write-kernel-test-plan

write-kernel-test-plan is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from tensormux/kernel-skills. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,775 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for creating a complete test plan for a compute kernel, a small GPU program that performs a calculation. It covers correctness, precision, boundary cases, tensor layouts, and performance regressions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when writing or reviewing CUDA or Triton kernels, isolating correctness failures, or preparing custom GPU code for open-source release.
Why use it?
It helps reveal silent errors and missing test coverage before a kernel is used in production or released. It starts from the kernel’s mathematical specification, data types, shapes, and memory-layout assumptions.

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/tensormux/kernel-skills/write-kernel-test-plan
Any agent
npx skills add tensormux/kernel-skills --skill write-kernel-test-plan
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tensormux/kernel-skills

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skills/patterns/write-kernel-test-plan/SKILL.md · 141 lines

How it starts

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Skill: Write a Kernel Test Plan

Purpose

Guide the agent through constructing a systematic, coverage-complete test plan for a compute kernel, covering correctness, numerical precision, boundary conditions, layout variations, and performance regression.

Use this when

  • Writing a new CUDA or Triton kernel that needs a test suite before it is used in production.
  • Reviewing an existing kernel where the test coverage is unknown or suspected to be incomplete.
  • A kernel has exhibited silent correctness failures and the root cause needs to be isolated through systematic testing.
  • Preparing a kernel for open source release or external contribution.

Do not use this when

  • The kernel is a trivial wrapper around a well-tested library call (e.g., a single cuBLAS invocation) with no added logic.
  • The "kernel" is a Python-level composition of existing tested ops with no custom GPU code.

Inputs the agent should gather first

  • The mathematical specification of the kernel: what function does it compute, exactly?
  • Input and output dtypes.
  • The set of tensor shapes the kernel is expected to handle, including whether shapes are static or dynamic.
  • Memory layout assumptions: does the kernel require contiguous input? Does it handle strided tensors?
  • Whether the kernel has stochastic behavior (e.g., dropout) that requires special handling in tests.
  • The target hardware: some kernels have architecture-specific code paths (e.g., tensor core paths vs fallback paths) that must be tested separately.
  • Whether there is an existing reference implementation (PyTorch op, numpy, or a simpler known-correct version) to compare against.

Required reasoning process

  1. Define the reference implementation. Before writing any test, identify the ground truth:
    • Prefer a CPU reference in fp64 or fp32 for maximum precision.
    • For kernels that match an existing PyTorch op, use torch.<op> as the reference.
    • For kernels with no direct PyTorch equivalent, write a simple, unoptimized reference in Python/numpy that is obviously correct.
    • The reference must not share code with the kernel under test. It must be independently correct.

Read the full file on GitHub · 141 lines

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write-kernel-test-plan is a skill published in the GitHub repository tensormux/kernel-skills (72 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,775 tokens. 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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