tdd

tdd is a command for Claude Code from nyldn/claude-octopus. It costs 9 tokens per session (758 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of octo-tdd, MIT.

A test-driven development workflow that starts with a failing test, adds code to make it pass, and then improves the code. TDD is a way to build software by writing tests before the implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for planning a test strategy and developing features through unit, integration, or other automated tests.
Why use it?
It keeps the expected behaviour explicit and helps catch regressions while a feature is being built.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter. Also seen: names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Part of the octo plugin — 69 skills, 106 commands, 10 agents, 18 hooks shipped together

Good fit It is for planning a test strategy and developing features through unit…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/nyldn/claude-octopus/tdd
About the project

Claude Octopus is an orchestration project that sends research, design, and coding tasks to Claude Code and other AI model providers so their results can be compared. Developers use it for multi-model work, disagreement detection, reviews, persistent context, and an optional workflow that moves from discovery through delivery. The catalogue entries are its commands, skills, agents, instructions, hooks, plugins, and settings.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install octo, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 69 skills, 106 commands, 10 agents, 18 hooks.

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README.md
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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 758 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 95% 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 $0.00758
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00379
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00152
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00076

Measured 2d ago against content hash 215a5afc7feb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 2d 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

95% identical to octo-tdd — 3 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.

commands/tdd.md · 108 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 108 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 · 108 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. 2d ago First seen · 108 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 215a5afc7feb

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tdd is a command published in the GitHub repository nyldn/claude-octopus (4,050 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 758 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 95% identical to octo-tdd, differing in 3 lines, and is treated as a copy.