Install skills and agents from dotnet/skills#8773
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Pull request overview
This PR vendors the dotnet-test and dotnet-msbuild Copilot skill packs (pinned to dotnet/skills@v1.0.0) into the repo under .copilot/, and wires them up via managed blocks in AGENTS.md and .github/copilot-instructions.md so both the GitHub.com Copilot cloud agent and local Copilot CLI consumers can discover them.
Changes:
- Adds
.copilot/curate/manifest.yml+ lockfile and commits the resolved plugin content under.copilot/plugins/. - Adds managed “Available skills” blocks to
AGENTS.mdand.github/copilot-instructions.md. - Introduces a
.github/CODEOWNERSfile.
Show a summary per file
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| AGENTS.md | Managed summary list of installed Copilot skill packs for repository-level discovery. |
| .github/copilot-instructions.md | Managed summary list intended for Copilot instructions/discovery in GitHub workflows and tooling. |
| .github/CODEOWNERS | Establishes CODEOWNERS patterns for review ownership. |
| .copilot/.gitattributes | Enforces LF normalization for curated/copied skill pack content. |
| .copilot/curate/manifest.yml | Declares which skill packs are installed and their pinned source refs. |
| .copilot/curate/manifest.lock.yml | Lockfile capturing resolved content/hashes for deterministic installs. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/plugin.json | Declares the dotnet-msbuild plugin entrypoints (skills + agents). |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/agents/build-perf.agent.md | Agent definition for MSBuild performance investigation workflows. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/agents/msbuild-code-review.agent.md | Agent definition for reviewing MSBuild project files. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/agents/msbuild.agent.md | Agent definition for general MSBuild troubleshooting and routing. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-failure-analysis/SKILL.md | Skill doc for analyzing build failures via binlog replay and text logs. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/binlog-generation/SKILL.md | Skill doc for generating MSBuild binlogs consistently. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/build-parallelism/SKILL.md | Skill doc for improving MSBuild parallelism and graph scheduling. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/build-perf-baseline/SKILL.md | Skill doc for establishing build performance baselines and methodology. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/build-perf-diagnostics/SKILL.md | Skill doc for diagnosing build bottlenecks using binlogs/perf summaries. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/check-bin-obj-clash/SKILL.md | Skill doc for detecting OutputPath/IntermediateOutputPath clashes. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/directory-build-organization/SKILL.md | Skill doc for organizing shared MSBuild infrastructure (Directory.Build.*). |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/directory-build-organization/references/common-patterns.md | Reference material for common Directory.Build patterns. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/directory-build-organization/references/multi-level-examples.md | Reference examples for multi-level Directory.Build import hierarchies. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/directory-build-organization/references/targetframework-props-pitfall.md | Reference describing the TargetFramework-in-.props conditional pitfall. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/eval-performance/SKILL.md | Skill doc for diagnosing MSBuild evaluation-time performance issues. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/including-generated-files/SKILL.md | Skill doc for correctly including build-generated files into compilation/output. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/incremental-build/SKILL.md | Skill doc for diagnosing and fixing incremental build regressions. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns/SKILL.md | Skill doc cataloging MSBuild anti-patterns and remediation guidance. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns/references/additional-antipatterns.md | Additional anti-pattern reference material for the MSBuild catalog. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns/references/incremental-build-inputs-outputs.md | Reference guidance on Inputs/Outputs for incremental custom targets. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-antipatterns/references/private-assets.md | Reference guidance for PrivateAssets="all" on analyzers/build tooling packages. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-modernization/SKILL.md | Skill doc for modernizing legacy MSBuild projects to SDK-style patterns. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/msbuild-server/SKILL.md | Skill doc for using MSBuild Server to speed up CLI builds. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-msbuild/skills/resolve-project-references/SKILL.md | Skill doc explaining why ResolveProjectReferences time can be misleading. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/plugin.json | Declares the dotnet-test plugin entrypoints (skills + agents). |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-builder.agent.md | Sub-agent for compiling/building during test-generation workflows. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-fixer.agent.md | Sub-agent for fixing compile errors during test-generation workflows. