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Test Authoring Framework

by jpicklyk

Test Authoring Framework is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by jpicklyk in task-orchestrator.

206 stars20 forkson jpicklyk/task-orchestratorAdded 2026/09/05Repository updated 2026/08/04
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Install Test Authoring Framework
Copy Test Authoring Framework into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/test-author ~/.claude/skills/test-author

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/jpicklyk/task-orchestrator.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
.claude/skills/test-author/SKILL.md in jpicklyk/task-orchestrator
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/test-author
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality — 1662 skills

What Test Authoring Framework does

Test Authoring Framework separates test planning from implementation by deriving scenarios, oracle sources, and probes from acceptance criteria. Use it when filling test-plan or test-manifest notes, or when reviewing tests for implementation independence.

Test Authoring Framework is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Test Authoring Framework comes from a repository tagged ai-coding-assistant, ai-development, ai-harness, ai-memory and ai-tools.

Commands Test Authoring Framework provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /implement

Frequently asked about Test Authoring Framework

  • What else does jpicklyk publish alongside Test Authoring Framework?

    Test Authoring Framework is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from jpicklyk/task-orchestrator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Compatibility Review, Adopt Project Scope and Batch Complete. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Test Authoring Framework does, and is maintained by jpicklyk in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the jpicklyk/task-orchestrator page.

  • How does Test Authoring Framework compare to other Quality skills?

    Test Authoring Framework ranks #1479 by stars among the 1662 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Test Authoring Framework against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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