Official agent skill

Writing Tests

by remotion-dev in remotion-dev/remotion

Guidance for explicitly requested new tests and for updating or reviewing existing tests in the Remotion repository.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Writing Tests

skills CLI
$ npx skills add remotion-dev/remotion --skill writing-tests -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install remotion-dev/remotion writing-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/remotion-dev/remotion.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/writing-tests .claude/skills/writing-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
writing-tests
GitHub stars
62k
Token cost
~3.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,797 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
71
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guidance for explicitly requested new tests and for updating or reviewing existing tests in the Remotion repository.

  • Works in 5 steps: What failure would a user or public API… → What is the widest stable boundary that… → Is there an existing integration or E2E… → …
  • Tasks that involve Video production
  • SKILL.md covers Choose the boundary before…, Assert contracts and outcomes, Studio and product UI tests and Use real owned collaborators, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Tests is an agent skill from remotion-dev/remotion, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guidance for explicitly requested new tests and for updating or reviewing existing tests in the Remotion repository.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.5k 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 Media & Creative, covering Video production. It works with Remotion. The repository describes itself as: 🎥 Make videos programmatically with React.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Video production

Example prompts

  • “/writing-tests”

Workflow steps

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

  1. What failure would a user or public API consumer notice?
  2. What is the widest stable boundary that can reproduce it economically?
  3. Is there an existing integration or E2E workflow that can be extended?
  4. Would the proposed test fail if the feature entry point stopped calling the tested helper?
  5. Which edge cases, if any, still justify focused unit tests?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e4c5de. 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 (its code samples are typescript).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • kentcdodds.com

    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

Writing Tests loads about 3.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,797 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.5k

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); 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 1,797 words (~3,498 tokens).

“Apply this skill when the user explicitly requests new tests or when existing tests, fixtures, or snapshots need updates for feature work, bug fixes, refactors, or PR preparation. Do not add new tests, including new test cases in existing files…”

— opening of SKILL.md by remotion-dev, Custom licence
name
writing-tests

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/writing-tests of remotion-dev/remotion.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e4c5de

Compare with similar skills

Writing Tests next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Playwright Browser Demo Recordingdigitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit2.2k1 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Eva Feature Screenshotvvedantb/eva101—~3.2kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Remotion Toolkit Extensionsdigitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit2.2k1 repos~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Writing Tests

What does Writing Tests do?

Guidance for explicitly requested new tests and for updating or reviewing existing tests in the Remotion repository. Writing Tests is an agent skill from remotion-dev/remotion, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guidance for explicitly requested new tests and for updating or reviewing existing tests in the Remotion repository.

When should I use Writing Tests?

Writing Tests fits situations like: tasks that involve Video production.

How do I install Writing Tests in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Writing Tests in Codex?

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

Can I use Writing 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 remotion-dev/remotion --skill writing-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/writing-tests, .gemini/skills/writing-tests, .github/skills/writing-tests and .opencode/skills/writing-tests in your project.

What does Writing Tests need to run?

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

Does Writing Tests access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: kentcdodds.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Writing 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 Writing Tests use?

Writing 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 Writing Tests use?

About 3.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 Writing Tests?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Writing Tests: HyperFrames Video Entry Point (heygen-com/hyperframes, 58k stars), Create Remotion Geist (Marve10s/Better-Fullstack, 752 stars), Playwright Browser Demo Recording (digitalsamba/claude-code-video-toolkit, 2.2k stars) and Eva Feature Screenshot (vvedantb/eva, 101 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Writing Tests?

remotion-dev (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in remotion-dev/remotion, which has 62,235 GitHub stars. The repository holds 71 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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