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unit-testing from nerds-odd-e/doughnut is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nerds-odd-e/doughnut/unit-testing@git:20261012.6fadfdb

Pins git:20261012.6fadfdb in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
nerds-odd-e/doughnut
Path
.agents/skills/unit-testing/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
3
Latest version
git:20261012.6fadfdb, committed Oct 12, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 16, 2026
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7,771 bytes
Repository stars
50
License
MIT

Small-test style for unit tests — stable boundary, data over mocks, focused assertions, concise makeMe (all packages). Use when writing or changing unit tests in any package.

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

# "Small test" style

This repo’s automated tests are **E2E** or **unit tests** — nothing in between. Write unit tests in the **"small test"** style below.

A **"small test"** means: a fast, in-process unit test (JUnit, Vitest, Bach, …) that drives a **stable boundary** with crafted data/`makeMe`, exercises real lower-level production code, and mocks only external dependencies. Stack commands, entry points, and tooling stay in the package skills (`frontend` / `frontend-testing`, `backend` / `backend-testing`, `cli`, `mcp-server`).

## Stable boundary

- **Drive the outermost (or domain-stable) interface.** Prefer the public surface under test — e.g. a controller, mounted component, CLI `run` / `runInteractive`, MCP tool — or an interface that is itself a deliberate, domain-stable contract (pure algorithm, validation API). Do not add a test class per internal production class, and do not widen exports only so tests can reach helpers.
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nerds-odd-e/doughnut/unit-testing@sha256:1778c260cf9da64f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261012.6fadfdb, 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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The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 16, 2026 and Oct 12, 2026, about one every 13 days.

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Source

GitHub

nerds-odd-e/doughnut · 50 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7mrr7aucudk7xsdi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nerds-odd-e/doughnut/unit-testing
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1778c260cf9da64f91d4595f0015c7d3f7c6ec51130a4399b01704c6bca99463

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