Agent skill

Property Based Testing

by ed3dai in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins

A skill your agent uses when writing tests for serialization, validation, normalization, or pure functions - provides property catalog, pattern detection, and library reference for property-based…

No licenceAuto-check passedDatabases

Install Property Based Testing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill property-based-testing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins property-based-testing --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/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-house-style/skills/property-based-testing .claude/skills/property-based-testing && 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
property-based-testing
GitHub stars
250
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
449 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
34
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing tests for serialization, validation, normalization, or pure functions - provides property catalog, pattern detection, and library reference for property-based…

  • Works in 4 steps: Constrain early: Build constraints INTO… → Size limits: Prevent slow tests → Realistic data: Match real-world… → …
  • Writing tests for serialization
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Property Catalog, Pattern Detection and When NOT to Use, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Property Based Testing is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins. Use when writing tests for serialization, validation, normalization, or pure functions - provides property catalog, pattern detection, and library reference for property-based testing

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Databases, covering Database schema design. The repository describes itself as: Ed's repo of Claude Code plugins, centered around a research-plan-implement workflow. Only a tiny bit cursed. If you're lucky.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing tests for serialization
  • Pure functions - provides property catalog
  • Pattern detection
  • Library reference for property-based testing

Example prompts

  • “/property-based-testing”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Constrain early: Build constraints INTO the strategy, not via assume()
  2. Size limits: Prevent slow tests
  3. Realistic data: Match real-world constraints
  4. Reuse strategies: Define once, use across tests

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0c90f4b. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Property Based Testing loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 449 words (~1,329 tokens).

“Property-based testing (PBT) generates random inputs and verifies that properties hold for all of them. Instead of testing specific examples, you test invariants.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ed3dai
name
property-based-testing
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/ed3d-house-style/skills/property-based-testing of ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0c90f4b

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Categories

Questions about Property Based Testing

What does Property Based Testing do?

A skill your agent uses when writing tests for serialization, validation, normalization, or pure functions - provides property catalog, pattern detection, and library reference for property-based…. Property Based Testing is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.

When should I use Property Based Testing?

Property Based Testing fits situations like: writing tests for serialization; pure functions - provides property catalog; pattern detection; library reference for property-based testing.

How do I install Property Based Testing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill property-based-testing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-house-style/skills/property-based-testing in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .claude/skills/property-based-testing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Property Based Testing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill property-based-testing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-house-style/skills/property-based-testing in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .agents/skills/property-based-testing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Property Based Testing 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill property-based-testing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/property-based-testing, .gemini/skills/property-based-testing, .github/skills/property-based-testing and .opencode/skills/property-based-testing in your project.

What does Property Based Testing need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Property Based Testing is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Property Based Testing access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Property Based Testing 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 Property Based Testing use?

No licence was found for Property Based Testing or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Property Based Testing use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k 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 Property Based Testing?

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Who maintains Property Based Testing?

ed3dai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins, which has 250 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 6, 2026.

Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.