brooks-test
Review test-suite quality using established testing literature; identify brittleness, mock abuse, unclear fixtures, weak assertions, slow feedback, and maintenance risks.
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
- Read
../_shared/common.mdfor the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules - Read
../_shared/source-coverage.mdfor book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs - Read
../_shared/test-decay-risks.mdfor test-space symptom definitions and source attributions - Read
test-guide.mdin 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.
- Build the test suite map (guide's "Before You Start" section)
- Scan for each test decay risk in the order specified (Steps 1–4 of the guide)
- Apply the Iron Law and output using the Report Template (Step 5 of the guide)
Mode line in report: Test Quality Review
Limitations
- Use this skill only when the task clearly matches its upstream source and local project context.
- Verify commands, generated code, dependencies, credentials
Subscribers only
The full skill, its 2 bundled files and every download is included with every paid Complete AI plan.
Details
| Source | hyhmrright/brooks-lint |
|---|---|
| License | MIT |
| Risk label | safe ("critical" means the skill may run commands or touch files — read before use) |
| Files | SKILL.md, test-guide.md |
| Added | 2026-07-01 |
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