Test Maintainability Assessment

Analyze .NET test code for maintainability issues: duplicated boilerplate, copy-paste test methods, and structural repetition across test methods and classes. Produce a report of refactoring opportunities with concrete before/after suggestions. The goal is analysis only — do not modify any files.

When to Use

• User asks to find duplicated code or boilerplate in tests
• User wants to know where test code can be DRY-ed up
• User asks to reduce test duplication, improve test readability, or clean up test boilerplate
• User asks for refactoring opportunities in a test suite
• User wants to identify shared setup or teardown candidates
• User asks "what patterns repeat across my tests?"
• User wants to centralize test data, introduce builders or helpers

When Not to Use

• User wants to write new tests from scratch (use writing-mstest-tests)
• User wants to detect anti-patterns or code smells (use test-anti-patterns)
• User wants to actually perform the refactoring (help them directly, this skill only analyzes)