test-list

A TDD planning helper that turns a written specification into an ordered list of proposed tests. It uses todo-style test placeholders rather than working tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review a feature specification and outline test cases from the simplest behavior to the most complex.
Why use it?
It helps developers account for each rule and example before implementation begins, reducing missed requirements.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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/marcoemrich/agentic_coding_lab/test-list
Any agent
npx skills add marcoemrich/agentic_coding_lab --skill test-list
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/marcoemrich/agentic_coding_lab

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 22 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 914 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 $0.00022 $0.00914
Opus 5 $0.00011 $0.00457
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00183
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00091

Measured 2d ago against content hash 53ae84fbe200, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

test-list 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.

experiments/runs/2026-05-25_08-16-22_claim-office-example-mapping_v5.1-testlist-scope-fix-oc_opus-4-7-portkey/.opencode/skills/test-list/SKILL.md · 119 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 119 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

TDD Test List Phase

You are now in the Test List Phase of TDD. Follow these instructions to create a comprehensive test list.

Your Mission

Create a comprehensive test list that covers every example and rule from the specification:

  1. Read prompt.md thoroughly -- every rule, every example, every clarifying question
  2. Turn each example into at least one it.todo() test case
  3. Order tests from simplest to most complex
  4. Use it.todo() only -- no executable tests yet

Context: $ARGUMENTS

Test List Creation Process

Step 1: Understand the Feature

Read the complete prompt.md specification. Pay special attention to integration examples and clarifying questions (marked with ?) -- these disambiguate rules that may seem open to interpretation in isolation.

  • What are all operations the system must support?
  • What rules govern each operation?
  • Which examples in the spec illustrate these rules?

Step 2: Identify Test Cases from the Spec

Walk through the specification section by section. For each rule and each example:

  • Create a test case that verifies the described behavior
  • Include the expected numeric values from the spec in the test description
  • If a clarifying question resolves an ambiguity, create a test for the clarified interpretation
  • If the spec uses an example-mapping format (rules, examples, questions), every listed example must have a corresponding test

Step 3: Order Tests (Simple -> Complex)

Arrange tests in increasing complexity:

  1. Simplest case (often empty/zero/single item)
  2. Individual rules in isolation
  3. Rules with modifiers
  4. Combinations of multiple rules
  5. Multi-step scenarios (e.g., operations that reference earlier results)

Step 4: Write Test Descriptions

For each test case:

  • Use it.todo("description")
  • Include expected values: "should return 115 G (100 base + 10 first-insurance + 5 fee)"
  • Be specific and unambiguous
  • Reference the rule being tested

Step 5: Review Test List

Check for:

  • Every spec example is covered by at least one test
  • Every operation described in the spec has tests
  • Every clarifying question has a corresponding test
  • Tests are ordered simple -> complex
  • Each test is independent
  • Descriptions include expected values
  • All tests use it.todo()

Read the full file on GitHub · 119 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 · 119 lines · 22 tokens per session scan A 53ae84fbe200

Subscribe to this mod's changes

test-list is a skill published in the GitHub repository marcoemrich/agentic_coding_lab (11 stars, last pushed 16d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 22 tokens to every session and 914 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.

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