bats-testing SKILL.md skillA
bats-testing from testland/qa is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add testland/qa/bats-testing@git:20260726.19ddd36Pins git:20260726.19ddd36 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- testland/qa
- Path
plugins/qa-cli-tools/skills/bats-testing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260726.19ddd36, committed Jul 26, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 2, 2026
- Size
- 9,780 bytes
- Repository stars
- 11
- License
- MIT
Configures Bats-core (Bash Automated Testing System) for testing CLI tools, shell scripts, and Unix programs - `.bats` test files with `@test` blocks, `run` to capture command exit + output, `[ "$status" -eq 0 ]` and `[ "$output" = ... ]` assertions, `setup`/`teardown` hooks, `load` for shared helpers, parallel execution via `--jobs N`, TAP-compliant output for CI integration. Use whenever the unit-under-test is a shell script, CLI binary, or anything invokable from Bash.
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
# bats-testing ## Overview Per [bats-readthedocs][bats]: [bats]: https://bats-core.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ > "Bats (Bash Automated Testing System) is a TAP-compliant testing > framework for Bash 3.2 or above." Per [bats-github][bgh]: [bgh]: https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core > "Bats is a TAP-compliant testing framework for Bash 3.2 or above. > It provides a simple way to verify that the UNIX programs you > write behave as expected." Bats works "with any Unix program," not just Bash - it captures stdout / stderr / exit code of any executable. ## When to use - Testing a shell script (deployment scripts, CI scripts, installers). - Testing a CLI binary's interface (commands, flags, exit codes, output) at the integration layer. - Validating that wrapper scripts (e.g., `kubectl` plugins, `git` aliases) behave as expected. - Cross-platform smoke tests for a CLI's install scripts. ## How to use 1. Install `bats` (npm / Homebrew / git submodule); pin via submodule for CI determinism (Step 1). 2. Create `test/<feature>.bats` starting with `#!/usr/bin/env bats` and one `@test` block per behavior (Step 2). …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add testland/qa/bats-testing@sha256:4d51d728c04a931dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260726.19ddd36, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jun 2, 2026 and Jul 26, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260726.19ddd36 latest | 2026-07-26 | 19ddd36 | 9,780 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.d4db756 | 2026-07-24 | d4db756 | 8,465 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260706.4e1409c | 2026-07-06 | 4e1409c | 8,538 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260603.21eda0e | 2026-06-03 | 21eda0e | 8,555 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260602.ce520f0 | 2026-06-02 | ce520f0 | 8,569 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9780 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
Source
testland/qa · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nsze2ivvshpukesb GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=testland/qa/bats-testing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4d51d728c04a931dc430e757d849686ca0d1b6c9312f087dda1c9da6962c9339
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