workflow-spec-tdd SKILL.md skillA
workflow-spec-tdd from kensaurus/cursor-kenji is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/workflow-spec-tdd@git:20260923.68c095ePins git:20260923.68c095e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kensaurus/cursor-kenji
- Path
skills/workflow-spec-tdd/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260923.68c095e, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 18, 2026
- Size
- 8,328 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
A spec → plan → TDD loop before writing a line. Use when "spec first", "TDD", "do it properly", or LLM output keeps being wrong. Feature through PR → workflow-build-feature. One bug → workflow-fix-and-ship.
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
# Spec → Plan → TDD Workflow
**Degree of freedom: MIXED.** Approach choice and spec content `[HIGH freedom]`;
phase order, RED-before-GREEN, and Phase 5 checklist `[LOW freedom — run exactly]`.
> The antidote to vibe-coding. LLMs fail not because they can't write code, but because they skip the thinking: they guess requirements, write code before tests, and declare victory without verification. This skill forces the discipline. Stack-agnostic — works for web, React Native, and Capacitor.
>
> Adapted from [obra/superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers) (MIT) and the Karpathy LLM-coding guardrails.
## How to reason
1. **Restate** — one-sentence ask + surface
2. **Contract** — behavior, edges, out-of-scope, verifiable Done when
3. **RED** — failing test at an agreed seam, watched fail
4. **Verify** — Phase 5 checklist; no unverified "should work"
## Worked example
> **Restate:** add coupon codes on checkout (web), not a new promotions engine.
> **Contract:** one optional code; invalid → inline error; valid → discounted total; out of scope: stacking, expiry admin UI.
> **RED:** test `applyCoupon('SAVE10')` on a $40 cart expects $36 — fails because helper is missing.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kensaurus/cursor-kenji/workflow-spec-tdd@sha256:814c7c082037b063The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.68c095e, 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 Aug 18, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.68c095e latest | 2026-09-23 | 68c095e | 8,328 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260923.cf348bd | 2026-09-23 | cf348bd | 8,369 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260821.2a41031 | 2026-08-21 | 2a41031 | 8,077 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.950107c | 2026-08-20 | 950107c | 6,702 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260818.fdb3115 | 2026-08-18 | fdb3115 | 6,738 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 (8328 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
kensaurus/cursor-kenji · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_q3eepcamnb42glez GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kensaurus/cursor-kenji/workflow-spec-tdd GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/814c7c082037b06351e9cfb3998fc80f29cb252116811fb9ee7f225017728f0b
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