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-generator.agent.md | Orchestrator agent for the research/plan/implement test generation pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-implementer.agent.md | Sub-agent for implementing a single phase of a test plan. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-linter.agent.md | Sub-agent for formatting/linting code during the pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-planner.agent.md | Sub-agent for producing phased test plans from research output. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-researcher.agent.md | Sub-agent for analyzing repo structure/testing conventions before test generation. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/code-testing-tester.agent.md | Sub-agent for executing tests and reporting results during the pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/test-migration.agent.md | Agent orchestrating test framework/platform migrations (routing to skills). |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/test-quality-auditor.agent.md | Agent orchestrating multi-skill test quality auditing/reporting. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/agents/testability-migration.agent.md | Agent orchestrating static-dependency testability migrations (detect/generate/migrate). |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/code-testing-agent/SKILL.md | Skill doc describing the multi-agent unit test generation pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/code-testing-agent/unit-test-generation.prompt.md | Prompt/guidelines used by the test generation pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/code-testing-agent/extensions/dotnet.md | .NET-specific guidance for the test generation pipeline. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/SKILL.md | Skill doc for generating coverage/risk hotspot reports. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/references/guidelines.md | Rules/guidelines for how coverage analysis output should be produced. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/references/output-format.md | Reference output template for coverage analysis reporting. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/scripts/Compute-CrapScores.ps1 | Script to compute CRAP scores from Cobertura inputs. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/coverage-analysis/scripts/Extract-MethodCoverage.ps1 | Script to extract/merge method-level coverage metrics from Cobertura inputs. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/crap-score/SKILL.md | Skill doc for CRAP score analysis workflow and interpretation. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/detect-static-dependencies/SKILL.md | Skill doc for scanning codebases for hard-to-test static dependencies. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/dotnet-test-frameworks/SKILL.md | Reference skill doc for detecting .NET test frameworks and common patterns. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/filter-syntax/SKILL.md | Reference skill doc for test filter syntax across VSTest/MTP/frameworks. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/generate-testability-wrappers/SKILL.md | Skill doc for generating/adopting abstractions to wrap static dependencies. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-mstest-v1v2-to-v3/SKILL.md | Skill doc for migrating MSTest v1/v2 projects to MSTest v3. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-mstest-v3-to-v4/SKILL.md | Skill doc for migrating MSTest v3 projects to MSTest v4. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-static-to-wrapper/SKILL.md | Skill doc for mechanically replacing static calls with injectable wrappers. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-vstest-to-mtp/SKILL.md | Skill doc for migrating from VSTest to Microsoft.Testing.Platform. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-xunit-to-xunit-v3/SKILL.md | Skill doc for migrating xUnit.net v2 projects to xUnit.net v3. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/mtp-hot-reload/SKILL.md | Skill doc for using MTP hot reload to iterate on failing tests. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/platform-detection/SKILL.md | Reference skill doc for detecting test platform/framework from project files. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md | Skill doc for running .NET tests and applying the right filters/options. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/test-anti-patterns/SKILL.md | Skill doc for identifying pragmatic test anti-patterns and smells. |
| .copilot/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/writing-mstest-tests/SKILL.md | Skill doc for writing modern MSTest tests and applying best practices. |
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…ate v0.6.0
Uses gh-copilot-curate v0.6.0 which installs to the canonical user-equivalent paths (.agents/skills/<skill>/ and .github/agents/<name>.agent.md) instead of a tool-specific .copilot/plugins/ tree. Files now look identical to what a user would create by hand or what 'gh skill install --scope=project' writes, so Copilot CLI, the GitHub.com cloud agent, gh skill, and IDE chats auto-discover them.
Demo of the dotnet/skills@v1.0.0 plugins:
- dotnet-test (34 files): 22 skills + 11 .agent.md sub-agents + scripts
- dotnet-msbuild (23 files): 9 skills + 3 .agent.md sub-agents + scripts
These coexist with testfx's existing .github/agents/{agentic-workflows,build-failure-analyst,expert-reviewer,msbuild-reviewer}.agent.md without collision.
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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How does this combine with https://github.com/microsoft/testfx/blob/main/.github/copilot/settings.json? |
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