azure-test-plans

Testing & Quality

Expert knowledge for Azure Test Plans development including limits & quotas, security, and integrations & coding patterns. Use when configuring test run custom fields, data retention, permissions, access levels, or tcm.exe automation, and other Azure Test Plans related development tasks. Not for Azure DevOps (use azure-devops), Azure Pipelines (use azure-pipelines), Azure App Testing (use azure-app-testing), Azure Boards (use azure-boards).

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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-L36	Managing custom fields on test runs and understanding data retention limits, default quotas, and how long Azure Test Plans data is kept or deleted
Security	L37-L41	Managing permissions, access levels, and security roles for users and groups in Azure Test Plans manual testing features.
Integrations & Coding Patterns	L42-L45	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 DevOps test runs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/custom-fields?view=azure-devops
Understand Azure Test Plans data retention limits	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/reference-qa?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