# test-blindspots

Finds consequential behavior that passing tests leave unproven, then checks it with small exploratory probes. Use it to assess coverage of a specific change.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 355
- Author: Neeeophytee
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/test-blindspots/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-28
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/test-blindspots

## What it does

The skill compares the requested behavior, changed code and test assertions to identify a concrete assumption the tests do not exercise. It then designs a small probe that can distinguish correct behavior from a failure and runs it within the task’s scope. When a mock creates the uncertainty, it prefers checking the real component instead.

Its report separates confirmed defects from untested risks and questions that need a clearer specification. For a confirmed failure, it preserves a minimal reproducer and can add a focused regression test if test edits are in scope. It does not silently change production code or treat a hypothetical case as a finding. Probes involving production data or external side effects require explicit authorization.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill test-blindspots -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill test-blindspots -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill test-blindspots -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills test-blindspots
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill test-blindspots -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --path skills/test-blindspots
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill test-blindspots -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/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/test-blindspots/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find behavior that passing tests leave unverified
- check whether tests cover a changed component’s consumers
- separate confirmed failures from untested risks
- preserve a minimal reproducer for a regression test

## Example prompts
- Check what the passing tests fail to establish about this change, then run focused probes.
- Look for untested transitions in the changed component without using production data.
- For any confirmed failure, preserve a minimal reproducer and add a focused regression test.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: test-blindspots
description: Find consequential behavior that a passing test suite does not establish, using focused exploratory checks. Use when the user asks what green tests miss or wants confidence in test coverage for a specific change. Not a general code review, routine test run, or debugging workflow for an already failing test.
---

# Test blindspots

Passing tests establish their assertions under their setup. The gap to investigate is where the implementation and its tests share the same untested assumption.

## Steps

1. Establish the intended behavior and scope from the request, specification, changed code, callers, and relevant tests. Run the relevant baseline when possible. If it is already failing, report that limitation rather than describing it as green.
2. Compare important behavior with what the tests actually assert. Look for a concrete gap: a mock replacing the boundary being claimed, an untested transition, a missing consumer expectation, or an invariant only exercised on the happy path. Choose by consequence and evidence, not by a generic checklist or coverage percentage.
3. For each selected gap, state the question and design a small exploratory probe that can distinguish correct from incorrect behavior. Use existing tooling and isolated data. Prefer the actual component over a mock when the mock is the source of uncertainty.
4. Execute the bounded probes within scope. Record observed behavior and the requirement it contradicts. If intended behavior is unclear, report a specification question; if execution is unavailable, report an untested risk. Neither is a confirmed defect.
5. For a confirmed failure, preserve a minimal reproducer. Add a focused regression test when test edits are within the task's scope; verify that it fails for the intended reason. Report any deliberately failing reproducer separately from the baseline. Do not silently repair production code.
6. Finish with confirmed defects first, then consequential untested risks or specification questions, the evidence for each, and what was not examined. Finding no consequential gap is a valid result.

## Guardrails

- Do not equate low coverage with a defect, or green tests with exhaustive correctness. A hypothetical scenario alone is not a finding.
- Preserve existing tests and assertions. Do not weaken a test, expand the refactor, or install an unrelated testing framework to produce a result.
- Keep probes away from production data and external side effects unless explicitly authorized. State when a local fixture cannot represent the real boundary.
- Keep this proportional to the change. Stop when further exploration is unlikely to alter the user's decision.
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