# test-evidence-review

This skill reviews test quality and story evidence beyond file existence or passing results. Use it before QA hand-off or a milestone audit.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 410 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/test-evidence-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/test-evidence-review

## What it does

test-evidence-review accepts a story path, `sprint`, or system name. It gathers the stories in scope, reads their `Test Evidence` and `Acceptance Criteria` sections, then locates test files, playtest records, retained images, or smoke reports according to the story type.

For Logic and Integration stories, the skill checks assertion coverage by reviewing lines containing `assert`, `expect`, `check`, `verify`, and engine-specific assertion patterns. Each story receives `ADEQUATE`, `INCOMPLETE`, `MISSING`, or `NOT ASSESSED`; the report can also be written to `production/qa/evidence-review-[date].md`. `qa.level: minimal` waives some missing test evidence, while Visual/Feel and UI evidence remains required. That makes the QA settings worth checking before using the result to close a story.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- review test quality before QA hand-off
- match test evidence to story acceptance criteria
- find missing evidence files for a story
- measure assertion coverage in test files
- audit Logic and Integration stories by scope

## Example prompts
- Run `/test-evidence-review production/epics/<system-name>/story-<slug>.md` to review one story.
- Review every story in the current sprint with `/test-evidence-review sprint`.
- Audit a system with `/test-evidence-review <system-name>`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: test-evidence-review
description: "Quality review of test files and evidence — goes beyond existence, evaluates assertion coverage. ADEQUATE/INCOMPLETE/MISSING/NOT ASSESSED per story."
argument-hint: "[story-path | sprint | system-name]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/test-evidence-review/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/review-receipts.sh check *)
model: sonnet
---

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

**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).

**`qa.level` and `testing.strict`** (resolved above) decide what this review may
call a blocker — the same rules `/story-done` closes stories by, so a BLOCKING
item here is one that would stop `/story-done`:
- **`qa.level: minimal`** waives tests. A Logic, Integration or Config/Data story
  with no test evidence (for Config/Data, no smoke report) is
  `WAIVED (qa.level: minimal)` — not MISSING — and raises no BLOCKING item; a
  test that does exist is still reviewed, but its gaps are ADVISORY. Visual/Feel and UI evidence (the retained screenshots, and the
  Visual/Feel sign-off) is never waived.
- **Gate level per story type**: take `testing.strict.<type>` from the resolved
  block (Logic→`logic`, Integration→`integration`, Visual/Feel→`visual`,
  UI→`ui`, Config/Data→`config`): `true` → BLOCKING, `false` → ADVISORY, `unset`
  → a plain-boolean `testing.strict: true|false` (legacy form) applies to every
  type; else the Default Gate Level in `.claude/docs/coding-standards.md`
  (BLOCKING for Logic, Integration, Visual/Feel and UI; ADVISORY for
  Config/Data). Every "BLOCKING" below means that story type's gate level.

# Test Evidence Review

`/smoke-check` verifies that test files **exist** and **pass**. This skill
goes further — it reviews the **quality** of those tests and evidence documents.
A test file that exists and passes may still leave critical behaviour uncovered.
A manual evidence doc that exists may lack the sign-offs required for closure.

**Output:** Summary report (in conversation) + optional `production/qa/evidence-review-[date].md`

**When to run:**
- Before QA hand-off sign-off (`/team-qa` Phase 5)
- On any story where test quality is in question
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