angular-testing — Claude Code skill: deprecated and what to use
An abandoned Angular testing skill whose instructions were pulled out. What is left is a deprecation note and a pointer to the official Angular set.
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a claude-codeWhat angular-testing does
angular-testing from analogjs/angular-skills is no longer maintained. The author removed the testing guidance rather than leaving it to rot, so SKILL.md now carries a deprecation note and a pointer to the official Angular skills. It installs with the usual npx skills add command, like any other skill.
What the agent gets is that note. No TestBed examples, no patterns for signals or OnPush arrive when the skill loads. For Vitest or Jasmine work the install buys one thing: a signpost to the maintained set. The old text still sits in the repo's git history if you want it.
So the realistic use is cleanup. Install it only to drop it, or to swap it for the official pack. The file itself hands you the removal command, npx skills remove analogjs/angular-skills, which is worth running if an old experiment left this skill in your agent config.
What it helps with
- replace an abandoned Angular testing skill with a maintained one
- remove
analogjs/angular-skillsfrom an agent setup - explain why the agent writes no
TestBedtests after loading the skill - move a project onto the official Angular skills
Example prompts for the agent
- Check whether I have
angular-testinginstalled and show me what is insideSKILL.md - Drop
analogjs/angular-skillsfrom my project withnpx skills remove analogjs/angular-skills - What should I use instead of
angular-testingfor Vitest tests in Angular v20+?
How to install angular-testing
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/angular-testing/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install analogjs/angular-skills angular-testing2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/analogjs/angular-skills --path skills/angular-testingManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about angular-testing
How do I install angular-testing in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add analogjs/angular-skills --skill angular-testing -a claude-code. The file lands at ~/.claude/skills/angular-testing/SKILL.md.
What does angular-testing do?
Right now, very little: SKILL.md holds a note saying the skill is unmaintained and a pointer to the official Angular skills. The testing guidance was removed from it.
How is it different from the official Angular skills?
The official set is maintained by the Angular team, and the angular-testing file itself says to install those. What remains here is a stub with a deprecation note.
Source text
SKILL.md · MIT
--- name: angular-testing description: DEPRECATED - this skill is unmaintained. Use the official Angular skills at https://github.com/angular/skills instead. Write unit and integration tests for Angular v20+ applications using Vitest or Jasmine with TestBed and modern testing patterns. Use for testing components with signals, OnPush change detection, services with inject(), and HTTP interactions. Triggers on test creation, testing signal-based components, mocking dependencies, or setting up test infrastructure. Don't use for E2E testing with Cypress or Playwright, or for testing non-Angular JavaScript/TypeScript code. --- # Angular Testing > **⚠️ Deprecated.** This skill is no longer maintained, and its guidance has been > removed rather than left to go stale. The Angular team now publishes official > skills at [angular/skills](https://github.com/angular/skills) — install those > instead: > > ```sh > npx skills add https://github.com/angular/skills > ``` > > To remove these: `npx skills remove analogjs/angular-skills` The previous contents of this skill remain available in this repository's git history.
© analogjs · MIT · analogjs/angular-skills
