Agent skill

Validation Testing

by VectorSpaceLab in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill

A skill your agent uses when validating GeoPandas outputs, using geopandas.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.

BSD-3-ClauseAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Validation Testing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill validation-testing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill validation-testing --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/VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/repositories/repo-skills/geopandas/sub-skills/validation-testing .claude/skills/validation-testing && 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
validation-testing
GitHub stars
328
Token cost
~809 tokens
SKILL.md length
324 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
159
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
BSD-3-Clause

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when validating GeoPandas outputs, using geopandas.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.

  • Works in 6 steps: Prefer geopandas.testing helpers over… → Choose equality flags deliberately: CRS,… → Keep fixtures tiny, explicit, and… → …
  • Validating GeoPandas outputs
  • SKILL.md covers Read First, Route Here When, Route Elsewhere and Default Operating Rules, plus 2 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Validation Testing is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use when validating GeoPandas outputs, using geopandas.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.

Its SKILL.md is about 810 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/maintainer-workflows.md`, `references/testing-reference.md` and `references/troubleshooting.md`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Geospatial analysis. The repository describes itself as: A Skill Library for Automated Machine Learning. The licence is BSD-3-Clause.

When your agent uses it

  • Validating GeoPandas outputs
  • Using geopandas.testing assertions
  • Designing fixtures
  • Selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests

Example prompts

  • “/validation-testing”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Prefer geopandas.testing helpers over raw pandas equality for geometry-aware objects.
  2. Choose equality flags deliberately: CRS, index type/order, geometry type, coordinate tolerance, and column order can all matter…
  3. Keep fixtures tiny, explicit, and CRS-labeled.
  4. When testing optional workflows, distinguish missing optional dependency skips from real failures.
  5. Avoid full test-suite runs unless the user asks and the environment has the needed optional/service dependencies.
  6. For repository maintenance, start with focused tests around changed behavior, then broaden only when failures or risk justify it.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac3fe1a. 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/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Validation Testing loads about 809 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 324 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~809
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.8k

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 VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill at commit ac3fe1a, republished under its BSD-3-Clause licence (© VectorSpaceLab). 324 words, ~809 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/validation-testing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
validation-testing
description
Use when validating GeoPandas outputs, using geopandas.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.disco-role
operating
license
BSD 3-Clause

Validation and Testing

Use this sub-skill when the task is about proving GeoPandas results are correct, writing assertions for geometry-aware outputs, or maintaining/testing the GeoPandas repository.

Read First

  • Testing reference: geopandas.testing assertion helper behavior, equality options, fixture design, and output comparison patterns.
  • Maintainer workflows: focused test selection, optional dependency awareness, contributor-oriented checks, and when not to run expensive/service tests.
  • Troubleshooting: assertion mismatches, CRS/index/order differences, optional dependency skips, and service/network test boundaries.
  • geopandas_assertion_demo.py: tiny demonstration of assert_geodataframe_equal and deliberate mismatch handling.

Route Here When

  • The user asks how to compare two GeoDataFrame or GeoSeries objects in tests.
  • The task mentions geopandas.testing.assert_geodataframe_equal, assert_geoseries_equal, geometry equality tolerance, CRS/index checking, or expected output fixtures.
  • The user is editing the GeoPandas repository and needs focused pytest commands or optional-dependency triage.
  • A result from core-data-model, io-formats, spatial-operations, or mapping-geocoding needs assertion-backed validation.

Route Elsewhere

  • Use ../core-data-model/SKILL.md for object construction and CRS semantics.
  • Use ../io-formats/SKILL.md for I/O workflow behavior before asserting round trips.
  • Use ../spatial-operations/SKILL.md for analysis logic before comparing outputs.
  • Use ../mapping-geocoding/SKILL.md for plot/geocoding optional dependencies before validation.

Default Operating Rules

  1. Prefer geopandas.testing helpers over raw pandas equality for geometry-aware objects.
  2. Choose equality flags deliberately: CRS, index type/order, geometry type, coordinate tolerance, and column order can all matter differently by task.
  3. Keep fixtures tiny, explicit, and CRS-labeled.
  4. When testing optional workflows, distinguish missing optional dependency skips from real failures.
  5. Avoid full test-suite runs unless the user asks and the environment has the needed optional/service dependencies.
  6. For repository maintenance, start with focused tests around changed behavior, then broaden only when failures or risk justify it.

Minimal Check

bash
python scripts/geopandas_assertion_demo.py

Expected high-level signal: the script passes equal GeoDataFrame assertions, catches an intentional CRS mismatch, and reports the assertion helper behavior.

Handoff

  • Use this sub-skill at the end of a workflow to turn expected GeoPandas outputs into assertions.
  • For production verification of this generated skill, pair its scripts with selected native tests and integration cases from the review artifacts.

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in skills/repositories/repo-skills/geopandas/sub-skills/validation-testing of VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/maintainer-workflows.md
  • references/testing-reference.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • scripts/geopandas_assertion_demo.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac3fe1a

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Questions about Validation Testing

What does Validation Testing do?

A skill your agent uses when validating GeoPandas outputs, using geopandas.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests. Validation Testing is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.testing assertions, designing fixtures, or selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.

When should I use Validation Testing?

Validation Testing fits situations like: validating GeoPandas outputs; using geopandas.testing assertions; designing fixtures; selecting focused GeoPandas repository tests.

How do I install Validation Testing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill validation-testing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/geopandas/sub-skills/validation-testing in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .claude/skills/validation-testing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Validation Testing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill validation-testing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/geopandas/sub-skills/validation-testing in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .agents/skills/validation-testing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Validation Testing 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 VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill validation-testing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/validation-testing, .gemini/skills/validation-testing, .github/skills/validation-testing and .opencode/skills/validation-testing in your project.

What does Validation Testing need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Validation Testing needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Validation Testing 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 Validation Testing 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 Validation Testing use?

Validation Testing is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Validation Testing use?

About 809 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Validation Testing?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Validation Testing: Antv L7 (antvis/L7, 4.1k stars), Thematic Map (zzhonglei/GeoCode-Release, 186 stars), Rs Paper Pipeline (thinson/RS-PaperClaw, 225 stars) and Remote Sensing Research Radar (limi124/remote-sensing-research-radar, 141 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Validation Testing?

VectorSpaceLab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill, which has 328 GitHub stars. The repository holds 159 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

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