Agent skill

Brooks Test

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Brooks Test

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills brooks-test --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brooks-test .claude/skills/brooks-test && 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
brooks-test
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~518 tokens
SKILL.md length
230 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,354
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron… → Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for… → Read ../_shared/test-decay-risks.md for… → …
  • Tasks that involve Test generation
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Setup, Process and Limitations
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Brooks Test is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `test-guide.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Test generation. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Test generation

Example prompts

  • “/brooks-test”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
  2. Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
  3. Read ../_shared/test-decay-risks.md for test-space symptom definitions and source attributions
  4. Read test-guide.md in this directory for the test quality review framework

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec02547. 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

Brooks Test loads about 518 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 230 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~518

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit ec02547, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 230 words, ~518 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/brooks-test/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
brooks-test
description
Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.
risk
safe
source
https://github.com/hyhmrright/brooks-lint/tree/main/skills/brooks-test
source_repo
hyhmrright/brooks-lint
source_type
community
date_added
2026-07-01
license
MIT
license_source
https://github.com/hyhmrright/brooks-lint/blob/main/LICENSE

Brooks-Lint — Test Quality Review

When to Use

Use this skill when you need test quality review drawing on twelve classic engineering books — with primary focus on xUnit Test Patterns, The Art of Unit Testing, How Google Tests Software, and Working Effectively with Legacy Code — that diagnoses structural problems in an existing test suite: brittleness, mock...

Setup

  1. Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
  2. Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
  3. Read ../_shared/test-decay-risks.md for test-space symptom definitions and source attributions
  4. Read test-guide.md in this directory for the test quality review framework

Process

If the user has not shared test files or pointed to a test directory: apply Auto Scope Detection from ../_shared/common.md to determine the review scope before proceeding.

  1. Build the test suite map (guide's "Before You Start" section)
  2. Scan for each test decay risk in the order specified (Steps 1–4 of the guide)
  3. Apply the Iron Law and output using the Report Template (Step 5 of the guide)

Mode line in report: Test Quality Review

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches its upstream source and local project context.
  • Verify commands, generated code, dependencies, credentials, and external service behavior before applying changes.
  • Do not treat examples as a substitute for environment-specific tests, security review, or user approval for destructive or costly actions.

© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/brooks-test of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • test-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec02547

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Brooks Test

What does Brooks Test do?

Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks. Brooks Test is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.

When should I use Brooks Test?

Brooks Test fits situations like: tasks that involve Test generation.

How do I install Brooks Test in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brooks-test in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/brooks-test in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Brooks Test in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brooks-test in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/brooks-test in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Brooks Test 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brooks-test, .gemini/skills/brooks-test, .github/skills/brooks-test and .opencode/skills/brooks-test in your project.

What does Brooks Test need to run?

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

Does Brooks Test 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 Brooks Test 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 Brooks Test use?

Brooks Test is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Brooks Test use?

About 518 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Brooks Test?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brooks Test: 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 Brooks Test?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,354 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.