\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
%\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book}
\usepackage{url,tocbibind,makeidx}
\usepackage[tight,hints]{minitoc}
%\usepackage{mtcoff}
\makeindex
\begin{document}
\dominitoc
\dominilof
\dominilot
\tableofcontents
\mtcaddchapter
\listoffigures
\mtcaddchapter
\listoftables
\mtcaddchapter

\chapter{First chapter}
\index{chapter!normal}
\minitoc
\bigskip
\minilof
\bigskip
\minilot
\section{C1-S1}

\begin{figure}[tp]
\caption{C1-S1-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[tp]
\caption{C1-S1-T1}
\end{table}

\section{C1-S2}
A small nice citation:\\
\index{small}%
\index{citation}%
\index{nice}%
\index{A}%
\index{a}%
\index{and}%
\index{bird}%
\index{But}%
\index{cannot}%
\index{claim}%
\index{great}%
\index{he}%
\index{I}%
\index{imagine}%
\index{it}%
\index{know}%
\index{land}%
\index{on}%
\index{once}%
\index{that}%
\index{to}%
\index{tree}%
\index{would}%
\index{yes}%
A bird cannot land once on a great tree and claim to know it.
But I imagine that he would, yes.\\
\hbox{}\hfill             Iain M. Banks (1993), \textsl{Against a dark background.}%
\index{Iain}%
\index{Banks}%
\index{Against}%
\index{dark}%
\index{background}

\begin{figure}[tp]
\caption{C1-S2-F2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption{C1-S2-T2}
\end{table}

\chapter*{Second chapter, starred}
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%% UNCOMMENT ONE AND ONLY ONE OF THE 4 FOLLOWING LINES
\mtcaddchapter[Second chapter, starred] % OK
%\mtcaddchapter[]     % OK
%\mtcaddchapter[~]    % produce a (strange) correct result.
%\mtcaddchapter       % OK
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\index{tests}

This is a starred chapter; you can test here variations on
the \verb|\mtcaddchapter| command. Just uncomment one (and
only one) of the \verb|\mtcaddchapter| commands after
\verb|\chapter*| in the source code of \texttt{add.tex}.
For each case, look at the \index{Table of Contents}Table of Contents
and at this chapter. \index{a}%
\index{added}%
\index{after}%
\index{also}%
\index{and}%
\index{at}%
\index{can}%
\index{case}%
\index{chapter}%
\index{code}%
\index{command}%
\index{commands}%
\index{Contents}%
\index{each}%
\index{entries}%
\index{For}%
\index{here}%
\index{I}%
\index{in}%
\index{index}%
\index{is}%
\index{Just}%
\index{just}%
\index{look}%
\index{lot}%
\index{of}%
\index{on}%
\index{one}%
\index{only}%
\index{source}%
\index{starred}%
\index{Table}%
\index{test}%
\index{the}%
\index{This}%
\index{this}%
\index{to}%
\index{uncomment}%
\index{variations}%
\index{you}%
I also added a lot of index entries, just to test.

\chapter{Third chapter}
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\minitoc
\bigskip
\minilof
\bigskip
\minilot
\section{C3-S1}

\begin{figure}
\caption{C3-S1-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption{C3-S1-T1}
\end{table}

\section{C3-S2}

\begin{figure}
\caption{C3-S2-F2}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption{C3-S2-T2}
\end{table}

\nocite*
\def\noopsort#1{\relax}
\bibliographystyle{plain}
\bibliography{minitoc}
\adjustmtc

\printindex
\addcontentsline{lof}{xchapter}{}
\addcontentsline{lot}{xchapter}{}
\mtcaddchapter

\appendix
\chapter{App.~1}
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\minitoc
\bigskip
\minilof
\bigskip
\minilot
\section{A1-S1}

\begin{figure}
\caption{A1-S1-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption{A1-S1-T1}
\end{table}

\section{A1-S2}

\begin{figure}
\caption{A1-S2-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}
\caption{A1-S2-T1}
\end{table}

\chapter{App.~2}
\index{chapter!appendix}
% contains no tables but asks for a minilot! No minilot printed.
\minitoc
\bigskip
\minilof
\bigskip
\minilot
\section{A2-S1}

\begin{figure}
\caption{A2-S1-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\caption{A2-S1-F2}
\end{figure}

\section{A2-S2}

\begin{figure}
\caption{A2-S2-F1}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\caption{A2-S2-F2}
\end{figure}

\end{document}