octo-tdd

octo-tdd is a command for Claude Code from CES-Ltd/Lumi. It costs 9 tokens per session (743 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of octo-tdd, MIT.

A command for test-driven development, a way of writing a failing test before the code, making it pass, and then improving the code. It asks about the desired coverage and test approach before starting.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing a feature or fix with unit, integration, or broader test coverage, following the red-green-refactor cycle.
Why use it?
It gives the implementation a clear, testable target and helps prevent changes from breaking expected behavior.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Part of the octo plugin — 10 skills, 47 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it when developing a feature or fix with unit, integration, or broader test coverage, following the red-green-refactor cycle.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ces-ltd/lumi/octo-tdd
View source ↗ CES-Ltd/Lumi
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CES-Ltd/Lumi

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install octo, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 10 skills, 47 commands.

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Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 743 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 89% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00009 $0.00743
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00371
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00149
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00074

Measured 12d ago against content hash 036328c4473f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

octo-tdd 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 12d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

89% identical to octo-tdd — 112 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

resources/seed/octopus/commands/octo-tdd.md · 106 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 106 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

TDD - Test-Driven Development Skill

Your first output line MUST be: 🐙 Octopus TDD Mode

🤖 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAUDE

When the user invokes this command (e.g., /octo:tdd <arguments>):

Step 1: Ask Clarifying Questions

CRITICAL: Before starting TDD, use the AskUserQuestion tool to gather context:

Ask 3 clarifying questions to ensure appropriate test strategy:

AskUserQuestion({
  questions: [
    {
      question: "What's your test coverage goal?",
      header: "Coverage",
      multiSelect: false,
      options: [
        {label: "Critical paths only", description: "Focus on business-critical flows"},
        {label: "Standard coverage ~80%", description: "Industry-standard coverage target"},
        {label: "Comprehensive >90%", description: "High coverage for safety-critical code"},
        {label: "Full mutation testing", description: "Maximum rigor with mutation tests"}
      ]
    },
    {
      question: "What test style fits this feature?",
      header: "Test Style",
      multiSelect: false,
      options: [
        {label: "Unit tests focus", description: "Isolated component testing"},
        {label: "Integration tests", description: "Module interaction testing"},
        {label: "E2E tests", description: "Full user flow testing"},
        {label: "Mix of all", description: "Test pyramid approach"}
      ]
    },
    {
      question: "What's the complexity level of this feature?",
      header: "Complexity",
      multiSelect: false,
      options: [
        {label: "Simple CRUD", description: "Basic create/read/update/delete"},
        {label: "Moderate business logic", description: "Some conditional logic and validation"},
        {label: "Complex algorithms", description: "Significant computation or logic"},
        {label: "Distributed systems", description: "Multiple services, async, eventual consistency"}
      ]
    }
  ]
})

WAIT for the user's answers before proceeding.

After receiving answers, incorporate them into the TDD approach and test depth.

Read the full file on GitHub · 106 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. 12d ago First seen · 106 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 036328c4473f

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octo-tdd is a command published in the GitHub repository CES-Ltd/Lumi (31 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 743 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 89% identical to octo-tdd, differing in 112 lines, and is treated as a copy.