Agent skill

Plugin Testing

by glittercowboy in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system

Validates audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing.

No licenceAuto-check: notesTesting & QA

Install Plugin Testing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-testing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system plugin-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/glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/plugin-testing .claude/skills/plugin-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
plugin-testing
GitHub stars
216
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,200 words
Files
9 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Validates audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing.

  • Works in 4 steps: Detect Plugin and Mode Selection → Execute Test Mode → Failure Investigation (Option 1) → …
  • MANUAL testing via /test command
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow Overview, Phase 1: Detect Plugin and…, Phase 2: Execute Test Mode and Phase 3: Failure Investigation…, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Plugin Testing is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Validates audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing. Use for MANUAL testing via /test command. Note - Automatic validation now built into workflow (validation-agent runs after each stage). This skill is for manual testing only, after bug fixes, or when user mentions test, validate, validation, pluginval, stability, automated tests, run tests, check plugin, or quality assurance.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 10 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `assets/decision-menu-templates.md`, `assets/manual-testing-checklist.md` and `assets/report-templates.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering QA and bug reports and Debugging. The repository describes itself as: AI-assisted JUCE plugin development system for MacOS by TÂCHES.

When your agent uses it

  • MANUAL testing via /test command
  • Automated tests
  • Quality assurance

Example prompts

  • “Use the plugin-testing skill to validate audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing”
  • “/plugin-testing”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash, Task

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Detect Plugin and Mode Selection
  2. Execute Test Mode
  3. Failure Investigation (Option 1)
  4. Log Test Results and Checkpoint

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e965cdd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash
    • Task

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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

Plugin Testing loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,200 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~106
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~10k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Task

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 1,200 words (~3,099 tokens).

“Purpose: Catch crashes, parameter issues, and state bugs in 2 minutes with automated tests.”

— opening of SKILL.md by glittercowboy
name
plugin-testing
allowed-tools
Read, Bash, Task

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 8 other files (references, assets) in .claude/skills/plugin-testing of glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.

  • SKILL.md
  • assets/decision-menu-templates.md
  • assets/manual-testing-checklist.md
  • assets/report-templates.md
  • references/failure-investigation-guide.md
  • references/manual-testing-guide.md
  • references/pluginval-guide.md
  • references/test-specifications.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e965cdd

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Pipensx Bug Report Triagei3sey/pipensx218—~1.5kAutomated safety check: NotesGPL-3.0
Bug ReproducerAnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config154—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Dough Bug Fixingterryyin/lizard2.5k—~3.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Plugin Testing

What does Plugin Testing do?

Validates audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing. Plugin Testing is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Validates audio plugins through automated tests, pluginval, or manual DAW testing.

When should I use Plugin Testing?

Plugin Testing fits situations like: MANUAL testing via /test command; automated tests; quality assurance.

How do I install Plugin Testing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-testing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/plugin-testing in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .claude/skills/plugin-testing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Plugin Testing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-testing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/plugin-testing in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system) into .agents/skills/plugin-testing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Plugin 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 glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-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/plugin-testing, .gemini/skills/plugin-testing, .github/skills/plugin-testing and .opencode/skills/plugin-testing in your project.

What does Plugin Testing need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Plugin Testing needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash, Task.

Does Plugin Testing access the network?

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

Is Plugin Testing safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Plugin Testing use?

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

How many tokens does Plugin Testing use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Plugin Testing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Plugin Testing: OpenWork Desktop CDP Driver (different-ai/openwork, 24k stars), Structured Bug Reports (Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, 26k stars), Pipensx Bug Report Triage (i3sey/pipensx, 218 stars) and Bug Reproducer (AnastasiyaW/codex-claude-code-config, 154 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Plugin Testing?

glittercowboy (a GitHub user) maintains it in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system, which has 216 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on November 19, 2025.

Source: glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.