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testland/mutmut-mutation

Configures mutmut for Python mutation testing - `pip install mutmut`, runs via `mutmut run`, browses results via `mutmut browse` or `mutmut results`, applies surviving mutants to disk via `mutmut apply {id}`, suppresses with `# pragma: no mutate` annotations. Configures via `setup.cfg` / `pyproject.toml` with `source_paths` + per-test selection. Use for Python codebases needing mutation-quality verification of pytest / unittest suites.

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Quality

Content

85%

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

The body is highly actionable and well-sequenced with validation feedback loops and a clean one-level reference, but carries some unnecessary padding in the Overview and light duplication between the summary and detailed steps. Trimming those would bring conciseness to the top level.

Suggestions

Remove the promotional 'Key features per [mutmut-docs]' bullets (ease of use, interactive TUI, parallel execution) from the Overview; they describe marketing rather than guidance Claude needs.

Collapse the seven-item 'How to use' list and the 'Step 1-7' sections into one to eliminate near-duplication, or keep the summary and defer the per-step detail to a reference.

Trim redundant 'Per [mutmut-docs][md]' framing lines that repeat the citation without adding instructional value.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient with executable code throughout, but the Overview's promotional doc-quote bullets ('strong focus on ease of use', 'Interactive terminal based UI', 'Parallel and fast execution') and the near-duplication between the 'How to use' summary and Steps 1-7 add tokens Claude doesn't need.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable commands and copy-paste-ready blocks - install/run, ini and toml config, browse/results/show, pragma examples, mutmut apply + git checkout revert, and a complete CI YAML with an artifact upload step.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced multi-step process (How to use + Steps 1-7 + worked example) with explicit validation checkpoints - suite green before mutating, new test should fail on the applied mutant - and a feedback loop (apply -> run test -> revert) for the disk-writing operation.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md holds the core workflow with a single clearly signaled, one-level-deep reference to references/mutmut-pitfalls.md (a real 1313-byte file) for anti-patterns and limitations, matching the well-signaled one-level-deep anchor.

3 / 3

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Description

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.

The description is specific, third-person, and explicit about both capabilities and triggers, with a clear 'Use for...' clause and a distinct tool-named niche. It is one of the stronger examples, well above the vague 'Helps with documents' baseline.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions with named commands - 'pip install mutmut', 'runs via mutmut run', 'browses results via mutmut browse or mutmut results', 'applies surviving mutants to disk via mutmut apply {id}', 'suppresses with # pragma: no mutate' - in third-person voice.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (configure/run/browse/apply/suppress mutmut) and when via the explicit trigger clause 'Use for Python codebases needing mutation-quality verification of pytest / unittest suites.'

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Uses natural terms a user needing this skill would say - 'mutation testing', 'Python', 'pytest / unittest', 'mutation-quality verification' - matching the rubric's good-coverage anchor rather than the partial-keyword level below.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Names a specific tool (mutmut) and a narrow niche (Python mutation testing) unlikely to conflict with per-language sibling tools like stryker or pitest.

3 / 3

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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