test-and-verify SKILL.md skillA
test-and-verify from melconcoast/code-idea is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add melconcoast/code-idea/test-and-verify@v5.1.0Pins v5.1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- melconcoast/code-idea
- Path
.agents/skills/test-and-verify/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v5.1.0, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 25, 2026
- Size
- 6,452 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Use this skill whenever tests are to be run or a failure chased down — "run the tests", "run the test suite", "verify this", "check the tests pass", "fix the failing tests", "why is this test failing", or when `execute-plan` needs a task or a `Task X.V` gate verified. Use it even when the request looks like a one-liner — the bounded loop and the honest verdict are the point, not the command. Not for writing a feature or its tests from a plan — use execute-plan. Not for standing up a project's…
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-and-verify Runs the tests, reads what actually happened, and fixes what's broken — within a bounded number of attempts, then hands back. ## When this runs - `execute-plan` finishes a task and needs its scenarios proved, or reaches a `Task X.V` phase gate - The user asks for the suite to be run, or for a failing test to be chased down - Never to decide *what* to build, and never to write a feature's first tests from a plan — that's `execute-plan` ## Core philosophy - **A pass you didn't read isn't a pass.** Run the command, read stdout and stderr, and check the counts. A suite that "succeeded" because it collected zero tests, skipped the new ones, or exited 0 on a crash is a failure wearing a green hat. - **Three attempts, then stop.** The loop is bounded on purpose. A fourth attempt is guessing, and guessing costs tokens and makes the diff worse. Hand back with what you know. - **Fix only what the failure names.** Not the code around it, not a style you'd have written differently, not a passing test you find unconvincing. Unrelated findings get reported, never fixed in passing. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add melconcoast/code-idea/test-and-verify@sha256:a8b29cc16caccaeaThe line at the top of this page pins the label v5.1.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_rbp75xqyl6lzlip6)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 25, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v5.1.0 latest | 2026-11-02 | 3d78889 | 6,452 B | A | view · diff |
| v5.0.0 | 2026-10-08 | f9486dc | 6,452 B | A | view · diff |
| v4.2.1 | 2026-09-03 | d269a0c | 5,635 B | A | view · diff |
| v4.2.0 | 2026-09-03 | 482a115 | 5,635 B | A | view · diff |
| v4.1.0 | 2026-08-25 | e71b5ee | 5,635 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 (6452 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
melconcoast/code-idea · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_rbp75xqyl6lzlip6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=melconcoast/code-idea/test-and-verify GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a8b29cc16caccaeada8fecec15565ba213bae73f7b19da577441a06fe49c6312
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