Agent skill

One Sentence Test

by EpicenterHQ in EpicenterHQ/epicenter

Test a product, API, utility, or design by stating what it actually does in one sentence.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install One Sentence Test

skills CLI
$ npx skills add EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill one-sentence-test -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install EpicenterHQ/epicenter one-sentence-test --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/EpicenterHQ/epicenter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/one-sentence-test .claude/skills/one-sentence-test && 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
one-sentence-test
GitHub stars
4.8k
Token cost
~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,087 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
65
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Test a product, API, utility, or design by stating what it actually does in one sentence.

  • Works in 3 steps: Strip-docs reduction. Ignore the name,… → Default-config reduction. Specialize:… → Caller-need check. Does the caller's use…
  • Auditing coherence
  • SKILL.md covers Application A: Cohesion Audit…, Application B: Value-Add Audit…, Common Reveals and Anti-Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

One Sentence Test is an agent skill from EpicenterHQ/epicenter. Test a product, API, utility, or design by stating what it actually does in one sentence. Use when auditing coherence or looking for orphaned surfaces, duplicate verbs, or inert abstractions, not for plain code-comprehension questions.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Open-source, local-first apps.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing coherence
  • Looking for orphaned surfaces
  • Duplicate verbs
  • Inert abstractions

Example prompts

  • “/one-sentence-test”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Strip-docs reduction. Ignore the name, JSDoc, README. Read the body. Finish this sentence in plain language: *"This function __."* No…
  2. Default-config reduction. Specialize: *"Under the defaults actually in use, this function __."* Features gated behind non-default options…
  3. Caller-need check. Does the caller's use case actually need the default-config version? If not, you've found a mismatch: wrong tool, wrong…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5b4bb69. 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.

    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

One Sentence Test loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,087 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,087 words (~2,163 tokens).

“Related skills: use post-implementation-review when the sentence is part of a post-change second read, and rethink when the sentence drives an API, ownership, lifecycle, or package boundary change.”

— opening of SKILL.md by EpicenterHQ, Custom licence
name
one-sentence-test
metadata.author
epicenter
metadata.version
2.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/one-sentence-test of EpicenterHQ/epicenter.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5b4bb69

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You Might Not Need Statesimstudioai/sim30k—~672Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Sync State Invariantsopenchamber/openchamber11k—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Project State Governorsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~4.6kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about One Sentence Test

What does One Sentence Test do?

Test a product, API, utility, or design by stating what it actually does in one sentence. One Sentence Test is an agent skill from EpicenterHQ/epicenter. Test a product, API, utility, or design by stating what it actually does in one sentence.

When should I use One Sentence Test?

One Sentence Test fits situations like: auditing coherence; looking for orphaned surfaces; duplicate verbs; inert abstractions.

How do I install One Sentence Test in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill one-sentence-test -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/one-sentence-test in EpicenterHQ/epicenter) into .claude/skills/one-sentence-test in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install One Sentence Test in Codex?

Run `npx skills add EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill one-sentence-test -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/one-sentence-test in EpicenterHQ/epicenter) into .agents/skills/one-sentence-test in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use One Sentence Test 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 EpicenterHQ/epicenter --skill one-sentence-test -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/one-sentence-test, .gemini/skills/one-sentence-test, .github/skills/one-sentence-test and .opencode/skills/one-sentence-test in your project.

What does One Sentence Test need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: One Sentence Test is instructions for the agent only.

Does One Sentence Test 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 One Sentence Test 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 One Sentence Test use?

One Sentence Test has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does One Sentence Test use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.7k 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 One Sentence Test?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with One Sentence Test: Robius State Management (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), State Management (compozy/compozy, 2.8k stars), You Might Not Need State (simstudioai/sim, 30k stars) and Sync State Invariants (openchamber/openchamber, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains One Sentence Test?

EpicenterHQ (a GitHub organization) maintains it in EpicenterHQ/epicenter, which has 4,822 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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