Agent skill

Write Tests

by marin-community in marin-community/marin

Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Write Tests

skills CLI
$ npx skills add marin-community/marin --skill write-tests -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install marin-community/marin write-tests --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/marin-community/marin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/write-tests .claude/skills/write-tests && 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
write-tests
GitHub stars
3.9k
Token cost
~205 tokens
SKILL.md length
100 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
41
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request.

  • Tasks that involve Test generation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Write Tests is an agent skill from marin-community/marin. Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request.

Its SKILL.md is about 210 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 generation. The repository describes itself as: Open-source framework for the research and development of foundation models. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Test generation

Example prompts

  • “/write-tests”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit be1f5f1. 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

Write Tests loads about 205 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 100 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~205

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 marin-community/marin at commit be1f5f1, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© marin-community). 100 words, ~205 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/write-tests/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
write-tests
description
Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request.

Write tests

Read root TESTING.md before writing or reviewing tests. For tests under lib/*, also read the nearest module AGENTS.md and every testing guide it references.

Treat those files as the source of truth for behavioral value, test style, fakes and mocks, timing, numerical tolerances, markers, and commands.

Before adding a standalone scalar or configuration guard test, name the reported regression or compatibility-critical public contract it protects. If there is none, test consequential behavior on the valid path or omit the test. Do not pin an exact dependency version, default, or serialized configuration unless an external consumer depends on it.

© marin-community, Apache-2.0. 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/write-tests of marin-community/marin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit be1f5f1

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Questions about Write Tests

What does Write Tests do?

Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request. Write Tests is an agent skill from marin-community/marin. Add, revise, or review Marin tests for an explicit behavior change, regression, or test-quality request.

When should I use Write Tests?

Write Tests fits situations like: tasks that involve Test generation.

How do I install Write Tests in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add marin-community/marin --skill write-tests -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/write-tests in marin-community/marin) into .claude/skills/write-tests in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Write Tests in Codex?

Run `npx skills add marin-community/marin --skill write-tests -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/write-tests in marin-community/marin) into .agents/skills/write-tests in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Write Tests 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 marin-community/marin --skill write-tests -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/write-tests, .gemini/skills/write-tests, .github/skills/write-tests and .opencode/skills/write-tests in your project.

What does Write Tests need to run?

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

Does Write Tests 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 Write Tests 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 Write Tests use?

Write Tests is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Write Tests use?

About 205 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 820 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 Write Tests?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Write Tests: Emc (aklofas/kicad-happy, 1.4k stars), Swig Test (swig/swig, 6.3k stars), Generate Test Cases (342164796/generate-test-cases, 119 stars) and Verify Cc Safety Net (kenryu42/cc-safety-net, 1.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Write Tests?

marin-community (a GitHub organization) maintains it in marin-community/marin, which has 3,902 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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