dotnet-test

dotnet-test is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from NikiforovAll/claude-code-rules. It costs 35 tokens per session (1,651 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A workflow for running selected .NET tests efficiently, especially xUnit tests. It builds the whole solution first, then runs only the relevant test project or filtered tests without rebuilding.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run a test project or narrow tests by method, class, or parameter, using xUnit-style filters.
Why use it?
It catches compilation problems early while avoiding unnecessary repeated builds during focused development and debugging.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the handbook-dotnet plugin — 9 skills, 1 hook shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/nikiforovall/claude-code-rules/dotnet-test
Any agent
npx skills add NikiforovAll/claude-code-rules --skill dotnet-test
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NikiforovAll/claude-code-rules

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install handbook-dotnet, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 9 skills, 1 hook.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 35 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,651 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00035 $0.01651
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00826
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00330
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00165

Measured 4d ago against content hash 60d1e7c57b26, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

dotnet-test scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

plugins/handbook-dotnet/skills/dotnet-test/SKILL.md · 175 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 175 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

.NET Test Runner

Run .NET tests selectively using a build-first, test-targeted workflow optimized for development speed.

Core Workflow

Follow this workflow to run tests efficiently:

Step 1: Build Solution First

Build the entire solution with minimal output to catch compile errors early:

dotnet build -p:WarningLevel=0 /clp:ErrorsOnly --verbosity minimal

Step 2: Run Specific Project Tests

Run tests for the specific test project with --no-build to skip redundant compilation:

dotnet test path/to/project --no-build --verbosity minimal

Step 3: Filter When Targeting Specific Tests

Narrow down to specific tests using filter expressions:

# By method name using FullyQualifiedName (recommended)
dotnet test --no-build --filter "FullyQualifiedName~MyTestMethod"

# By class name using FullyQualifiedName (recommended)
dotnet test --no-build --filter "FullyQualifiedName~MyTestClass"

# By parameter values in Theory tests (xUnit)
dotnet test --no-build --filter "DisplayName~paramValue"

# Combined filters
dotnet test --no-build --filter "FullyQualifiedName~Create|FullyQualifiedName~Update"

Note: Properties Name~ and ClassName= may not work reliably. Use FullyQualifiedName~ instead.

Quick Reference

Commands

Command Purpose
dotnet build -p:WarningLevel=0 /clp:ErrorsOnly --verbosity minimal Build solution with minimal output
dotnet test path/to/Tests.csproj --no-build Run project tests (skip build)
dotnet test --no-build --logger "console;verbosity=detailed" Show ITestOutputHelper output
dotnet test --no-build --filter "..." Run filtered tests
dotnet test --no-build --list-tests List available tests without running

Read the full file on GitHub · 175 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 175 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 60d1e7c57b26

Subscribe to this mod's changes

dotnet-test is a skill published in the GitHub repository NikiforovAll/claude-code-rules (141 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 1,651 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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