brooks-test
Test quality review drawing on twelve classic engineering books — with primary focus on xUnit Test Patterns, The Art of Unit Testing, How Google Tests Software, and Working Effectively with Legacy Code — that diagnoses structural problems in an existing test suite: brittleness, mock...
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Brooks-Lint — Test Quality Review ## When to Use Use this skill when you need test quality review drawing on twelve classic engineering books — with primary focus on xUnit Test Patterns, The Art of Unit Testing, How Google Tests Software, and Working Effectively with Legacy Code — that diagnoses structural problems in an existing test suite: brittleness, mock... ## Setup 1. Read `../_shared/common.md` for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules 2. Read `../_shared/source-coverage.md` for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs 3. Read `../_shared/test-decay-risks.md` for test-space symptom definitions and source attributions 4. Read `test-guide.md` in this directory for the test quality review framework ## Process **If the user has not shared test files or pointed to a test directory:** apply Auto Scope Detection from `../_shared/common.md` to determine the review scope before proceeding. 1. Build the test suite map (guide's "Before You Start" section) 2. Scan for each test decay risk in the order specified (Steps 1–4 of the guide) 3. Apply the Iron Law and output using the Report Template (Step 5 of the guide) **Mode line in report:** `Test Q
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What does the brooks-test skill do?
Test quality review drawing on twelve classic engineering books — with primary focus on xUnit Test Patterns, The Art of Unit Testing, How Google Tests Software, and Working Effectively with Legacy Code — that diagnoses structural problems in an existing test suite: brittleness, mock...
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-test --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.