Agent-Skills azure-test-plans

Expert knowledge for Azure Test Plans development including limits & quotas, security, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when customizing test run fields, filtering/reporting results, managing test access, or automating via tcm.exe, and other Azure Test Plans related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Boards (use azure-boards), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines).

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Agent-Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/azure-test-plans" ~/.claude/skills/microsoftdocs-agent-skills-azure-test-plans && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/azure-test-plans/SKILL.md

source content

Azure Test Plans Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Test Plans. Covers limits & quotas, security, and integrations & coding patterns. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120
), use
read_file
with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,
[security.md](security.md)
), use
read_file
on the linked reference file

IMPORTANT for Agent: If
metadata.generated_at
is more than 3 months old, suggest the user pull the latest version from the repository. If
mcp_microsoftdocs
tools are not available, suggest the user install it: Installation Guide

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

Preferred: Use

mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch

with query string

from=learn-agent-skill

. Returns Markdown.

Fallback: Use

fetch_webpage

with query string

from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown

. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Limits & Quotas	L31-L35	Configuring and using custom fields on Azure Test runs and results to capture additional metadata, filter and report on tests, and tailor test management to specific project needs.
Security	L36-L40	Managing permissions, access levels, and security roles for users and groups in Azure Test Plans manual testing features.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L41-L44	Using tcm.exe CLI to manage Azure Test Plans: create and run test suites, import/export test cases, manage test configurations, and automate test management tasks

Limits & Quotas

Topic	URL
Use custom fields for Azure Test runs and results	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/custom-fields?view=azure-devops

Security

Topic	URL
Configure permissions and access for Azure manual testing	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/manual-test-permissions?view=azure-devops

Integrations & Coding Patterns

Topic	URL
Use tcm.exe commands for Azure Test Plans management	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/test-case-managment-reference?view=azure-devops