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Managing Dotnet Test Installation

microsoft/managing-dotnet-test-installation

> Installs the external dotnet-test plugin when its test-generation agent is unavailable. Use when a user selects AI test generation during an upgrade but code-testing-generator is not loaded.

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/upgrade-agent-plugins --skill managing-dotnet-test-installation

The instruction itself

1 sections, as written by the author

Installing the dotnet-test Plugin

The dotnet-test plugin must be loaded before the upgrade can generate a test baseline. Ask whether

the user wants to install it. If they decline, treat Test Coverage as Skip.

{{#if CopilotCli}}

Run:

copilot plugin marketplace add dotnet/skills
copilot plugin install dotnet-test@dotnet-agent-skills

Then ask the user to restart the session (/restart or relaunch copilot) and re-run the upgrade.

Do not create test-baseline tasks in the current run because the plugin loads only after restart.

{{/if}}

{{#if VsCode}}

Ask the user to run Chat: Install Plugin From Source from the Command Palette and enter:

https://github.com/dotnet/skills

When VS Code shows the plugins available from that source, ask the user to select dotnet-test.

Alternatively, add dotnet/skills to chat.plugins.marketplaces, then ask the user to install

dotnet-test from the @agentPlugins Extensions view. After installation, ask the user to continue

the current upgrade. Re-check that code-testing-generator is available, then resume planning.

{{/if}}

{{#if GitHubCopilotApp}}

Ask the user to open Settings → Plugins or use the Extensions menu in the GitHub Copilot App,

find the dotnet-test plugin from dotnet/skills, and install it. Then ask the user to continue the

current upgrade. Re-check that code-testing-generator is available before resuming planning.

{{/if}}

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take microsoft/managing-dotnet-test-installation from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.