tdd-skill

tdd-skill is a cursor rule for Codex, Cursor from KaelSensei/MagicAIBuilder. It costs 118 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of rules for test-driven development (TDD), a method where you write a failing test before the code that makes it pass. It guides an AI agent through testing, implementation, and later refactoring.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when building software one behavior at a time with automated tests. It helps define a small test, implement the smallest clean solution, and then refine the design separately.
Why use it?
It keeps each change focused and prevents the agent from adding unneeded abstractions or future features. It also separates making the test pass from deeper design improvements.

Cursor rule for CodexCursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc). Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it when building software one behavior at a time with automated tests. It helps define a small test, implement the smallest clean solution, and then refine the design separately.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/kaelsensei/magicaibuilder/tdd-skill
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/KaelSensei/MagicAIBuilder

Made for: Codex, Cursor.

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README.md
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Per session 118 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 118 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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 $0.00118 $0.00118
Opus 5.5 $0.00047 $0.00047
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00024 $0.00024
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00012

Measured 23d ago against content hash 8953ff74277c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

tdd-skill 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 23d 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.

.agents/rules/tdd-skill.mdc · 16 lines

What it actually says

TDD Skill Routing

Before implementing or correcting production behavior, read and apply .agents/skills/tdd/SKILL.md. Also load it for behavior-preserving refactoring or when reviewing claimed TDD evidence, so its scope and exceptions are respected.

The skill is the single source of truth for the TDD method. Do not duplicate or replace its instructions in this rule. If it is missing or unreadable, report that limitation instead of claiming that it was applied.

Follow the repository's separate execution, security and delivery constraints.

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. 23d ago Changed · -82 lines · -789 tokens per session 8953ff74277c
  2. 1mo ago Changed · +24 lines · +265 tokens per session 73fc4e1a934e
  3. 2mo ago First seen · 74 lines · 642 tokens per session scan A ce5f915bf5db

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tdd-skill is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository KaelSensei/MagicAIBuilder (2 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 118 tokens to every session, about $0.0005 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 2026-08-31.