/customaize-agent:test-skill - Skill Pressure Testing

Verify skills work under pressure and resist rationalization using the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle. Critical for discipline-enforcing skills.

• Purpose - Test skill effectiveness with pressure scenarios
• Output - Verification report with rationalization table

/customaize-agent:test-skill ["skill path or name"]

Usage Examples

# Test a TDD enforcement skill
> /customaize-agent:test-skill tdd

# Test a custom skill by path
> /customaize-agent:test-skill ~/.claude/skills/code-review/

# Start testing workflow
> /customaize-agent:test-skill

Arguments

Optional path to skill being tested or skill name.

How It Works

1. RED Phase - Baseline Testing: Run scenarios WITHOUT the skill

   • Create pressure scenarios (3+ combined pressures)
   • Document agent behavior and rationalizations verbatim
   • Identify patterns in failures

2. GREEN Phase - Write Minimal Skill: Address baseline failures

   • Write skill addressing specific observed rationalizations
   • Run same scenarios WITH skill
   • Verify agent now complies

3. REFACTOR Phase - Close Loopholes: Iterate until bulletproof

   • Identify NEW rationalizations from testing
   • Add explicit counters for each loophole
   • Build rationalization table
   • Create red flags list
   • Re-test until bulletproof

Pressure Types

Best Practices

• Combine 3+ pressures - Single pressure tests are too weak
• Document verbatim - Capture exact rationalizations, not summaries
• Iterate completely - Continue REFACTOR until no new rationalizations
• Use meta-testing - Ask agents how skill could have been clearer
• Test all skill types - Discipline-enforcing, technique, pattern, and reference skills need different tests