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To write thorough, isolated, idempotent tests — 80%+ coverage, external-only mocking, scenario-driven.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

53%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is well-structured with clear sections and a genuinely useful validation checklist, but it suffers from triple redundancy of its core rules across sections and provides no executable examples (no timeout attribute sample, no kill-server command, no sequence-diagram format). It also lacks an ordered workflow tying the policies into a test-writing sequence, and references unexplained context ("Rosetta prep steps") that may not generalize.

Suggestions

Consolidate the duplicated rules (80% coverage, 1-second timeout, mocking policy) into one section and reference it from the checklist instead of restating them three times.

Add concrete executable examples: a sample test showing the 1-second timeout attribute/configuration, a command for killing existing servers, and a sequence-diagram format or example for scenario tests.

Define an ordered workflow (kill servers → write tests → run → check coverage → validate against checklist) so the validation checkpoints attach to an explicit sequence, and clarify or remove the "Rosetta prep steps" jargon.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Key rules are stated three times across sections — "80% code coverage" appears in when_to_use_skill, core_concepts, and validation_checklist, as do the 1-second timeout and mocking rules — and "All Rosetta prep steps MUST be FULLY completed, load-context skill loaded and fully executed" is unexplained jargon, fitting anchor 3's mostly-efficient-but-could-be-tightened profile rather than anchor 4's minor trims.

3 / 5

Actionability

Policies are concrete ("Mock EXTERNAL calls ONLY: HTTP clients, API clients, SQL connections, message queues", "1-second timeout on EACH test") but there is no code, command, or example — no sample timeout attribute, no command for killing existing servers, and no format or tool for the required sequence diagrams — matching anchor 3's concrete-but-incomplete guidance.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A validation checklist exists and fragments of ordering appear ("Kill all existing servers... before running tests", "Playwright MCP as the first testing step"), but there is no coherent sequenced workflow for the test-writing process itself, leaving checkpoints without an explicit sequence, which fits anchor 3 rather than anchor 4's clear sequence.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is well organized into clearly labeled sections (role, when_to_use_skill, core_concepts, validation_checklist, best_practices, pitfalls, resources) with no nested references and no content that clearly belongs in a separate file, fitting anchor 4's good structure; it does not reach 5 because at ~97 lines with no one-level-deep references it exceeds the simple-skill exception and offers no navigation to deeper material.

4 / 5

Total

13

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20

Passed

Description

66%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific and distinctive, with concrete measurable quality bars (80%+ coverage, external-only mocking, isolated and idempotent tests). Its main weakness is the complete absence of a "Use when..." trigger clause, which caps completeness and limits natural discoverability. It also opens with an infinitive purpose phrase ("To write...") rather than a third-person declarative verb.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when writing or updating tests, setting up test infrastructure, or checking code coverage."

Include natural trigger variations users would say, such as "unit tests", "integration tests", "test suite", or "TDD".

Rewrite in third-person declarative voice (e.g. "Writes thorough, isolated, idempotent tests...") instead of the infinitive "To write...".

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists concrete, measurable criteria — "thorough, isolated, idempotent tests", "80%+ coverage", "external-only mocking", "scenario-driven" — which exceeds the 1-2 concrete actions of anchor 3, but it centers on a single action verb (write tests) rather than the comprehensive multi-action coverage of anchor 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is clear and concrete (write thorough, isolated, idempotent tests with specific quality bars), but there is no "Use when..." clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance anywhere in the description, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"tests", "coverage", and "mocking" are natural terms users would say when needing this skill, matching anchor 4's good keyword coverage, but common variations like "unit tests", "integration tests", "TDD", or "test suite" are missing, so it falls short of anchor 5's comprehensive synonym coverage.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Terms like "mocking", "idempotent", and "coverage" carve out a clear testing niche with mostly distinct triggers, fitting anchor 4, though there is minor overlap risk with closely related skills such as general coding or debugging skills, preventing a 5.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

griddynamics/rosetta

Path

instructions/r2/core/skills/testing/SKILL.md

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