# test-changes

Builds a manual test plan for recent conversation changes. It maps out git edits, provides ready-to-run PowerShell commands, and states clear failure criteria.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 334 installs
- Author: PinguApps
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PinguApps/Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/test-changes/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/test-changes

## What it does

The skill reviews recent conversation turns, modified files, and `git diff` outputs to trace delivered work. Instead of vague summaries, it drafts an exact verification walkthrough. The response begins with what is visible immediately, then details the shortest sequence to test the changes.

Every terminal step relies on PowerShell syntax, starting with `Set-Location` and referencing real project paths. When a command blocks the terminal, the guide flags the need for an extra PowerShell window. If an action alters application data, it pairs that step with a cleanup command.

Each test case includes the exact action, expected outcome, and a clear failure signal. Because commands target PowerShell directly, developers running Bash or Zsh will need to adjust the syntax themselves.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PinguApps/Skills --skill test-changes -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PinguApps/Skills --skill test-changes -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PinguApps/Skills --skill test-changes -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PinguApps/Skills test-changes
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PinguApps/Skills --skill test-changes -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PinguApps/Skills --path skills/test-changes
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PinguApps/Skills --skill test-changes -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/PinguApps/Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/test-changes/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- map conversation changes to verifiable manual test steps
- generate runnable PowerShell commands for local validation
- identify specific pass and fail indicators for each modified feature
- clean up test data and stop running background services after verification

## Example prompts
- Explain how to manually inspect and test the changes made in this session
- Give me PowerShell commands to verify the recent bug fix
- Create a manual testing handoff for the updates we just completed

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: test-changes
description: Explain how to manually inspect and test the work just completed in this conversation, using PowerShell commands where commands are needed.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Test Changes

Produce a practical handoff for manually verifying the work completed in the current conversation.

## 1. Establish the test surface

Reconstruct the delivered outcome from the conversation, including later corrections and failed or partial attempts. Treat the current workspace, connected systems, and running environment as confirmation of the final state, not as a substitute for the conversation.

Inspect read-only evidence where useful: changed files, `git diff`, repository status, available scripts, project documentation, generated artifacts, external records, and already-running services. Account for every user-visible behaviour, artifact, or external state changed by the completed work. Separate unrelated pre-existing changes.

If no completed or inspectable change exists, say so and identify what must be completed before manual testing is meaningful.

Completion criterion: every change made in this conversation is mapped to something the user can inspect or exercise, or explicitly marked as having no manual test surface.

## 2. Build the shortest valid test path

Start with what the user can see **right now**, before asking them to run anything. Include existing files, rendered artifacts, open applications, running services, URLs, or visible state only when confirmed.

Then provide the minimum prerequisites and commands needed to reach the test surface. Use PowerShell syntax for terminal commands:

- Begin from the correct directory with `Set-Location`.
- Give commands in execution order and make each block directly copyable.
- Use the repository's real scripts, project names, ports, and paths.
- Include dependency installation, build, migration, seed, server, or authentication steps only when required.
- State whether a long-running command occupies the terminal and when a second PowerShell window is needed.
- Prefer the smallest command that exercises the changed area; add broader checks only when they expose materially different risk.
- Mark any value the user must supply, such as `<ApiKey>`, and say where it comes from.

Link directly to local artifacts and external pages when they can be opened from the response. When no terminal step is relevant, give direct inspection actions without manufacturing a PowerShell command.

Do not mutate application data merely to prepare the explanation. When the test itself changes data, warn the user and give a cleanup or reset step when one is available.

Completion criterion: following the commands from a clean PowerShell window reaches every testable changed surface without hidden steps.

## 3. Specify observations

For each test, state:

1. The exact action to perform.
2. The exact result to expect.
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