Agent skill

Matlab Run Tests

by matlab in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit

Run MATLAB test suites and analyze results, including test filtering, parallel execution, result diagnostics, code coverage collection, gap analysis, and CI/CD with buildtool.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Matlab Run Tests

skills CLI
$ npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-run-tests -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit matlab-run-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/matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills-catalog/matlab-software-development/matlab-run-tests .claude/skills/matlab-run-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
matlab-run-tests
GitHub stars
1.1k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
480 words
Files
7 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
142
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Run MATLAB test suites and analyze results, including test filtering, parallel execution, result diagnostics, code coverage collection, gap analysis, and CI/CD with buildtool.

  • Works in 3 steps: Run tests — Execute via… → Analyze results — Report pass/fail… → Verify — Confirm all tests pass before…
  • Filtering test suites
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, When NOT to Use, Workflow and Running Tests, plus 5 more sections
  • Analyzing test failures

What it does

Matlab Run Tests is an agent skill from matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit. Run MATLAB test suites and analyze results, including test filtering, parallel execution, result diagnostics, code coverage collection, gap analysis, and CI/CD with buildtool. Use when running tests, filtering test suites, analyzing test failures, checking, collecting, or analyzing coverage, justifying uncovered code, or configuring CI pipelines. Do NOT use for writing, generating, or structuring tests. Do NOT use for Simulink coverage or Simulink testing workflows.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 8 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `manifest.yaml`, `references/code-coverage-guidance.md` and `references/datatype-size-extraction.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering CI/CD, Test generation and Test coverage. The repository describes itself as: The MATLAB Agentic Toolkit brings proven MATLAB capabilities to AI agents, making engineering and scientific workflows agent-ready.

When your agent uses it

  • Filtering test suites
  • Analyzing test failures
  • Analyzing coverage
  • Justifying uncovered code

Example prompts

  • “/matlab-run-tests”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Run tests — Execute via run_matlab_test_file MCP tool or runtests with filtering
  2. Analyze results — Report pass/fail counts, iterate failed tests for diagnostics
  3. Verify — Confirm all tests pass before proceeding to coverage or CI

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 59dfd92. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.

    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

Matlab Run Tests loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 480 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~8.5k

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); the scripts in this folder 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 480 words (~1,609 tokens).

“Run MATLAB test suites, analyze results, collect code coverage metrics, and configure CI/CD pipelines using matlab.unittest infrastructure.”

— opening of SKILL.md by matlab, Custom licence
name
matlab-run-tests
license
https://www.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/license/pmrl/license.md
metadata.author
MathWorks
metadata.version
1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (scripts, references) in skills-catalog/matlab-software-development/matlab-run-tests of matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit.

  • SKILL.md
  • manifest.yaml
  • references/code-coverage-guidance.md
  • references/datatype-size-extraction.md
  • references/justification-filter-rules.md
  • references/test-execution-guidance.md
  • scripts/printCoverageGaps.m

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 59dfd92

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Questions about Matlab Run Tests

What does Matlab Run Tests do?

Run MATLAB test suites and analyze results, including test filtering, parallel execution, result diagnostics, code coverage collection, gap analysis, and CI/CD with buildtool. Matlab Run Tests is an agent skill from matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit. Run MATLAB test suites and analyze results, including test filtering, parallel execution, result diagnostics, code coverage collection, gap analysis, and CI/CD with buildtool.

When should I use Matlab Run Tests?

Matlab Run Tests fits situations like: filtering test suites; analyzing test failures; analyzing coverage; justifying uncovered code.

How do I install Matlab Run Tests in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-run-tests -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills-catalog/matlab-software-development/matlab-run-tests in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit) into .claude/skills/matlab-run-tests in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Matlab Run Tests in Codex?

Run `npx skills add matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-run-tests -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills-catalog/matlab-software-development/matlab-run-tests in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit) into .agents/skills/matlab-run-tests in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Matlab Run 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 matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit --skill matlab-run-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/matlab-run-tests, .gemini/skills/matlab-run-tests, .github/skills/matlab-run-tests and .opencode/skills/matlab-run-tests in your project.

What does Matlab Run Tests need to run?

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

Does Matlab Run 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 Matlab Run 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Matlab Run Tests use?

Matlab Run Tests 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 Matlab Run Tests use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k 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 6.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Matlab Run Tests?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Matlab Run Tests: QA Metrics (petrkindlmann/qa-skills, 165 stars), Dd Unblock PR (DataDog/pup, 1k stars), Azsdk Common Pipeline Analysis (Azure/azure-sdk-tools, 134 stars) and Run Tests (microsoft/testfx, 1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Matlab Run Tests?

matlab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in matlab/matlab-agentic-toolkit, which has 1,140 GitHub stars. The repository holds 142 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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