tdd SKILL.md skillA

tdd from gaia-react/gaia is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add gaia-react/gaia/tdd@git:20261019.39d38f1

Pins git:20261019.39d38f1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
gaia-react/gaia
Path
.claude/skills/tdd/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
14
Latest version
git:20261019.39d38f1, committed Oct 19, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 23, 2026
Size
11,992 bytes
Repository stars
24
License
MIT

Runs test-driven development with a red-green-refactor loop. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs using TDD, mentions "red-green-refactor", wants integration tests, or asks for test-first development.

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-Driven Development

Contents: Selecting a Stack Reference; Philosophy; Anti-Pattern: Horizontal Slices; Workflow; Checklist Per Cycle.

## Selecting a Stack Reference

Before writing the first red test, consult the reference for your stack:

- **React / Vitest / MSW / Storybook** → the `tdd-react` skill (`frontend/.claude/skills/tdd-react/SKILL.md`)

Add a new stack reference (a skill or a `references/tests-{stack}.md`) when adopting a new stack. The stack reference covers concrete patterns, test layers, mocking rules, and good/bad examples specific to that environment.

## Philosophy

**Core principle**: tests verify behavior through public interfaces, not implementation details. Good tests are integration-style: they exercise real code paths through public APIs, read like a specification ("user submits a valid form and sees a success toast"), and survive refactors. A test that breaks on a behavior-preserving refactor is coupled to implementation.

## Anti-Pattern: Horizontal Slices

**DO NOT write all tests first, then all implementation.** This is "horizontal slicing", treating RED as "write all tests" and GREEN as "write all code."
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add gaia-react/gaia/tdd@sha256:cece937769d00088

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.39d38f1, 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 14 versions of this file, between Jun 23, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 9 days.

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11992 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
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Source

GitHub

gaia-react/gaia · 24 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wbhb3nrvq62hbiel
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gaia-react/gaia/tdd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cece937769d0008893178ab7a0b4d595c82ed4626273321e124f1c2ea60eebf1

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