Agent skill

Testing Quality Standards

by athola in athola/claude-night-market

Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Testing Quality Standards

skills CLI
$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill testing-quality-standards -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market testing-quality-standards --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/leyline/skills/testing-quality-standards .claude/skills/testing-quality-standards && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
testing-quality-standards
GitHub stars
342
Token cost
~994 tokens
SKILL.md length
366 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
159
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns.

  • Establishing test gates
  • SKILL.md covers When To Use, When NOT To Use, Coverage Thresholds and Quality Metrics, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls pytest and pip
  • Validating a test suites coverage targets

What it does

Testing Quality Standards is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns. Use when establishing test gates or validating a test suite's coverage targets.

Its SKILL.md is about 990 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `modules/anti-patterns.md`, `modules/best-practices.md` and `modules/content-assertion-levels.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test generation. The repository describes itself as: 23 Claude Code plugins: TDD enforcement hooks, git/PR workflows, spec-driven development, code review, project lifecycle, fix-from-error, maintenance automation, context… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Establishing test gates
  • Validating a test suites coverage targets

Example prompts

  • “Use the testing-quality-standards skill to define testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns”
  • “/testing-quality-standards”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f3eb00. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pytest
    • pip

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Testing Quality Standards loads about 994 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 366 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~45
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~994

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from athola/claude-night-market at commit 9f3eb00, republished under its MIT licence (© athola). 366 words, ~994 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/testing-quality-standards/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
testing-quality-standards
description
Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns. Use when establishing test gates or validating a test suite's coverage targets.
globs
**/test_*.py
alwaysApply
false
category
infrastructure
tags
testing, quality, standards, metrics
estimated_tokens
400
provides.patterns
coverage-thresholds, quality-metrics, anti-patterns, content-assertion-levels
modules
modules/anti-patterns.md, modules/best-practices.md, modules/content-assertion-levels.md
model_hint
standard

Testing Quality Standards

Shared quality standards and metrics for testing across all plugins in the Claude Night Market ecosystem.

When To Use

  • Establishing test quality gates and coverage targets
  • Validating test suite against quality standards

When NOT To Use

  • Exploratory testing or spike work
  • Projects with established quality gates that meet requirements

Coverage Thresholds

LevelCoverageUse Case
Minimum60%Legacy code
Standard80%Normal development
High90%Critical systems
detailed95%+Safety-critical

Quality Metrics

Structure
  • Clear test organization
  • Meaningful test names
  • Proper setup/teardown
  • Isolated test cases
Coverage
  • Critical paths covered
  • Edge cases tested
  • Error conditions handled
  • Integration points verified
Maintainability
  • DRY test code
  • Reusable fixtures
  • Clear assertions
  • Minimal mocking
Reliability
  • No flaky tests
  • Deterministic execution
  • No order dependencies
  • Fast feedback loop

Detailed Topics

For implementation patterns and examples:

Integration with Plugin Testing

This skill provides foundational standards referenced by:

  • pensive:test-review - Uses coverage thresholds and quality metrics
  • parseltongue:python-testing - Uses anti-patterns and best practices
  • sanctum:test-* - Uses quality checklist and content assertion levels for test validation
  • imbue:proof-of-work - Uses content assertion levels to enforce Iron Law on execution markdown

Reference in your skill's frontmatter:

yaml
dependencies: [leyline:testing-quality-standards]

Verification: Run pytest -v to verify tests pass.

Troubleshooting

Show full SKILL.md (151 more words)Show less
Common Issues

Tests not discovered Ensure test files match pattern test_*.py or *_test.py. Run pytest --collect-only to verify.

Import errors Check that the module being tested is in PYTHONPATH or install with pip install -e .

Async tests failing Install pytest-asyncio and decorate test functions with @pytest.mark.asyncio

Exit Criteria

  • Coverage threshold met for the project tier: 60% minimum for legacy code, 80% for normal development, 90% for critical systems, 95%+ for safety-critical; measured with pytest --cov and threshold enforced in pyproject.toml
  • All four quality metric checklists pass: Structure (clear organization, meaningful names, setup/teardown, isolation), Coverage (critical paths, edge cases, error conditions, integration points), Maintainability (DRY fixtures, clear assertions, minimal mocking), Reliability (no flaky tests, deterministic execution, no order dependencies)
  • Test files match discovery pattern test_*.py or *_test.py confirmed by pytest --collect-only returning no errors
  • No snapshot tests present on non-deterministic output (hash maps, timestamps, UUIDs); any found flagged as anti-patterns per modules/anti-patterns.md

© athola, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in plugins/leyline/skills/testing-quality-standards of athola/claude-night-market.

  • SKILL.md
  • modules/anti-patterns.md
  • modules/best-practices.md
  • modules/content-assertion-levels.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f3eb00

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Questions about Testing Quality Standards

What does Testing Quality Standards do?

Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns. Testing Quality Standards is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns.

When should I use Testing Quality Standards?

Testing Quality Standards fits situations like: establishing test gates; validating a test suites coverage targets.

How do I install Testing Quality Standards in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill testing-quality-standards -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/leyline/skills/testing-quality-standards in athola/claude-night-market) into .claude/skills/testing-quality-standards in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Testing Quality Standards in Codex?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill testing-quality-standards -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/leyline/skills/testing-quality-standards in athola/claude-night-market) into .agents/skills/testing-quality-standards in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Testing Quality Standards in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill testing-quality-standards -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/testing-quality-standards, .gemini/skills/testing-quality-standards, .github/skills/testing-quality-standards and .opencode/skills/testing-quality-standards in your project.

What does Testing Quality Standards need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Testing Quality Standards needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pytest and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Testing Quality Standards access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Testing Quality Standards safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Testing Quality Standards use?

Testing Quality Standards is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Testing Quality Standards use?

About 994 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Testing Quality Standards?

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Who maintains Testing Quality Standards?

athola (a GitHub user) maintains it in athola/claude-night-market, which has 342 GitHub stars. The repository holds 159 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: athola/claude-night-market on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.