import
  to prevent build failure when no parent file is found
- target-authoring/SKILL.md: fix comment mismatch — validation target runs
  via dependency chain, not BeforeTargets; update comment accordingly
- target-authoring/eval.yaml: reframe 'Diagnose' and 'Fix' prompts to use
  'dependency chain' / 'authoring patterns' language (avoids routing to
  incremental-build skill which also claims Inputs/Outputs diagnostics)

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* Improve skill descriptions for reliable plugin-mode activation

Add 'Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context.' prefix to all 4 skills
for consistency with existing skills in the plugin.

Add explicit 'diagnosing and fixing' and 'reviewing' keywords to USE FOR
sections so the SDK selects these skills over the broader
msbuild-antipatterns skill when prompts ask to fix or review specific
item/extension/property/target patterns.

Add 'general MSBuild anti-pattern catalog (use msbuild-antipatterns)' to
DO NOT USE FOR sections to help the SDK disambiguate.

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* Fix skill descriptions: shorten to under 1024-char SDK limit

All 4 new skills had descriptions exceeding the 1024-character maximum
enforced by the skill-validator check command. The Copilot SDK silently
ignores skills with over-length descriptions, causing 0% activation in
both isolated and plugin evaluation modes.

Shortened all 4 descriptions while preserving key activation keywords
(USE FOR / DO NOT USE FOR / 'Only activate in MSBuild/.NET build context').

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* Address PR review comments

- target-authoring eval.yaml: fix prompt to say 'Outputs attribute' (not
  'Returns') since the fixture uses Outputs on a query target, which is
  the actual bug that causes MSBuild to skip re-execution
- property-patterns eval.yaml: reword prompt and rubric — the real issue
  is unconditional assignment breaking parent-child Directory.Build.props
  inheritance, not project files being unable to override properties
- extension-points SKILL.md: fix GetPathOfFileAbove example to factor
  the path into a property so Project= and Condition= use the same value
  consistently (avoiding the ..\\ vs ..\ discrepancy)
- CustomSdk.targets: add WriteLinesToFile to CoreCodeGen so it actually
  creates the .g.cs output files (prevents compilation failure in fixture)

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* Fix property-patterns fixtures to match rubric claims

Scenario 1 (path merge bug):
- PropertyPatterns.csproj: add OutputPath using CustomOutputDir without a
  trailing separator, making the merge bug observable
  (artifacts\binPropertyPatterns\ instead of artifacts\bin\PropertyPatterns\)

Scenario 2 (multi-level hierarchy bugs):
- hard/Directory.Build.props: make LangVersion unconditional so it
  overwrites the child src/Directory.Build.props LangVersion=preview,
  matching the rubric claim about parent unconditional assignments
- hard/Directory.Build.props: add NoWarn=NU1702 (conditional default)
  so parent suppressions are visible but lost when the child's
  unconditional <NoWarn>CS1591;IDE0005</NoWarn> overwrites them after import

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2026-05-22 09:39:23 +00:00
Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi 3b0ece94ad Add web api skill and tests (#613)
* adding web api skill and tests

* fixing link

* Potential fix for pull request finding

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2026-05-21 09:51:05 -07:00
Jan Krivanek e951d69ab9 dotnet-msbuild: move AITools.BinlogMcp source to dotnet-tools feed (#680)
The MCP package was relocated from the dotnet-eng public feed to the dotnet-tools public feed on dnceng. Update plugin.json --add-source URL and the SKILL.md fallback note accordingly.
2026-05-21 13:14:51 +02:00
Jason Malinowski e2dc44c377 Bump our warmup timeout to something higher (#666)
30 seconds is the default, but a bit higher has a chance of completing
for more users successfully.
2026-05-19 16:58:04 -07:00
David Wengier c1f9e820a1 Add LSP support for .razor and .cshtml file extensions (#644)
The roslyn-language-server package includes the Razor LSP bits now
2026-05-19 17:48:52 -04:00
Jan Krivanek dfc8aa786d dotnet-msbuild: register AITools.BinlogMcp and use it from binlog-failure-analysis (#673)
* dotnet-msbuild: register AITools.BinlogMcp and use it from binlog-failure-analysis

Adds the AITools.BinlogMcp MCP server (pulled via dnx from the dotnet-eng public NuGet feed, prerelease, no version pin) to the dotnet-msbuild plugin and rewrites the binlog-failure-analysis SKILL.md to lead with the MCP tools (binlog_overview, binlog_errors, binlog_search, binlog_items, binlog_properties, binlog_imports, binlog_nuget). The text-log replay workflow is kept as a fallback for environments without the MCP.

