testing-skills-with-subagents

Testing Claude skills under pressure involves running a baseline RED scenario to capture failures, applying targeted GREEN fixes, and executing REFACTOR regression checks to ensure the agent follows the skill under maximum pressure.

Claude skills fail when rationalizations and red flags are undocumented. Applying meta-testing protocols and validating frontmatter requirements like name and description ensures bulletproof performance under pressure.

Validating CLAUDE skill documentation requires applying the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle to process documentation, capturing baseline failures, implementing targeted fixes, and validating improvements through regression checks.

You can use TDD to verify skill behavior by applying the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR testing cycle to skill creation workflows and documentation validation, ensuring agents follow instructions under maximum pressure.

Skill testing with subagents requires no external dependencies. You run baseline RED scenarios directly on your CLAUDE skills and iterate with GREEN and REFACTOR cycles until the agent follows the skill.

The RED-GREEN-REFACTOR approach to skill testing is limited to skill creation workflows and documentation validation, enforcing frontmatter requirements and meta-testing protocols rather than testing general code execution.