Run Tests

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User says run tests
• Run these tests
• Filter by category
• Filter by class

Example prompts

• “run tests”
• “run my tests”
• “run these tests”
• “/run-tests”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Detect the test platform and framework
2. 2Run tests
3. 3Run filtered tests

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e7e6474. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • dotnet

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Run Tests loads about 3.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 245 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,498 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~245

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from runceel/ReactiveProperty at commit e7e6474, republished under its MIT licence (© runceel). 1,498 words, ~3,635 tokens.

name

run-tests

description

Runs .NET tests with dotnet test. Use when user says "run tests", "run my tests", "run these tests", "execute tests", "dotnet test", "test filter", "filter by category", "filter by class", "combine filters", "run only specific tests", "integration tests", "unit tests", "tests not running", "hang timeout", "blame-hang", "blame-crash", "crash dump", "TRX report", "TRX", "test report", "generate TRX", "TUnit", "treenode-filter", "target framework", "multi-TFM", or needs to detect the test platform (VSTest or Microsoft.Testing.Platform), identify the test framework, apply test filters, or troubleshoot test execution failures. Covers MSTest, xUnit, NUnit, and TUnit across both VSTest and MTP platforms. Also use for --filter-class, --filter-trait, --report-trx, --logger trx, --blame-hang-timeout, and other platform-specific filter and reporting syntax. DO NOT USE FOR: writing or generating test code, CI/CD pipeline configuration, or debugging failing test logic.

metadata.github-path

plugins/dotnet-test/skills/run-tests

metadata.github-pinned

v1.0.0

metadata.github-ref

refs/tags/v1.0.0

metadata.github-repo

https://github.com/dotnet/skills

metadata.github-tree-sha

1df99bb3ac1d06d88693057255ae159d8458ae52

dotnet test [<PROJECT> | <SOLUTION> | <DIRECTORY> | <DLL> | <EXE>]

dotnet test [<PROJECT> | <SOLUTION> | <DIRECTORY> | <DLL> | <EXE>] -- <MTP_ARGUMENTS>

dotnet test
    [--project <PROJECT_OR_DIRECTORY>]
    [--solution <SOLUTION_OR_DIRECTORY>]
    [--test-modules <EXPRESSION>]
    [<MTP_ARGUMENTS>]

# Run all tests in a project
dotnet test --project path/to/MyTests.csproj

# Run all tests in a directory containing a project
dotnet test --project path/to/

# Run all tests in a solution (sln, slnf, slnx)
dotnet test --solution path/to/MySolution.sln

# Run all tests in a directory containing a solution
dotnet test --solution path/to/

# Run with MTP flags
dotnet test --project path/to/MyTests.csproj --report-trx --blame-hang-timeout 5min

# Build and run
dotnet run --project <PROJECT_PATH>

# Run a previously built DLL
dotnet exec <PATH_TO_DLL>

# Run the executable directly (Windows)
<PATH_TO_EXE>

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/run-tests of runceel/ReactiveProperty.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e7e6474