docs: recommend single command 'anchor test' for Anchor examples; clean legacy references

- Standardize Anchor testing instructions on one command: `anchor test`.
- Remove alternative `cargo test` suggestions from CONTRIBUTING.md and Anchor READMEs (counter, hello-solana, close-account, transfer-sol, rent, realloc, token-swap, transfer-tokens, create-token, program-derived-addresses, etc.).
- Update root README framework description and getting-started text for consistency.
- Remove ACTIVE-AUDIT-ITEMS.md from this PR (per request).
- Preserve contributor credits in Pinocchio examples (e.g. @MarkFeder ports from solana-developers/program-examples) while cleaning other stale references.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Author: mikemaccana

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ See [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) for release history. This file had no changel
 
 - Each example lives at `category/example-name/<framework>/`, e.g. `basics/counter/anchor/`.
 - Supported frameworks: `anchor`, `quasar`, `pinocchio`, `native`, `asm`. Use the existing layout as a reference.
-- Anchor and Quasar programs usually keep Rust tests under `programs/<name>/tests/`.
+- Anchor programs keep Rust tests under `programs/<name>/tests/`.
+- Quasar programs keep tests in `src/tests.rs` (inside the single program crate) and run with `cargo test tests::` (per `[testing.rust.test]` in `Quasar.toml`) or `quasar test`.
 - Native and Pinocchio tests are Rust + LiteSVM, kept under `program/tests/`.
 
 ## Tooling
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ npx tsx --test --test-reporter=spec tests/*.ts
 
 ## Documentation
 
-Every `anchor/` (and other framework) directory should include a `README.md`. Use [docs/example-readme-template.md](./docs/example-readme-template.md) as the starting point.
+Every `anchor/` (and other framework) directory should include a `README.md`. Use a complete, up-to-date example such as `basics/counter/anchor/README.md` or `finance/escrow/anchor/README.md` as a model.
 
 Also update [CHANGELOG.md](./CHANGELOG.md) when you ship user-visible changes.
 

README.md

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Each example is available in one or more of the following frameworks:
 
 ## Getting started
 
-You need [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install), [Solana CLI](https://docs.anza.xyz/cli/install), [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/installation), and [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/installation) installed. Clone the repo and `cd` into any example directory, then run its tests with the command for that framework (shown above) - for an Anchor example, `anchor test`. `pnpm` is used for repo-wide formatting and linting, not for running an example's tests.
+You need [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install), [Solana CLI](https://docs.anza.xyz/cli/install), [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/installation), and [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/installation) installed. Clone the repo and `cd` into any example directory, then run its tests with the command for that framework (shown above) — for an Anchor example, `anchor test`. `pnpm` is used for repo-wide formatting and linting, not for running an example's tests.
 
-To deploy to mainnet or devnet you'll need an RPC endpoint. [Quicknode](https://www.quicknode.com/chains/solana) provides free and paid Solana endpoints - create one and set it as your cluster in `Anchor.toml` or with `solana config set --url <your-endpoint>`.
+To deploy to mainnet or devnet you'll need an RPC endpoint. [Quicknode](https://www.quicknode.com/chains/solana) provides free and paid Solana endpoints — create one and set it as your cluster in `Anchor.toml` or with `solana config set --url <your-endpoint>`.
 
 ## Financial software ("DeFi")
 

basics/close-account/anchor/README.md

@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@ Two [instruction handlers](https://solana.com/docs/terminology#instruction-handl
 ## Setup
 
 ```bash
-pnpm install
 anchor build
 ```
 
+Prerequisites: the [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) toolchain and the [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs) CLI.
+
 ## Testing
 
 Tests live in [`programs/close-account/tests/test_close_account.rs`](programs/close-account/tests/test_close_account.rs) and run in-process with LiteSVM:
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
+
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.)

basics/counter/anchor/README.md

@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@ See also: the [repository catalog](../../README.md).
 From `basics/counter/anchor/`:
 
 ```bash
-pnpm install
 anchor build
 ```
 
+Prerequisites: the [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) toolchain and the [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs) CLI.
+
 ## Testing
 
+LiteSVM integration tests in `programs/counter_anchor/tests/` call handlers and assert the stored count.
+
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-LiteSVM integration tests in `programs/counter_anchor/tests/` call handlers and assert the stored count.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.)
 
 ## Usage
 

basics/favorites/anchor/README.md

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ LiteSVM tests in `programs/` assert that users cannot overwrite each other's sta
 
 ## Usage
 
-`anchor deploy` targets the cluster in `Anchor.toml`. Used in [Solana Professional Education](https://github.com/solana-developers/professional-education).
+`anchor deploy` targets the cluster in `Anchor.toml`.

basics/hello-solana/anchor/README.md

@@ -14,21 +14,20 @@ See also: [Hello Solana overview](../README.md) and the [repository catalog](../
 From this directory (`basics/hello-solana/anchor/`):
 
 ```bash
-pnpm install
 anchor build
 ```
 
-Prerequisites: [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) CLI (version in `Anchor.toml` `[toolchain]`), [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs), and `pnpm`.
+Prerequisites: the [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) toolchain and the [Anchor](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs) CLI.
 
 ## Testing
 
 Tests run in-process with [LiteSVM](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/testing/litesvm). No local validator.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-This runs `cargo test` as configured in `Anchor.toml`. Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.) Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
 
 ## Usage
 

basics/program-derived-addresses/anchor/README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Prerequisites: [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) CLI (version in `Anchor.toml` `[t
 Tests run in-process with [LiteSVM](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/testing/litesvm). No local validator.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-This runs `cargo test` as configured in `Anchor.toml`. Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.) Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
 
 ## Usage
 

basics/realloc/anchor/README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Prerequisites: [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) CLI (version in `Anchor.toml` `[t
 Tests run in-process with [LiteSVM](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/testing/litesvm). No local validator.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-This runs `cargo test` as configured in `Anchor.toml`. Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.) Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
 
 ## Usage
 

basics/rent/anchor/README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Prerequisites: [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) CLI (version in `Anchor.toml` `[t
 Tests run in-process with [LiteSVM](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/testing/litesvm). No local validator.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-This runs `cargo test` as configured in `Anchor.toml`. Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.) Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
 
 ## Usage
 

basics/transfer-sol/anchor/README.md

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ Prerequisites: [Agave](https://docs.anza.xyz/) CLI (version in `Anchor.toml` `[t
 Tests run in-process with [LiteSVM](https://www.anchor-lang.com/docs/testing/litesvm). No local validator.
 
 ```bash
-pnpm test
+anchor test
 ```
 
-This runs `cargo test` as configured in `Anchor.toml`. Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
+(`anchor test` runs the command configured in `Anchor.toml` `[scripts] test`.) Tests call instruction handlers and check onchain state.
 
 ## Usage