dotPilot: Skill for Codex

.codex/skills/mcaf-testing/SKILL.md

mcaf-testing is a skill for Codex from managedcode/dotPilot. It costs 56 tokens per session (1,149 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of mcaf-testing, MIT.

A testing guide for adding or updating automated checks around changed behaviour. It follows the repository’s own verification rules and nearby test patterns.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to write regression tests, protect refactors, and choose an appropriate scope from focused tests to broader suites.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk that a feature, bug fix, or refactor breaks existing behaviour without being noticed.

Skill for Codex

Written for Codex: installed under .codex/. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md.

This is managedcode/dotPilot's own configuration. It tells Codex how to work on dotPilot itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything dotPilot configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to managedcode/dotPilot. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/managedcode/dotPilot/main/.codex/skills/mcaf-testing/SKILL.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/managedcode/dotPilot

Made for: Codex.

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Per session 56 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,149 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 $0.00056 $0.01149
Opus 5 $0.00028 $0.00575
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00230
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00115

Measured 3d ago against content hash 06e2d894b340, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcaf-testing 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 3d 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 mcaf-testing — 6 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.

.codex/skills/mcaf-testing/SKILL.md · 113 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 113 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

MCAF: Testing

Trigger On

  • implementing a feature or bugfix
  • adding a regression test for a failure
  • protecting a refactor with automated verification

Value

  • produce a concrete project delta: code, docs, config, tests, CI, or review artifact
  • reduce ambiguity through explicit planning, verification, and final validation skills
  • leave reusable project context so future tasks are faster and safer

Do Not Use For

  • repo-wide delivery policy with no test change
  • documentation-only changes unless they alter executable verification

Inputs

  • the nearest AGENTS.md
  • the changed behaviour and touched boundaries
  • existing tests near the impacted code path

Quick Start

  1. Read the nearest AGENTS.md and confirm scope and constraints.
  2. Run this skill's Workflow through the Ralph Loop until outcomes are acceptable.
  3. Return the Required Result Format with concrete artifacts and verification evidence.

Workflow

  1. Read the repo’s real verification commands from AGENTS.md.
  2. Start with a failing test first when the change adds behaviour or fixes a bug.
  3. Start with the smallest meaningful test scope:
    • new or changed tests
    • related suite
    • broader regressions
  4. When the stack is .NET, use the external .NET skills from managedcode/dotnet-skills, use mcaf-dotnet as the orchestration skill when the task spans code, tests, and verification, and route framework mechanics through exactly one matching skill:
    • mcaf-dotnet-xunit
    • mcaf-dotnet-tunit
    • mcaf-dotnet-mstest
  5. Prefer integration, API, or UI coverage when behaviour crosses boundaries.
  6. Prove the user flow or caller-visible system flow, not just internal details.
  7. Add a regression test for every bug that can be captured reliably.
  8. If the stack is .NET and production code changed, do not stop at tests only. Finish with the repo-defined format and analyzer pass as well.
  9. Use deeper testing references only when the repo’s current strategy is unclear.

Read the full file on GitHub · 113 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 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. 3d ago First seen · 113 lines · 56 tokens per session scan A 06e2d894b340

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mcaf-testing is a skill published in the GitHub repository managedcode/dotPilot (23 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 56 tokens to every session and 1,149 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 95% identical to mcaf-testing, differing in 6 lines, and is treated as a copy.