Repository
microsoft/vstest agent skills
- skills
- 5
- official
- 5
- GitHub stars
- 969
GitHub description: “Visual Studio Test Platform is the runner and engine that powers test explorer and vstest.console.”
- Stars
- 969 (358 forks)
- Licence
- MIT
- Last push
- Oct 2026
- Created
- Jul 2016
- visual-studio
- testing-tools
- testing
- test-runner
- unit-testing
- dotnet
Install all skills
npx skills add microsoft/vstestAdd --skill <name> for a single skill and -a <agent> to choose the agent (see the agent guides).
Skills in microsoft/vstest, ranked
Ranked by score. Sort bymost stars,trending,newest,recently updated
| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parse and analyze Visual Studio TRX test result files. An agent skill from microsoft/vstest. | microsoft/ | 969 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 2 | Validate that commands documented in skill files actually work. | microsoft/ | 969 | — | ~759 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 3 | Build, test, and validate changes in the vstest repository. An agent skill from microsoft/vstest. | microsoft/ | 969 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 4 | Create custom agent capabilities when discovering novel tools, receiving task-agnostic tips from reviewers, or after researching specialized workflows not covered in existing instructions. | microsoft/ | 969 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 5 | Route code and dependency changes to relevant review dimensions based on affected files and folders. | microsoft/ | 969 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
Questions, answered from the data.
What is the best skill in microsoft/vstest?
Trx Analysis (official) from microsoft/vstest ranks first of the 5 skills in microsoft/vstest listed here, with the highest score: its repository has 969 GitHub stars, its SKILL.md loads about 1.8k tokens and it passes the automated safety check with no findings. Next come Validate Skills and Vstest Build Test.
Are the skills in microsoft/vstest official?
5 of the 5 skills in microsoft/vstest are official, published by the vendor's own GitHub organization: Trx Analysis, Validate Skills, Vstest Build Test, Creating Skills and Expert Reviewing.
How do I install all skills from microsoft/vstest?
Run npx skills add microsoft/vstest in your project: the open-source skills CLI installs the repository's skills into your coding agent's skills folder. To install a single skill, open its page here for the exact command.
How are these skills ranked?
By Skill Navigator score, which combines the GitHub stars of the skill's repository (shared across that repo's skills and discounted for large collections), how many other GitHub owners carry a copy of the skill, and automated SKILL.md quality checks, minus penalties for safety-check warnings and for each further skill from the same repository. Skills that fail the safety check are not listed.