TDD
pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster
Test-driven development. An agent skill from pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster.
NL artifact test specs for /nlpm:test: spec format, TDD for skills and agents.
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testing --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .claude/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .claude/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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 install https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testingType 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.
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testing --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .agents/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .agents/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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.
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testing --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .cursor/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .cursor/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git --path skills/nlpm/testing--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testing --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .gemini/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .gemini/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testingInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .github/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .github/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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.
$ npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install xiaolai/nlpm testing --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/nlpm/testing .opencode/skills/testing && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "testing" agent skill from https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/tree/main/skills/nlpm/testing into .opencode/skills/testing/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "testing", 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.
testingNL artifact test specs for /nlpm:test: spec format, TDD for skills and agents.
Testing is an agent skill from xiaolai/nlpm. NL artifact test specs for /nlpm:test: spec format, TDD for skills and agents.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Testing & QA, covering Test-driven development. The repository describes itself as: Natural-Language Programming Manager — scan, lint, and score NL artifacts with Claude-native quality scoring. The licence is ISC.
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6fdbd05. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown, yaml and python).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Testing loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 337 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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.
The full file from xiaolai/nlpm at commit 6fdbd05, republished under its ISC licence (© xiaolai). 337 words, ~1,400 tokens.
.claude/skills/testing/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).1. Write spec (.nlpm-test/artifact-name.spec.md) — define expectations
2. /nlpm:test — RED: spec fails (artifact doesn't exist)
3. Write the artifact — create the NL artifact
4. /nlpm:test — check if it passes
5. /nlpm:score — check quality score
6. Iterate until GREEN: all specs pass + score ≥ thresholdLocation: .nlpm-test/ directory in the project root (or alongside the artifact).
Filename convention: <artifact-name>.spec.md — matches the artifact filename without path.
---
artifact: agents/my-agent.md # path to the artifact being tested
type: agent # agent | skill | command | rule | hook | prompt
min_score: 85 # minimum /nlpm:score threshold for this artifact
---Body sections (all optional — include what matters for this artifact):
## Triggers On
Queries that SHOULD trigger this artifact:
- "review my database migrations before deploying"
- "check if these schema changes are safe"
- "audit the migration for breaking changes"## Does Not Trigger On
Queries that should NOT trigger this artifact:
- "write a migration for adding a users table"
- "help me with CSS styling"
- "deploy to production"## Output Contains
Expected elements in the output:
- "## Migration Review" (heading present)
- "| Table | Change | Risk |" (table structure)
- severity classification (CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW)## Output Format
The output should be a markdown report with:
1. Summary section with counts
2. Findings table with columns: File, Finding, Severity
3. Action items list## Handles Input
| Input | Expected Behavior |
|-------|------------------|
| (empty) | Score all artifacts in cwd |
| directory path | Score artifacts in that directory |
| nonexistent path | Error: "Directory not found: {path}" |
| file path | Score that single file |## Follows Rules
Code that SHOULD comply:
```python
result: Result[User, AppError] = get_user(id)Code that SHOULD violate:
user = get_user(id).unwrap() # should be flagged
### frontmatter_valid (all types)
```markdown
## Frontmatter Valid
Required fields:
- description: present and trigger-style ("Use when...")
- model: sonnet
- tools: [Read, Glob, Grep]
- skills: [nlpm:conventions, nlpm:scoring]NLPM Test Report
Spec Artifact Result Details
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
my-agent.spec.md agents/my-agent.md PASS 5/5 checks
my-skill.spec.md skills/core/SKILL.md FAIL 3/5 checks
✗ Trigger: "optimize React hooks" → predicted NO trigger (expected YES)
✗ Score: 68/100 (min: 85)
Overall: 1 passed, 1 failed (50%)
RED items (fix these):
1. skills/core/SKILL.md — trigger gap: "optimize React hooks" not covered by description
2. skills/core/SKILL.md — score 68 < min 85: missing <example> blocks (R06, -10)handles_input for commandsmin_score should match your project's threshold (default 85 for new artifacts, 70 for legacy)The tester discovers specs by:
.nlpm-test/ directorymy-agent.spec.md → agents/my-agent.md (uses the artifact: frontmatter field)artifact path doesn't exist → spec is RED by default (artifact not yet created — this is the TDD "write test first" state)RED — write the spec first. Create .nlpm-test/my-agent.spec.md with artifact: agents/my-agent.md and a triggers_on: block listing 5 user queries the agent should match. The artifact does not exist yet — /nlpm:test reports RED with one failure: artifact not found.
GREEN — write the artifact. Create agents/my-agent.md with frontmatter (name, description, model, tools) and a body. The description must be specific enough that the listed trigger queries land on it. Re-run /nlpm:test: the agent now exists, the tester predicts triggers, and the spec passes.
REFACTOR — change the body, re-run the spec. Edit the artifact's behavior. The same spec runs unchanged; if a refactor breaks a trigger query or violates a handles_input case, the test goes RED. Fix forward, re-run.
This is the natural-language analogue of pytest or jest — specs are the contract; artifacts are the implementation.
This skill covers the spec format and runner contract for NL-TDD. For the
scoring rubric the tester compares against, see nlpm:scoring. For the
schemas of artifact frontmatter the spec checks, see nlpm:conventions.
© xiaolai, ISC. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in skills/nlpm/testing of xiaolai/nlpm.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6fdbd05
Testing 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing this skillxiaolai/nlpm | 146 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | ISC | |
| TDDpietheinstrengholt/rssmonster | 564 | 30 repos | ~906 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| TDD WorkflowhellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph | 112 | 11 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| TDDsanity-io/sanity | 6.4k | 20 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Test Driven Developmentfarm-fe/farm | 5.6k | 51 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tapd Story PipelineTencentBlueKing/bk-bcs | 840 | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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xiaolai/nlpm
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Codex CLI artifact schemas: config.toml, .codex-plugin, skills, hooks, AGENTS.md.
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NL artifact test specs for /nlpm:test: spec format, TDD for skills and agents. Testing is an agent skill from xiaolai/nlpm. NL artifact test specs for /nlpm:test: spec format, TDD for skills and agents.
Testing fits situations like: tasks that involve Test-driven development.
Run `npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/nlpm/testing in xiaolai/nlpm) into .claude/skills/testing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill testing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/nlpm/testing in xiaolai/nlpm) into .agents/skills/testing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add xiaolai/nlpm --skill 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/testing, .gemini/skills/testing, .github/skills/testing and .opencode/skills/testing in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Testing is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
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.
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.
Testing is published under the ISC licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Testing: TDD (pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster, 564 stars), TDD Workflow (hellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph, 112 stars), TDD (sanity-io/sanity, 6.4k stars) and Test Driven Development (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
xiaolai (a GitHub user) maintains it in xiaolai/nlpm, which has 146 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: xiaolai/nlpm on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.