nw-test-optimization SKILL.md skillA
nw-test-optimization from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-test-optimization@git:20260611.3860ed5Pins git:20260611.3860ed5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nwave-ai/nwave
- Path
nWave/skills/nw-test-optimization/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260611.3860ed5, committed Jun 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 4, 2026
- Size
- 21,240 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
Methodology for minimizing test count while maximizing behavioral coverage - behavior definition, anti-pattern catalog, consolidation patterns, stopping criterion, coverage-preserving validation.
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
# Test Optimization Methodology ## Mission > Minimize tests, maximize value, reduce feedback time, maintain quality. > (Ale, 2026-04-28: "Bisogna minimizzare i test, massimizzare il valore per ridurre il tempo di feedback, mantenendo la qualità.") This skill operationalizes that mission. Apply during DELIVER COMMIT, scheduled audits, or `/nw-optimize-tests` invocations. ## 1. Behavior Definition (the loose joint, closed) The phrase "distinct behavior" in the test budget formula `max_unit_tests = 2 × distinct_behaviors` is the loose joint that lets test counts inflate. Close it with these rules. ### 1.1 What IS a behavior A behavior is an **observable outcome via a port** (driving or driven): - A return value from a driving-port call given specific inputs - A state change visible through a driving-port query after an action - A side effect at a driven-port boundary (call sequence + payload) - An exception raised from a driving port - A business invariant that holds across a class of inputs ### 1.2 What is NOT a behavior - Phrase presence in markdown — that is one **document contract**, not one behavior per phrase …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-test-optimization@sha256:e7212a681c26851aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260611.3860ed5, 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 4 versions of this file, between May 4, 2026 and Jun 11, 2026, about one every 12 days.
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| git:20260611.3860ed5 latest | 2026-06-11 | 3860ed5 | 21,240 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260609.c723548 | 2026-06-09 | c723548 | 21,260 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260515.650a105 | 2026-05-15 | 650a105 | 14,633 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260504.9db9ce4 | 2026-05-04 | 9db9ce4 | 14,555 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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- 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
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pe56kytez4adzb5s GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-test-optimization GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e7212a681c26851a9ad4ed01a483f0286003c5330ba9678f9effeda1b8b48299
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