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ordering-and-flakes

Control spec ordering and manage flaky specs — Serial, Ordered containers with BeforeAll/AfterAll/ContinueOnFailure, OncePerOrdered, SpecPriority, plus FlakeAttempts/--flake-attempts, MustPassRepeatedly, --repeat, and --until-it-fails. Use when specs must run in a fixed order, you need once-per-group setup, you're combining Serial+Ordered, a spec is flaky, or you want to hunt order-dependence with --until-it-fails -p --randomize-all.

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Quality

Content

86%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.

A high-quality reference skill body: dense, non-obvious Ginkgo semantics delivered with opinionated guidance and concrete code/CLI examples, well-sectioned with clear cross-references. The only soft spots are elided code bodies and the absence of a 'what to do when the flake hunter catches something' follow-through.

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Conciseness

Lean and dense throughout: it spends tokens only on Ginkgo-specific semantics Claude cannot be assumed to know ('runs serial specs last, on process #1', 'BeforeAll/AfterAll are legal only inside an Ordered container', 'you cannot mark an individual spec inside an Ordered container Serial') plus opinionated stances ('retries are explicit technical debt'), and defers sibling topics via pointers.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete Go decorator usage and copy-paste CLI commands ('ginkgo --until-it-fails -p --randomize-all', 'ginkgo --flake-attempts=3'), but several example bodies are elided stubs ('func() { ... }', 'AfterAll(func() { ... })') — minor gaps versus fully copy-paste-ready code.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Decision paths are clearly sequenced (expose flakes first, tolerate 'judiciously, as a last resort'; 'Prefer one It + By by default — Reach for Ordered when...'), and no validation cap applies since nothing destructive is performed. It falls short of a 5 because there is no error-recovery/feedback-loop structure (e.g., what to do once --until-it-fails catches a break).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, and the body is appropriately self-contained: well-organized sections with clearly signaled one-level-deep cross-skill pointers ('→ ginkgo:decorators', '→ ginkgo:ci') and a closing Related section. Nothing is buried or inlined that belongs in a separate file.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

92%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.

A strong description: third-person, comprehensive in enumerating capabilities, with an explicit and specific 'Use when...' trigger clause. Only minor gap is a few natural synonyms a user might say instead of the Ginkgo vocabulary.

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Specificity

Enumerates every concrete capability of the skill — 'Serial, Ordered containers with BeforeAll/AfterAll/ContinueOnFailure, OncePerOrdered, SpecPriority, plus FlakeAttempts/--flake-attempts, MustPassRepeatedly, --repeat, and --until-it-fails' — with comprehensive coverage and no generic filler.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both: the 'what' is the full decorator/flag inventory, and the 'when' is a multi-clause 'Use when specs must run in a fixed order, you need once-per-group setup, you're combining Serial+Ordered, a spec is flaky, or you want to hunt order-dependence' — with a concrete CLI recipe.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural phrases users would actually say ('a spec is flaky', 'run in a fixed order', 'once-per-group setup'), but common variations like 'flaky test' or 'retry a failing spec' are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear Ginkgo-specific niche (spec ordering and flake management) with named decorators and flags as distinct triggers; minimal overlap risk with adjacent testing skills.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

onsi/ginkgo

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plugins/ginkgo/skills/ordering-and-flakes/SKILL.md

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