temporal-python-testing
Test Temporal workflows with pytest, time-skipping, and mocking strategies. Covers unit testing, integration testing, replay testing, and local development setup. Use when implementing Temporal workflow tests or debugging test failures.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
87%
1.12xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
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Discovery
100%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a strong skill description that clearly identifies its domain (Temporal workflow testing), lists specific capabilities and testing strategies, and provides explicit trigger guidance. It uses third-person voice correctly and includes natural keywords that developers would use when seeking help with Temporal testing.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'Test Temporal workflows with pytest, time-skipping, and mocking strategies' and enumerates specific testing types: 'unit testing, integration testing, replay testing, and local development setup.' | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (test Temporal workflows with pytest, time-skipping, mocking, covering unit/integration/replay testing and local dev setup) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when implementing Temporal workflow tests or debugging test failures'). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural keywords users would say: 'Temporal workflows', 'pytest', 'time-skipping', 'mocking', 'unit testing', 'integration testing', 'replay testing', 'test failures', 'local development setup'. These cover the terms a developer working with Temporal would naturally use. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive — the combination of 'Temporal workflows' with specific testing strategies (time-skipping, replay testing) creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with general testing skills or other workflow engine skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
57%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill is well-structured for progressive disclosure, with clear pointers to detailed resources. However, it suffers from redundancy across sections (testing principles repeated in multiple places) and leans too heavily on description rather than actionable guidance in the main body. The Quick Start code examples are a strength, but the skill would benefit from tighter content and more concrete workflow sequencing.
Suggestions
Remove redundant sections: merge 'Key Testing Principles', 'Testing Philosophy', and 'How to Use Resources' into a single concise section to eliminate repeated information.
Add a concrete sequenced workflow for setting up and running tests (e.g., '1. Install dependencies → 2. Configure pytest → 3. Write unit tests → 4. Run with coverage → 5. Validate results'), with explicit validation checkpoints.
Include a concrete activity mocking example in the Quick Start rather than deferring all mocking guidance to the integration-testing resource, since mocking is a core testing need.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill has some redundancy—the 'Key Testing Principles' section largely repeats information from 'Testing Philosophy', and the resource descriptions repeat content summaries that could be more terse. The 'How to Use Resources' section restates what's already clear from the 'Available Resources' section. However, it's not egregiously verbose. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The Quick Start Guide provides executable code examples for basic workflow and activity tests, which is good. However, much of the skill is descriptive rather than instructive—it tells you what the resource files contain rather than providing concrete, actionable guidance directly. The main body lacks specific commands for setup, running tests, or concrete mocking examples. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The skill identifies three test types and provides a testing philosophy, but lacks a clear sequenced workflow for how to approach testing a Temporal project end-to-end. There are no validation checkpoints or feedback loops (e.g., what to do when a replay test fails, how to diagnose determinism issues). The progression from unit → integration → replay is implied but not explicitly sequenced with verification steps. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | This is the skill's strongest dimension. It provides a clear overview with well-signaled, one-level-deep references to four specific resource files. Each resource is clearly described with when to load it and what it contains, making navigation straightforward. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 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 — 11 / 11 Passed
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- wshobson/agents
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