# test-gap-analysis

Maps which caller-visible production outcomes could change without any existing test failing. Useful before you trust a suite to guard a change.

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- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill answers one question: which public behaviours can shift while every test stays green. Mutation reasoning is the probe, not the deliverable. It inventories public outcomes first, then checks only the gaps that look credible.

Work runs in steps. Scope comes first: which production and test files exist. Then a single run of the narrowest test command from the project manifest, and only when it is needed — for a "would tests catch this" review the skill stays static and labels candidates unverified. What follows is a mapping of public input to expected outcome to existing assertion to gap: classifier arms, validation boundaries, exception types, side effects, rounding. On money math it derives one witness input and the exact original result instead of telling you to assert the amount.

There is a separate `per-test-read-only` mode: a per-test assessment for grading, with no baseline run, no file edits and no delegation. Tests get added only for confirmed survivors; a new suite is out of scope and the skill points you to `code-testing`, so do not expect it to hand you one. A working runner is required for execution — Microsoft.Testing.Platform may need `dotnet run`, and exit 0 with build-only output does not count as green.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill test-gap-analysis -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill test-gap-analysis -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dotnet/skills test-gap-analysis
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills --path plugins/dotnet-test/skills/test-gap-analysis
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill test-gap-analysis -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/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/test-gap-analysis/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- list public behaviours the current tests never exercise
- check whether breaking a calculation branch kills any test
- pin down guard boundaries: below minimum, at the limit, past it
- tell asserted values apart from lines that merely get executed
- add a test only where the gap is confirmed

## Example prompts
- Find public outcomes in `src/pricing/` that could change without a test catching it
- Run survivor verification on the discount calculation and show which tests kill them
- Give me a `per-test-read-only` assessment for each test in `tests/order_test.py`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: test-gap-analysis
description: >-
  Find caller-visible production changes existing tests would miss through
  pseudo-mutation analysis; verify candidates or close gaps only when requested.
  Includes read-only per-test composition for grading. Polyglot.
  USE FOR: would tests catch a bug, behavioral blind spots, surviving mutations.
  DO NOT USE FOR: concrete fix/feature revision proof (test-value-evidence);
  suite taxonomy (test-tagging); .NET coverage, Cobertura, plateaus or
  coverage-backed priorities (coverage-analysis); named CRAP (crap-score);
  new suites (code-testing); assertion/smell audits; mutation tools.
license: MIT
---

# Test Gap Analysis

Answer one question: **which caller-visible production behaviors could change
without an existing test failing?** Mutation reasoning is a probe, not the goal.
Inventory public outcomes first, then verify only credible gaps.

## Composition dispatch

Before entering the decision flow, check the caller's mode. An explicit
`per-test-read-only` request (including composition from `grade-tests`) uses
only [references/per-test-read-only.md](references/per-test-read-only.md).
This mode is assessment context conveyed through the host's supported caller
instructions, not a new skill-loader parameter or a mode-specific skill name.
Read that reference and return its per-test assessment inline; **do not enter
the standalone workflow below**. Loading this mode does not authorize a
baseline run, mutation execution, file edits, suite discovery, or delegation.
If the bundled reference is unavailable, allow at most one listing of the known
`references/` directory, then return **N/A / unverified** with the reason.

Requests without this mode retain the standalone analysis, verification, and
test-addition paths below.

## Decision flow

### 1. Set scope

Discover production and test files from manifests and file types. After a narrow
search misses, inspect the current directory broadly before asking for paths.

| Request | Action |
|---|---|
| One component or named risk | Inventory every high-risk public outcome in scope; do not edit production code unless verification was requested |
| General small-component review | Inventory distinct outcomes and report caller-visible gaps from source/assertion mapping |
```
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