# smoke-check

Runs automated tests and critical-path checks before a build goes to QA. It records a verdict and writes a smoke report after approval.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 418 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/smoke-check/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
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## What it does

smoke-check is a gate between implementation work and QA hand-off. It detects the test setup, runs the automated suite, checks coverage gaps, and asks the developer to verify critical paths manually. The report is written to `production/qa/smoke-[date].md`.

The default `sprint` mode checks the current sprint’s stories. `quick` skips the coverage scan and Batch 3 for a follow-up run after a specific failure is fixed. Add `--platform pc`, `--platform console`, `--platform mobile`, or `--platform all` to include platform checks; `all` also produces a verdict table for each platform. Manual checks use `AskUserQuestion`, and the report cannot be created until explicit approval is given.

The skill reports failures rather than editing source or test files. With `qa.level: minimal`, a FAIL is advisory; `standard` requires the check before a phase transition, while `full` requires it before every commit. Check `qa.level` first, because it determines whether a failed smoke run blocks the QA hand-off.

## Requirements
- Works with: Unity, Godot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill smoke-check -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/smoke-check/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- gate a build before QA hand-off
- run the project’s automated test suite
- scan for missing test coverage
- verify critical paths with the developer
- write a PASS/FAIL smoke report

## Example prompts
- Run `/smoke-check` for the full check of the current sprint.
- Run `/smoke-check quick` after fixing a specific failure.
- Check the console build with `/smoke-check sprint --platform console`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: smoke-check
description: "Critical-path smoke gate before QA hand-off — runs the automated suite. A failed check means the build is not QA-ready."
argument-hint: "[sprint | quick | --platform pc|console|mobile|all]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, AskUserQuestion, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/smoke-check/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/project-coherence.sh*), Bash(command -v *), Bash(uname -s), Bash(godot --headless --path . --import), Bash(timeout 900 godot --headless *), Bash(timeout 1800 godot --headless *), Bash(grep -q 'com.unity.test-framework' Packages/manifest.json), Bash(echo present), Bash(echo ABSENT)
model: sonnet
---

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation,workflow,qa.level,testing.strict`

# Smoke Check

This skill is the gate between "implementation done" and "ready for QA
hand-off". It runs the automated test suite, checks for test coverage gaps,
batch-verifies critical paths with the developer, and produces a PASS/FAIL
report.

The rule is simple: **a build that fails smoke check does not go to QA.**
Handing a broken build to QA wastes their time and demoralises the team.

**Output:** `production/qa/smoke-[date].md`

---

Every `AskUserQuestion` call follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt).

**`qa.level`**: at `minimal`, smoke-check is **optional** — if
run, a FAIL is advisory and never blocks hand-off, and a project with no game
tests is checked by its build, launch and critical paths alone (Phase 1 step 1); at `standard`, it is required
before a phase transition; at `full`, before every commit. This sits in front of
the Phase 6 `testing.strict.config` resolution (which only matters once a smoke run
gates). Distinct axis from `workflow`.

## Parse Arguments

Arguments can be combined: `/smoke-check sprint --platform console`

**Base mode** (first argument, default: `sprint`):
- `sprint` — full smoke check against the current sprint's stories
- `quick` — skip coverage scan (Phase 3) and Batch 3; use for rapid re-checks

**Platform flag** (`--platform`, default: none):
- `--platform pc` — add PC-specific checks (keyboard, mouse, windowed mode)
- `--platform console` — add console-specific checks (gamepad, TV safe zones,
  platform certification requirements)
- `--platform mobile` — add mobile-specific checks (touch, portrait/landscape,
  battery/thermal behaviour)
- `--platform all` — add all platform variants; output per-platform verdict table
```
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