* Improve skills

* Reflect PR comments
2026-05-19 19:45:34 +02:00
Jan Krivanek 2fcfc099b9 Improve direct scenario (#675) 2026-05-19 19:34:29 +02:00
Amaury Levé dde9f99cf0 dotnet-test: drop tools field from agents that declared it (#665)
The four agents (code-testing-generator, test-migration, testability-migration,
test-quality-auditor) were the only dotnet-test agents declaring a 'tools:'
list. Per Jan's suggestion on #660, drop the field so they inherit the runtime's
default tool surface (matching the convention used by every other agent in the
repo).

Follow-up to #660.

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2026-05-18 14:47:00 +02:00
Amaury Levé 2a193300ca Replace 'terminal' with 'bash' and 'powershell' in agent tools (#660)
The skill-validator only recognizes 'bash' and 'powershell' as built-in shell tools, not 'terminal'. Update the four affected agents in the dotnet-test plugin to use both for cross-platform support.

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2026-05-18 13:39:33 +02:00
Amaury Levé b0c2336d49 Tighten crap-score boundary to fix coverage-analysis plateau activation (#652)
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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2026-05-15 16:24:10 +02:00
Amaury Levé 3d59e44c7e Fix coverage-analysis activation for plateau diagnosis prompts (#647)
* 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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2026-05-14 17:41:31 +00:00
Amaury Levé 42afc2688d Add Go, Java, Rust, Ruby, Swift, and Kotlin extensions to code-testing-extensions (#650)
* 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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2026-05-14 17:51:27 +02:00
Amaury Levé f532cf1d94 Add coverage-touching and self-referential assertion heuristics (#635)
* 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.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* 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.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* 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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2026-05-14 17:43:35 +02:00
YuliiaKovalova e1e8568375 Revert "dotnet-test: add unit-under-test + behaviors quality cue to code-test…" (#651)
This reverts commit f1b09eba79.
2026-05-14 17:00:07 +02:00
Amaury Levé de0a97c551 Fix migrate-vstest-to-mtp activation for Handle exit code 8 scenario (#648)
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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2026-05-14 11:29:59 +02:00
Amaury Levé 0f31228b58 Fix eval timeouts and skill activation for dotnet-test evals (#641)
* 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
2026-05-13 17:49:55 +02:00
YuliiaKovalova f1b09eba79 dotnet-test: add unit-under-test + behaviors quality cue to code-testing-generator (#646)
* 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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2026-05-13 14:03:31 +02:00
Amaury Levé 4c40b873f2 Add detect-static-dependencies evals for report structure, obj exclusion, and lambda statics (#640)
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
2026-05-13 11:49:18 +00:00
Jakub Jareš 6e7adc5e32 Add extension files for Python, TypeScript, and PowerShell (#617)
* 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.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* 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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2026-05-13 11:16:45 +02:00
Dan Moseley fe11dec69d Update .NET 10→11 migration skill for Preview 2 and 3 (#628)
* Update .NET 10→11 migration skill for Preview 2 and 3

Add breaking changes from .NET 11 Preview 2 and Preview 3 to the
migrate-dotnet10-to-dotnet11 skill. The skill previously covered only
Preview 1.

Changes:
- Add 15 new breaking changes across all reference files
- Create new aspnetcore-dotnet10to11.md reference (OpenAPI v3, Blazor)
- Update SKILL.md workflow steps, assessment checklist, and patterns
- Add 4 new eval scenarios covering high-impact P2/P3 changes
- Add github.com/dotnet/aspnetcore to known-domains.txt

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* Address review feedback

- Replace prompt-echoable 'corrupt' in ZipArchive eval regex with 'checksum'
- Update EF Core reference note to say 'Preview 1 through Preview 3'
- Add missing Source link for Zstandard entry

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* Address review feedback: tighten eval regex, fix raw HTML

- Tighten OverscanCount grader regex to require 'OverscanCount' with
  a number, instead of matching bare '3' anywhere
- Wrap Blazor component snippet in backticks so it renders as code

