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behave-testing

Use when a Python project wants BDD scenarios with Behave: Gherkin .feature files, step implementations in features/steps, environment.py hooks, tags and behave runs in CI. The Python member of the Cucumber family.

Quality

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Quality

Content

82%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, largely copy-paste-ready skill body: complete executable code for every step, a clean step sequence, and useful anti-pattern and limitations sections. The gaps are minor — trimmable redundant citations, no explicit early validation checkpoint, and a single-file structure that could offload some reference material.

Suggestions

Collapse the three 'Per [behave-docs][bd]' overview citations into one, dropping the quoted BDD-collaboration definition — Claude already knows what BDD is.

Add a quick validation checkpoint early, e.g. after Step 1 run 'behave --version' and after Step 4 run 'behave features/cart.feature' to confirm the setup before layering on hooks and tags.

Consider moving the anti-patterns table and/or full code examples into a reference file to keep SKILL.md as a lean overview with clearly signaled one-level-deep pointers.

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Conciseness

Code blocks and tables are lean and every step earns its tokens, but the three repeated 'Per [behave-docs][bd]' citation passages — including a quoted definition of BDD collaboration that Claude already knows — could be trimmed to one. Matches 'efficient; minor instances of over-explanation' rather than 3, since padding is confined to the overview.

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable throughout: 'pip install behave', a complete Gherkin feature, runnable step implementations with typed parse expressions ('{qty:d}', '${price:f}'), a complete environment.py, and exact CLI invocations ('behave --tags=~wip', 'behave --junit --junit-directory reports/junit/'). Copy-paste ready and covers the common cases, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Steps 1-9 give a clear install-to-run sequence and the anti-patterns table supplies recovery guidance ('fail fast with clear message'), but there is no explicit validation checkpoint (e.g., verify the install or run the feature after Step 4 before moving to hooks). Not a destructive/batch operation so no cap applies; fits 'clear sequence with most checkpoints; minor validation gaps' better than the explicit-validation anchor.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, so this is a single-file skill; sections are well-organized with headers and a References section listing one-level external pointers (behave docs, sibling skills). At ~240 lines it exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill exception, and material like the anti-patterns table or full code examples could live in reference files — 'good structure; minor organization gaps' rather than the clear one-level-deep reference split of the top anchor.

4 / 5

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20

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Description

95%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: explicit 'Use when' trigger, concrete niche-specific terms with synonyms and file extensions, and clear positioning within the Cucumber family. The only minor weakness is that capabilities are expressed as domain artifacts rather than concrete action verbs.

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Specificity

"Gherkin .feature files, step implementations in features/steps, environment.py hooks, tags and behave runs in CI" lists several specific, concrete artifacts covering the domain, matching the several-specific-items anchor. Not 5 because the items are domain components rather than explicit concrete actions (no verbs like 'write' or 'generate'), and not 3 because coverage exceeds 1-2 items.

4 / 5

Completeness

"Use when a Python project wants BDD scenarios with Behave" is an explicit, concrete when-clause, and the colon expansion (feature files, steps, hooks, tags, CI runs) clearly states what the skill does. Both halves are explicit with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor; the 4 anchor's 'when could be more explicit' caveat does not apply.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural terms users would say ("BDD", "Behave", "Gherkin", "tags", "CI"), synonyms ("The Python member of the Cucumber family"), and a file extension (.feature), matching the comprehensive anchor's pattern of terms-plus-synonyms-plus-extensions.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is pinned to a clear niche ("Python" + "Behave" + ".feature"), and "The Python member of the Cucumber family" disambiguates against sibling language wrappers rather than creating trigger conflict. Minimal conflict risk with pytest-bdd since Behave is named as the trigger tool.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

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Validation

100%

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository

testland/qa

Path

plugins/qa-bdd/skills/behave-testing/SKILL.md

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