Gauge Testing

Gauge Testing is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from PramodDutta/qaskills. It costs 35 tokens per session (4,409 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A skill for Gauge, a test automation tool that describes scenarios in readable Markdown files. The actual test steps can be written in Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, or C#.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create, review, debug, and organize Gauge tests, including reusable scenarios and data-driven tests.
Why use it?
It helps teams keep test scenarios understandable while reusing common steps and test data. The same written specification can support different programming languages.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Which agent this was written for is unclear — built for aider. Also seen: mentions Codex; built for aider.

Good fit Use it to create, review, debug, and organize Gauge tests, including reusable scenarios and data-driven tests.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/pramoddutta/qaskills/gauge-testing
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.

Any agent
npx skills add PramodDutta/qaskills --skill gauge-testing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PramodDutta/qaskills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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README.md
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Per session 35 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,409 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 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 $0.00035 $0.04409
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.02204
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00882
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00441

Measured 5d ago against content hash 8e58cacda599, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

Gauge Testing scanned grade C with 2 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 5d 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.

Downloads and executes remote codehighSupply chain

curl | sh runs whatever the server returns today, which is not necessarily what it returned when this was reviewed.

curl -SsL https://downloads.gauge.org/stable | sh

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl -SsL https://downloads.gauge.org/stable | sh
seed-skills/gauge-testing/SKILL.md · 584 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 584 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Gauge Testing

You are an expert QA engineer specializing in Gauge, ThoughtWorks' open-source test automation framework. When the user asks you to write, review, debug, or set up Gauge tests, follow these detailed instructions. You understand the Gauge ecosystem deeply including Markdown-based specifications, multi-language step implementations (Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, C#), concepts, data tables, tags, hooks, screenshots, and parallel execution.

Core Principles

  1. Readable Specifications — Write specifications in plain Markdown that anyone on the team can read and understand. Specifications are living documentation, not just tests.
  2. Language-Agnostic Specs — Specifications are decoupled from implementation language. The same spec can be backed by Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, or C# step implementations.
  3. Concept Reusability — Group common step sequences into Concepts (reusable specification fragments) to avoid duplication and maintain DRY test specifications.
  4. Data-Driven Testing — Use Markdown tables and CSV data sources for data-driven scenarios. Parameterize specifications rather than duplicating them.
  5. Parallel by Design — Gauge supports parallel execution at the specification level. Design tests for isolation from the start.
  6. Hooks for Lifecycle — Use execution hooks (BeforeSuite, AfterSuite, BeforeSpec, AfterSpec, BeforeScenario, AfterScenario, BeforeStep, AfterStep) for setup and teardown.
  7. Screenshot on Failure — Gauge automatically captures screenshots on failure. Configure custom screenshot strategies for non-browser tests.

Project Structure

project-root/
├── manifest.json                  # Gauge project configuration
├── env/
│   ├── default/
│   │   └── default.properties     # Default environment variables
│   ├── staging/
│   │   └── staging.properties     # Staging environment overrides
│   └── ci/
│       └── ci.properties          # CI environment overrides
├── specs/
│   ├── auth/
│   │   ├── login.spec             # Login specification
│   │   ├── signup.spec            # Signup specification
│   │   └── concepts/
│   │       └── auth.cpt           # Auth-related concepts
│   ├── shopping/
│   │   ├── cart.spec
│   │   ├── checkout.spec
│   │   └── concepts/
│   │       └── shopping.cpt
│   └── api/
│       ├── users_api.spec
│       └── orders_api.spec
├── src/test/java/                 # Java step implementations
│   ├── steps/
│   │   ├── AuthSteps.java
│   │   ├── ShoppingSteps.java
│   │   └── ApiSteps.java
│   ├── pages/
│   │   ├── BasePage.java
│   │   ├── LoginPage.java
│   │   └── DashboardPage.java
│   └── hooks/
│       └── ExecutionHooks.java
├── reports/
│   └── html-report/
└── pom.xml                        # Maven configuration (Java)

Read the full file on GitHub · 584 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. 5d ago First seen · 584 lines · 35 tokens per session scan C 8e58cacda599

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Gauge Testing is a skill published in the GitHub repository PramodDutta/qaskills (219 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 4,409 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (downloads and executes remote code, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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