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bdd-specs from mattbrailsford/umbraco-devkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add mattbrailsford/umbraco-devkit/bdd-specs@git:20261017.8be9de3

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License
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Writes behavior-driven executable specs (Feature > Scenario > Specification, one assertion per test) from a feature's STORIES.md and PLAN.md, in C# or Lit/TypeScript, using the project's existing test framework. Use when stories are final and it's time to write the tests, or when asked to spec out, write tests first, or do BDD/TDD.

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What the file says

# BDD specs

Specs are written before the `builder` subagent implements a task — see "Open question"
below if your team wants to relax that. The spec is the design artifact: it encodes the
intended behavior from the stories, is marked pending until the code exists, and is
`feature-build`'s definition of done for the task.

This skill states the discipline once and applies it to whichever layer(s) a feature actually
touches — backend (C#), frontend (Lit + TypeScript), or both. The shape (Feature > Scenario >
Specification, one assertion, happy-then-sad, pending by default, a real-entry-point spec) is
identical either way; only the syntax it's expressed in differs. Don't duplicate this
discipline into a second, stack-specific skill — extend the relevant reference file instead.

## *🎯 Why: Design for Change*

One assertion per Specification means a failing spec names exactly what broke. Segregating
happy path from sad path means you can change one behavior without re-reading the whole
suite. The spec suite is the change-budget for the codebase — treat generating it as
seriously as generating the code it will gate.

## Gate: require the design and the stories first
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
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Source

GitHub

mattbrailsford/umbraco-devkit · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sy2vijyfdiyszuwv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mattbrailsford/umbraco-devkit/bdd-specs
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