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2026-05-11 19:29:36 +00:00
Amaury Levé 5856011d8f Add README.md for dotnet-test plugin (#636) 2026-05-11 15:54:27 +00:00
Amaury Levé d575b1faa8 Add eval scenarios for writing-mstest-tests skill coverage (#593)
* Add eval scenarios for writing-mstest-tests skill coverage

* Fix invalid YAML and remove build-validation claim from rubric

* Fix timeouts and low quality

* Improve further

* Increase timeout for string assertions scenario from 120s to 180s

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Amaury Levé cfc293f8fe Fix skill activation for Assert.AreEqual overload eval scenario (#589)
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
2026-05-11 13:07:01 +00:00
Amaury Levé 9f531203ec Promote 4 experimental test skills to dotnet-test plugin (#634)
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
2026-05-11 14:46:11 +02:00
Amaury Levé 97b23ae750 Fix timeout for Modernize legacy test patterns evaluation (#590)
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
2026-05-11 13:51:11 +02:00
Jan Jones 3aefa0f10a Update file-based app skill to mention features from 10.0.300 (#602)
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Dan Moseley e7ec5a77a0 Fix markdownlint CI workflow (startup_failure since inception) (#629) 2026-05-08 08:33:08 +01:00
Copilot 2f9922e073 Remove LangVersion=latest from skill examples and test fixtures (#608)
* Initial plan

* Remove LangVersion=latest from skill docs and test fixtures

Per official C# docs, LangVersion should not be set to `latest` as
it causes builds to silently vary across machines with different SDKs.
Best practice is to omit LangVersion entirely and let the TFM determine
the correct C# version automatically.

- Update msbuild-modernization/SKILL.md: remove LangVersion=latest from
  example and add explicit guidance to omit LangVersion
- Update directory-build-organization/SKILL.md: remove from example
- Update directory-build-organization/references/multi-level-examples.md:
  remove from all 4 examples
- Update msbuild-antipatterns/SKILL.md: remove from AP-08 examples
- Remove LangVersion=latest from 11 test fixture project files

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Manish Jayaswal 2633d3d482 add a new dotnet11 plugin and a new system text json skill to it. (#535)
* add a new dotnet11 plugin and a new system text json skill to it.

* Update plugins/dotnet11/skills/system-text-json-net11/SKILL.md

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* addressed more CR comments

* fixed agument to pass while enabling dotnet11 skills

* Remove dotnet11-specific filtering from skill-validator and evaluation workflow

Now that .NET 11 is the default SDK for the repo (global.json updated on main),
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are treated like any other plugin and included in all evaluation runs.

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- Remove --include-dotnet11 CLI option and filtering logic from EvaluateCommand.cs
- Remove IncludeDotnet11 from ValidatorConfig model
- Remove --dotnet11 flag parsing from evaluation workflow gate job
- Remove dotnet11 exclusion logic from discover job
- Remove conditional .NET 11 preview SDK install step (global.json handles it)
- Remove dotnet11 from excludeFromSchedule list
- Remove all dotnet11-specific warning/status messages
- Remove section 9 from InvestigatingResults.md

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YuliiaKovalova 809d0b180c Improve test generation quality based on SWE Atlas benchmark analysis (#599)
* 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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Tomas Grosup a55227f030 Fold F# .fsproj ordering into msbuild-antipatterns AP-05 (#577)
* Add fsharp-project-structure skill for .fsproj file ordering and .fsi files

Teaches agents F# compilation order rules, signature file placement,
and common FS0039/FS0010/FS0034 fixes. Includes eval with three scenarios
(add module, fix broken order, add signature file) and test fixtures.

Validated +64.6% improvement on gpt-4.1 (significant, CI [+17.2%, +63.0%]).

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* Add fsharp-project-structure skill for .fsproj file ordering and .fsi files

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Scraps the standalone fsharp-project-structure skill and instead adds a
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F# compilation is order-dependent, so .fsproj files must list Compile
items in dependency order (utilities first, entry point last), and .fsi
signature files must appear immediately before their companion .fs.

