# skill-test

Checks skill and agent files for structural compliance and stated behavior. Useful when reviewing project skills before they are used.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 408 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/skill-test

## What it does

\`skill-test` checks skills in `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md` and agents in `.claude/agents/*.md`. It has four modes: `static` runs a structural linter, `spec` evaluates a skill or agent against its test spec, `category` applies a category rubric, and `audit` reports coverage and last test dates.

The skill reads files but does not run the skill being tested. `static` applies 7 structural checks to a skill and reports separate observations for agents, including delegation and compatibility observations. It runs inside the existing skill, hook, and template architecture, with no external dependencies.

That distinction matters: `skill-test` can confirm structure and whether instructions cover the listed cases, but it cannot show how Claude follows them at runtime. A real request in a throwaway project copy is still needed for that check.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill skill-test -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/skill-test/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill skill-test -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill skill-test -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios skill-test
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill skill-test -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/skill-test
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill skill-test -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/skill-test/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check required frontmatter fields
- find structural defects in SKILL.md
- evaluate a skill against its test spec
- apply a category-specific rubric
- report skill and agent test coverage

## Example prompts
- Run `/skill-test static all` to check every skill in the project.
- Evaluate the skill with `/skill-test spec skill-test`.
- Show the current coverage with `/skill-test audit`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: skill-test
description: "Validate skill files for structural compliance and behavioral correctness. Four modes: static linter, spec, category rubric, audit."
argument-hint: "static [skill-name | all] | spec [skill-or-agent-name] | category [skill-or-agent-name | all] | audit"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/skill-test/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/agent-check.sh*), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/compat-inventory.sh*)
model: sonnet
---

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation`

**Automation mode**: Resolve `modes.automation` (`project.local.yaml` →
`project.yaml` → default `collaborative`). Every `AskUserQuestion` call and
every file write follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt).

# Skill Test

Validates skills (`.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md`) and agents (`.claude/agents/*.md`)
for structural compliance and behavioral correctness. No external dependencies —
runs entirely within the existing skill/hook/template architecture.

**Four modes:**

| Mode | Command | Purpose | Token Cost |
|------|---------|---------|------------|
| `static` | `/skill-test static [name\|all]` | Structural linter — 7 compliance checks per skill, plus agent, delegation and compatibility observations | Low (~1k/skill) |
| `spec` | `/skill-test spec [name]` | Behavioral verifier — evaluates assertions in a skill's or agent's test spec | Medium (~5k each) |
| `category` | `/skill-test category [name\|all]` | Category rubric — checks a skill or agent against its category-specific metrics | Low (~2k each) |
| `audit` | `/skill-test audit` | Coverage report — skills, agent specs, last test dates | Low (~3k total) |

**What a pass proves.** Every mode reads files; none runs the skill. `static`:
the file has the structure a skill needs, not that it behaves. `spec`: read
closely, the instructions cover each case, not that Claude follows them when it
runs. `category`: the skill meets its category's rubric as written. `audit`:
which skills and agents have specs, and when each was last checked. What a skill
does shows only when it runs: a real request in a throwaway copy of the project,
on each model you use, with and without the skill (Anthropic's Agent Skills best
practices, "Build evaluations first").

---

## Phase 1: Parse Arguments

Determine mode from the first argument:

- `static [name]` → run 7 structural checks on one skill, or the agent observations on one agent
- `static all` → run 7 structural checks on all skills (Glob `.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md`), plus the observations for every agent
- `spec [name]` → read the skill or agent + its test spec, evaluate assertions
```
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