| name | standalone-test-repro-method |
| description | Resolve a CoreCLR runtime test from a fully qualified method name for the standalone-test-repro workflow. Use for xUnit display names and methods in merged or multi-test assemblies, with or without a named test scenario. Continue with the parent standalone-test-repro skill after resolution.
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Resolve a Runtime Test Method
This is the method-name resolution sub-skill for
../standalone-test-repro/SKILL.md.
Resolve the exact source test, owning project, and test invocation, then
continue with the parent's shared extraction steps.
Input
Accept a fully qualified method name copied from a CI failure, for example:
Namespace.TypeName.MethodName
It may include an assembly prefix, xUnit display-name arguments, quotes,
parentheses, nested-type notation, or surrounding CI log text. The surrounding
request may also name a scenario such as jitstress1; preserve it separately
from the method identifier for the parent workflow.
Resolution
- Normalize the identifier:
- Trim quotes, Markdown formatting, leading result labels, and trailing
punctuation.
- Preserve xUnit argument text for theory-case resolution.
- Remove an assembly prefix only after verifying it is an assembly name.
- Never reduce the identifier to only the final method segment.
- Do not treat a separately supplied scenario as part of the method name.
- Parse the longest plausible namespace/type prefix and method name. Account
for nested types (
+ in reflection names and . in C# source) and generic
arity suffixes.
- Search C# sources under
src/tests/ for the exact method declaration and
confirm its containing type and namespace. Prefer symbol information when
available; otherwise combine targeted searches for method, type, and
namespace.
- Find the owning
.csproj by its explicit or evaluated Compile items.
Account for wildcard includes and merged projects such as JIT regression
assemblies.
- Inspect the project and source for:
[Fact], [Theory], custom attributes, or TestEntryPoint
- Static or instance invocation and constructor requirements
- Fixtures, setup, cleanup, and disposal
- Async and generic return or argument handling
- Conditional compilation and platform guards
- Test data and the specific failing theory row
- Target-specific environment items and batch or Bash pre/post commands
- If display-name arguments identify a theory row, reproduce exactly that
row. If not, generate invocations for all locally resolvable rows and label
them. Use the
ask_user tool when runtime-discovered data or ambiguity
prevents a faithful choice.
- If multiple source methods still match, present the concrete candidates with
ask_user; do not guess.
Resolution is complete only when the exact source method, owning project, and
required invocation semantics are known. Return any requested scenario
unchanged for canonicalization by the test-scenario-env skill.