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file) are ported into tests/dotnet-msbuild/msbuild-antipatterns/eval.yaml
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2026-04-27 15:07:18 +02:00
Jan Krivanek 81946d2a38 Add proxy for CTA extension files (#583) 2026-04-24 12:19:17 +02:00
Amaury Levé 1b105d1940 Fix dotnet-test-frameworks skill activation for evaluations (#580)
* 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.
2026-04-23 16:24:48 +02:00
Jan Krivanek 4ace5459f8 Improve agent based on C++ testing feedback (#571)
* Improve agent based on C++ testing feedback

* Rename Cpp.md to cpp.md
2026-04-23 15:52:29 +02:00
Amaury Levé f8e8191268 Add concrete pipeline examples for code-testing-agent (#572)
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.
2026-04-23 12:18:36 +00:00
Amaury Levé 8651264f12 Fix skill activation for exit code 8 scenario (#567)
* Initial plan

* Improve MTP migration skill guidance for OutputType conditions

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Jan Krivanek 05aeb657e6 Add license to agent files (#568) 2026-04-21 12:57:18 +00:00
Artur Spychaj 270ef910ec Ensure validation runs for all strategies including Direct (#570)
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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Copilot c625f09db5 Recommend MSBuildProjectName for OutputType conditions in MTP migration skill (#556)
* Initial plan

* Improve MTP migration skill guidance for OutputType conditions

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2026-04-21 07:24:59 +00:00
Amaury Levé 5826c421b4 Fix test-anti-patterns plugin activation by disambiguating competing descriptions (#552)
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)
2026-04-21 09:13:20 +02:00
Amaury Levé 7841934a75 Add migrate-mstest-v3-to-v4 eval scenarios for uncovered patterns (#564)
* Add migrate-mstest-v3-to-v4 eval scenarios for uncovered patterns

Add 5 new scenarios (Goals 10-14) covering:
- Verified package update with build/test validation
- Sealed custom TestMethodAttribute with Timeout migration
- TestMethodAttribute/TestMethod display name constructor syntax
- Assert.IsInstanceOfType out parameter breaking change
- TreatDiscoveryWarningsAsErrors and behavioral changes review

Add 4 new fixture directories:
- v3-verified-migration: buildable project for end-to-end validation
- v3-sealed-timeout: sealed attr + TestTimeout.Infinite patterns
- v3-testmethod-displayname: [TestMethod/Attribute("name")] patterns
- v3-instanceoftype: Assert.IsInstanceOfType<T> out param pattern

Covers uncovered validation items (lines 449-451, 458) and code
patterns: [TestMethod], [Timeout], sealed, [TestMethodAttribute],
Assert.IsInstanceOfType.

* Improve skill description for activation and bump scenario timeouts

Rewrite migrate-mstest-v3-to-v4 frontmatter description to improve SDK
semantic matching:
- Lead with symptom (fix build errors) instead of action (migrate)
- Add error codes CS0507, CS0103, CS1061, CS1615 as trigger signals
- Add symptom phrase: tests don't compile after upgrading MSTest
- Expand breaking change keywords: sealed, DisplayName syntax,
  Assert.IsInstanceOfType out parameter, TestContext.TestName
- Keep under 1024 char limit

Bump timeout 180s -> 240s for scenarios 11 (sealed attr) and 13
(IsInstanceOfType) that hit timeout during evaluation.

* Address PR review comments

- Remove unused 'using System' from OrderServiceTests.cs and TypeCheckTests.cs
- Renumber duplicate Goal 10 to Goal 15 (non-activation scenario)
- Tighten file_contains assertion to check MSTest.TestFramework and
  MSTest.TestAdapter individually instead of broad '4.' match
- Tighten Timeout assertion to require int.MaxValue instead of matching
  pre-migration symbol names
- Fix error code CS0507 -> CS0115 in scenario 11 prompt to match the
  actual MSTest v4 error for missing Execute override
2026-04-21 09:12:45 +02:00
Amaury Levé 1125fe7864 improve(dotnet-test): enhance agent descriptions for subagent discovery (#560)
- 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
2026-04-20 19:51:09 +02:00
Amaury Levé 9ab90d6400 feat(dotnet-test): add handoffs between orchestrator agents (#561)
- test-quality-auditor -> code-testing-generator (generate missing tests)
- test-quality-auditor -> testability-migration (fix untestable code)
- testability-migration -> code-testing-generator (test migrated code)
- test-migration -> test-quality-auditor (audit after migration)

Enables guided sequential workflows between agents with suggested
next steps, per VS Code custom agent handoff pattern.
2026-04-20 19:36:44 +02:00
Copilot a4927f1b79 Align writing-mstest-tests skill routing with anti-pattern disambiguation (#553)
* Initial plan

* fix(dotnet-test): align writing-mstest-tests routing with anti-pattern skill

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