Agent skill

Test Design Techniques

by proffesor-for-testing in proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe

Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Test Design Techniques

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques --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/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .claude/skills/test-design-techniques && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .claude/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .agents/skills/test-design-techniques && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .agents/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .cursor/skills/test-design-techniques && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .cursor/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git --path assets/skills/test-design-techniques

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .gemini/skills/test-design-techniques && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .gemini/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .github/skills/test-design-techniques && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .github/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe test-design-techniques --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/test-design-techniques .opencode/skills/test-design-techniques && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "test-design-techniques" agent skill from https://github.com/proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe/tree/main/assets/skills/test-design-techniques into .opencode/skills/test-design-techniques/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "test-design-techniques", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: test-design-techniques
GitHub stars: 494
Token cost: ~726 tokens
SKILL.md length: 99 words
Files: 4 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 95
Repo updated: Oct 4, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing.

Designing comprehensive test cases
SKILL.md covers Quick Reference Card, Agent-Driven Test Design, Agent Coordination Hints and Related Skills, plus 1 more section
Reducing redundant tests
Ensuring systematic coverage

What it does

Test Design Techniques is an agent skill from proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe. Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing. Use when designing comprehensive test cases, reducing redundant tests, or ensuring systematic coverage.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts (for example `evals/test-design-techniques.yaml`, `schemas/output.json` and `scripts/validate-config.json`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test generation. The repository describes itself as: Agentic QE Fleet is an open-source AI-powered QA/QE platform designed for use with Coding Agents (works best with Claude Code) featuring specialized agents and skills to support… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Designing comprehensive test cases
Reducing redundant tests
Ensuring systematic coverage

Example prompts

“/test-design-techniques”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 829d030. 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

Test Design Techniques loads about 726 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 99 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~726

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

The full file from proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe at commit 829d030, republished under its MIT licence (© proffesor-for-testing). 99 words, ~726 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/test-design-techniques/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: test-design-techniques
description: Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing. Use when designing comprehensive test cases, reducing redundant tests, or ensuring systematic coverage.
category: specialized-testing
priority: high
tokenEstimate: 900
agents: qe-test-generator, qe-coverage-analyzer, qe-quality-analyzer
implementation_status: optimized
optimization_version: 1
last_optimized: 2025-12-02
quick_reference_card: true
tags: test-design, bva, equivalence-partitioning, decision-tables, pairwise, state-transition
trust_tier: 3

Test Design Techniques

<default_to_action> When designing test cases, select technique by input type:

Numeric ranges → BVA + EP
Multiple conditions → Decision Tables
Workflows → State Transition
Many parameter combinations → Pairwise Testing </default_to_action>

Quick Reference Card

When to Use

Designing new test suites
Optimizing existing tests
Complex business rules
Reducing test redundancy

Agent-Driven Test Design

typescript

// Auto-generate BVA tests
await Task("Generate BVA Tests", {
  field: 'age',
  dataType: 'integer',
  constraints: { min: 18, max: 120 }
}, "qe-test-generator");
// Returns: 6 boundary test cases

// Auto-generate pairwise tests
await Task("Generate Pairwise Tests", {
  parameters: {
    browser: ['Chrome', 'Firefox', 'Safari'],
    os: ['Windows', 'Mac', 'Linux'],
    screen: ['Desktop', 'Tablet', 'Mobile']
  }
}, "qe-test-generator");
// Returns: 9-12 tests (vs 27 full combination)

Agent Coordination Hints

Memory Namespace

aqe/test-design/
├── bva-analysis/*       - Boundary value tests
├── partitions/*         - Equivalence partitions
├── decision-tables/*    - Decision table tests
└── pairwise/*           - Combinatorial reduction

Fleet Coordination

typescript

const designFleet = await FleetManager.coordinate({
  strategy: 'systematic-test-design',
  agents: [
    'qe-test-generator',    // Apply design techniques
    'qe-coverage-analyzer', // Analyze coverage
    'qe-quality-analyzer'   // Assess test quality
  ],
  topology: 'sequential'
});

agentic-quality-engineering - Agent-driven testing
risk-based-testing - Prioritize by risk
mutation-testing - Validate test effectiveness

Remember

With Agents: qe-test-generator applies these techniques automatically, generating optimal test suites with maximum coverage and minimum redundancy. Agents identify boundaries, partitions, and combinations from code analysis.

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (scripts) in assets/skills/test-design-techniques of proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe.

SKILL.md
evals/test-design-techniques.yaml
schemas/output.json
scripts/validate-config.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 829d030

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Questions about Test Design Techniques

What does Test Design Techniques do?

Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing. Test Design Techniques is an agent skill from proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe. Systematic test design with boundary value analysis, equivalence partitioning, decision tables, state transition testing, and combinatorial testing.

When should I use Test Design Techniques?

Test Design Techniques fits situations like: designing comprehensive test cases; reducing redundant tests; ensuring systematic coverage.

How do I install Test Design Techniques in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (assets/skills/test-design-techniques in proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe) into .claude/skills/test-design-techniques in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Test Design Techniques in Codex?

Run `npx skills add proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (assets/skills/test-design-techniques in proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe) into .agents/skills/test-design-techniques in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Test Design Techniques 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 proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe --skill test-design-techniques -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/test-design-techniques, .gemini/skills/test-design-techniques, .github/skills/test-design-techniques and .opencode/skills/test-design-techniques in your project.

What does Test Design Techniques need to run?

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

Does Test Design Techniques 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 Test Design Techniques 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 Test Design Techniques use?

Test Design Techniques is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Test Design Techniques use?

About 726 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Test Design Techniques?

proffesor-for-testing (a GitHub user) maintains it in proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe, which has 494 GitHub stars. The repository holds 95 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

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

Test Design Techniques

Install Test Design Techniques

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Test Design Techniques

Quick Reference Card

When to Use

Agent-Driven Test Design

Agent Coordination Hints

Memory Namespace

Fleet Coordination

Remember

Files

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Questions about Test Design Techniques

Install Test Design Techniques

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Test Design Techniques

Quick Reference Card

When to Use

Agent-Driven Test Design

Agent Coordination Hints

Memory Namespace

Fleet Coordination

Related Skills

Remember

Files

Compare with similar skills

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