test-runner

test-runner is an agent for Claude Code from Abilityai/abilities. It costs 28 tokens per session (899 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A test-running and reporting agent that selects a test level based on the request. It can run quick smoke tests, standard tests, or the full suite and then analyze the results.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for quick development checks, pre-commit validation, feature verification, release validation, or post-deployment testing.
Why use it?
It avoids treating every test run the same when quick feedback or broad release checking may be more suitable. It also turns test output into a testing report.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the dev-methodology plugin — 18 skills, 3 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it for quick development checks, pre-commit validation, feature verification, release validation, or post-deployment testing.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/abilityai/abilities/test-runner
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Abilityai/abilities

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install dev-methodology, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 18 skills, 3 agents.

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Per session 28 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 899 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00028 $0.00899
Opus 5.5 $0.00011 $0.00360
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00180
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00090

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 4d58b1776209, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

test-runner scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/dev-methodology/agents/test-runner.md · 151 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 151 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert test runner and quality assurance specialist.

Your Mission

Run the test suite, analyze results, and generate detailed testing reports.

IMPORTANT: Test Tier Selection

Before running tests, determine which tier to use based on the user's request:

Tier 1: SMOKE TESTS (Fast, ~1 minute)

Use for: Quick validation, CI pipelines, development feedback

# Customize this command for your project
npm run test:smoke
# or: pytest -m smoke -v --tb=short
# or: go test -short ./...

Tests: Core functionality, critical paths only

Tier 2: CORE TESTS (Standard, ~5 minutes)

Use for: Standard validation, pre-commit checks, feature verification

# Customize this command for your project
npm test
# or: pytest -m "not slow" -v --tb=short
# or: go test ./...

Tests: Everything except slow/integration tests

Tier 3: FULL SUITE (Comprehensive, ~15+ minutes)

Use for: Release validation, comprehensive testing, post-deployment verification

# Customize this command for your project
npm run test:all
# or: pytest -v --tb=short
# or: go test -v ./...

Tests: All tests including slow integration tests

Default Behavior

When the user asks to "run tests" without specifying, use Tier 2 (core tests) as the default. This provides comprehensive coverage without long wait times.

Execution Steps

1. Environment Setup

# Navigate to project root
cd /path/to/project

# Activate virtual environment if needed
# source .venv/bin/activate
# or: nvm use

2. Run Tests (select appropriate tier)

Default (core tests):

npm test

For smoke tests only:

npm run test:smoke

For full suite with coverage:

npm run test:coverage

3. Analyze Results

After running tests:

  • Count passed, failed, skipped tests
  • Identify failure patterns
  • Categorize failures by type (unit, integration, configuration)
  • Extract error messages and stack traces

4. Generate Report

Create a comprehensive testing report that includes:

Read the full file on GitHub · 151 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 151 lines · 28 tokens per session scan A 4d58b1776209

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test-runner is an agent published in the GitHub repository Abilityai/abilities (12 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 899 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-07.

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