tdd SKILL.md skillC
tdd from aveproject/ave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aveproject/ave/tdd@git:20260618.9c6c22cPins git:20260618.9c6c22c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- C, 14 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- aveproject/ave
- Path
.claude/skills/tdd/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260618.9c6c22c, committed Jun 18, 2026
- Size
- 1,044 bytes
- Repository stars
- 24
- License
- Apache-2.0
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# tdd — ave
For this repo, TDD means: fixtures first, then rule, then record validation.
## Loop for a new rule
1. Write the positive fixture (the malicious file)
2. Write the negative fixture (the benign lookalike)
3. Write a test asserting the rule fires on positive, not on negative → FAIL
4. Write the rule → test PASSES
5. Write the AVE record JSON
6. python scripts/validate_records.py → record valid
7. pytest tests/ -x -q → full suite green
## What/Why/How on validation functions
```python
# What: returns True if every record in records/ validates against the schema
# Why: one malformed record breaks every scanner that loads the record set
# How: loads each JSON, runs jsonschema.validate, collects all errors
def all_records_valid() -> tuple[bool, list[str]]:
...
```
## The negative fixture rule
Every rule needs a negative fixture that looks SIMILAR to the positive
but is benign. A rule with only a positive fixture is a false-positive
waiting to happen. Test that the rule does NOT fire on the negative.Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aveproject/ave/tdd@sha256:55ae3ed36749b708The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260618.9c6c22c, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 18, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter block present
- fail: Frontmatter declares a name
- fail: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1044 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
aveproject/ave · 24 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7ec4thaa37zz463j GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aveproject/ave/tdd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/55ae3ed36749b708df169d8de5d1b573a09ad42ad6e0e360230d4ceba248c126
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.