writing-testable-nextjs

writing-testable-nextjs is a skill for Claude Code from kndoshn/testable-nextjs-skill-plugin. It costs 58 tokens per session (1,134 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for making changes to Next.js web applications easy to test, covering both the newer App Router and the older Pages Router. It recommends small automated tests and points out framework-specific trouble spots.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when building or refactoring a Next.js application to choose clear test boundaries, add the smallest useful test changes, and avoid flaky testing practices.
Why use it?
It helps catch broken behavior without adding slow or unreliable tests. It also reduces confusion around server-rendered components, server actions, routing, and middleware.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the testable-nextjs-skill plugin — 1 skill shipped together

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kndoshn/testable-nextjs-skill-plugin/writing-testable-nextjs
Any agent
npx skills add kndoshn/testable-nextjs-skill-plugin --skill writing-testable-nextjs
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kndoshn/testable-nextjs-skill-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install testable-nextjs-skill, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill.

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Per session 58 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,134 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00058 $0.01134
Opus 5 $0.00029 $0.00567
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00227
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00113

Measured 6d ago against content hash 941cc0978c60, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

writing-testable-nextjs 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 6d 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.

skills/writing-testable-nextjs/SKILL.md · 141 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 141 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Writing Testable Next.js

Purpose

When implementing or changing a Next.js application:

  1. Make the change testable by design (clear seams, deterministic behavior)
  2. Propose and/or implement the smallest meaningful automated test delta
  3. Reduce flaky tests by applying stability tactics early

Targets both App Router and Pages Router projects.


Non-negotiables

Rule Rationale
No arbitrary time waits (sleep, waitForTimeout) Causes flaky tests
Prefer accessible queries (getByRole, getByLabel, getByText) Tests user-observable behavior
Avoid mocking Next.js internals Isolate business logic into pure modules instead
Keep mocking strategies consistent Don't mix multiple network mocking approaches

Workflow

Always follow these steps in order.

Step 1: Detect repository context

Inspect the repo to determine:

package.json → "next" version
app/ exists  → App Router
pages/ exists → Pages Router

Identify test stack:

  • Unit/component: Jest or Vitest
  • E2E: Playwright or Cypress
  • Network mocking: MSW (msw in dependencies)

Identify runtime boundaries in the change:

  • Client Component
  • Server Component (sync/async)
  • Server Actions
  • Route Handler (app/**/route.ts)
  • Proxy (proxy.ts in Next.js 16+ / middleware.ts in legacy)
  • next.config.* routing (redirects/rewrites/headers)

If information is missing, state your assumptions explicitly.

Step 2: Choose test level

Use the smallest test level that reliably verifies the behavior:

Change type Test level Notes
Pure logic (validation, formatting, mapping) Unit No React, no Next.js
Client Component UI Component (RTL) Mock only what component uses
Route Handler (app/**/route.ts) Integration Call handler directly with Request
Server Actions / async RSC E2E Full cross-boundary verification
next.config.* routing Unit (experimental) or E2E Use experimental utilities if available
Proxy (proxy.ts / middleware.ts) Unit + E2E smoke Experimental utilities + small E2E

Read the full file on GitHub · 141 lines

Files

What ships with it

43 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 6d ago First seen · 141 lines · 58 tokens per session scan A 941cc0978c60

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writing-testable-nextjs is a skill published in the GitHub repository kndoshn/testable-nextjs-skill-plugin (4 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 58 tokens to every session and 1,134 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 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.

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