adopt-tiering SKILL.md skillA

adopt-tiering from rustyrazorblade/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add rustyrazorblade/skills/adopt-tiering@git:20260929.9c7cdf8

Pins git:20260929.9c7cdf8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
rustyrazorblade/skills
Path
plugins/spec-flow/skills/adopt-tiering/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
git:20260929.9c7cdf8, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 12, 2026
Size
8,653 bytes
Repository stars
44
License
Apache-2.0

One-time migration that splits a repo's existing test suite into a fast unit tier and a slow integration tier — for a repo whose own spec-flow/TESTING.md policy chooses that split, not an assumption the pipeline makes. Classify tests by evidence (container/I-O/timing) and let the compiler + test timings arbitrate, physically separate them (Gradle source set + classpath scoping, or Rust src/ vs tests/ + nextest profiles), wire the CI failures artifact, and open a PR. Run once per repo. See…

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

# adopt-tiering — split an existing suite into unit / integration tiers

You are the PM/lead in the main session. Bring a repo that does **not** yet separate fast unit tests
from slow integration tests onto that split (see **Test policy** in `docs/workflow.md`). This is a
**one-time migration per repo**, and it applies only where the repo's own `spec-flow/TESTING.md`
chooses the tiered policy. spec-flow assumes no split and ships no runtime default, so that file is
the whole of the policy. Check it first, and say so plainly if it points somewhere else. The
migration produces one review-ready PR and **never merges**.

This is repo **infrastructure**, not a feature — so it is **not** tied to a GitHub issue and does
**not** go through `groom → activate → implement`. Move into a dedicated worktree using Claude
Code's own isolation rather than creating one by hand — call the `EnterWorktree` tool (or simply
ask to "work in a worktree") with a name like `adopt-test-tiering`. All work happens inside that
worktree from here on; its branch name is whatever Claude Code assigns, not something this skill
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add rustyrazorblade/skills/adopt-tiering@sha256:30da57a81ae5d4a4

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.9c7cdf8, 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 6 versions of this file, between Jul 12, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every 16 days.

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Audit of the latest version

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  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8653 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
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  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source

GitHub

rustyrazorblade/skills · 44 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_l5tgotpqvwm6apwj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rustyrazorblade/skills/adopt-tiering
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/30da57a81ae5d4a487fef5387c94d50f2e62581dd4aefe3c149a5beb0f10c879

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