Testing Skills With Subagents
ed3dai/ed3d-plugins
A skill your agent uses when creating or editing skills, before deployment, to verify they work under pressure and resist rationalization - applies RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle to process documentation…
Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission.
Install Ab Start Task
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-task --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .claude/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .claude/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-taskType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-task --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .agents/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .agents/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-task --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .cursor/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .cursor/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git --path .agents/skills/ab-start-task--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-task --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .gemini/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .gemini/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-taskInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .github/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .github/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ayoubben18/ab-method ab-start-task --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ab-start-task .opencode/skills/ab-start-task && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ab-start-task" agent skill from https://github.com/ayoubben18/ab-method/tree/main/.agents/skills/ab-start-task into .opencode/skills/ab-start-task/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ab-start-task", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ab-start-task- GitHub stars
- 192
- Token cost
- ~376 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 167 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 26
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission.
- Works in 2 steps: The project root (the current working… → Only if the project has no such file (AB…
- The user wants to hand off a well-defined task and review commits instead of missions
- Calls npx
- Tasks that involve Test-driven development
What it does
Ab Start Task is an agent skill from ayoubben18/ab-method. Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission. Use when the user wants to hand off a well-defined task and review commits instead of missions.
Its SKILL.md is about 380 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test-driven development and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: A workflow system for Claude Code and Codex. It grills a problem into a domain-grounded plan, then either drives it through test-driven missions you review one at a time, or… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to hand off a well-defined task and review commits instead of missions
- Tasks that involve Test-driven development
- Tasks that involve Subagents
Example prompts
- “/ab-start-task”
Requirements
- Node.js
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- The project root (the current working directory) first. If /.ab-method/... exists, use it. A project's own .ab-method/structure/index.yaml…
- Only if the project has no such file (AB Method installed as a plugin rather than with npx ab-method), read the bundled copy…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 85946e3. 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:
npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, 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
Ab Start Task loads about 376 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 167 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 ayoubben18/ab-method at commit 85946e3, republished under its MIT licence (© ayoubben18). 167 words, ~376 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ab-start-task/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ab-start-task
- description
- Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission. Use when the user wants to hand off a well-defined task and review commits instead of missions.
This skill runs the AB Method start-task workflow.
Follow the workflow defined in .ab-method/core/start-task.md exactly — it contains the full process, output format, and rules.
Before doing anything, check .ab-method/structure/index.yaml. It defines where this workflow reads from and writes to. Paths are user-configurable; never hardcode them.
Locating .ab-method/. Every .ab-method/... path — here and inside the workflow files — is resolved in this order:
- The project root (the current working directory) first. If
<project>/.ab-method/...exists, use it. A project's own.ab-method/structure/index.yamlis how it customises its paths, so it always wins — check for it even when the bundled copy is right there. - Only if the project has no such file (AB Method installed as a plugin rather than with
npx ab-method), read the bundled copy:../../../.ab-method/relative to thisSKILL.md.
The bundled copy is read-only reference material. Every path the index or a workflow names (docs/..., CONTEXT.md, UBIQUITOUS_LANGUAGE.md, ...) is relative to the project root — never to the folder the bundled files live in. Never write inside that folder.
© ayoubben18, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/ab-start-task of ayoubben18/ab-method.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 85946e3
Compare with similar skills
Ab Start Task next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ab Start Task this skillayoubben18/ab-method | 192 | — | ~376 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Testing Skills With Subagentsed3dai/ed3d-plugins | 250 | 3 repos | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Nv Implementnovuhq/novu | 40k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Test PromptNeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit | 1.7k | — | ~5k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Tapd Story ImplementTencentBlueKing/bk-bcs | 840 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Implementopen-octo/octo-agent | 125 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Ab Start Task
What does Ab Start Task do?
Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission. Ab Start Task is an agent skill from ayoubben18/ab-method. Run an existing task autonomously to completion — each remaining mission in a subagent with tdd, tracker updated per mission, a commit after every green mission.
When should I use Ab Start Task?
Ab Start Task fits situations like: the user wants to hand off a well-defined task and review commits instead of missions; tasks that involve Test-driven development; tasks that involve Subagents.
How do I install Ab Start Task in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/ab-start-task in ayoubben18/ab-method) into .claude/skills/ab-start-task in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ab Start Task in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/ab-start-task in ayoubben18/ab-method) into .agents/skills/ab-start-task in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ab Start Task 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 ayoubben18/ab-method --skill ab-start-task -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ab-start-task, .gemini/skills/ab-start-task, .github/skills/ab-start-task and .opencode/skills/ab-start-task in your project.
What does Ab Start Task need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ab Start Task needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.
Does Ab Start Task access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Ab Start Task 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 Ab Start Task use?
Ab Start Task 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 Ab Start Task use?
About 376 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 Ab Start Task?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ab Start Task: Testing Skills With Subagents (ed3dai/ed3d-plugins, 250 stars), Nv Implement (novuhq/novu, 40k stars), Test Prompt (NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit, 1.7k stars) and Tapd Story Implement (TencentBlueKing/bk-bcs, 840 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ab Start Task?
ayoubben18 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ayoubben18/ab-method, which has 192 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.
Source: ayoubben18/ab-method on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.