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Run smoke tests to verify extension functionality in a real VS Code environment. Use this when checking if basic features work after changes.
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Skill details
Versionv1.0.0
AuthorMicrosoft
Categorycoding
Skill IDmicrosoft/vscode-python-environments/.github/skills/run-smoke-tests
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