writing-skills

To build and validate skills with test-driven development, draft requirements, generate SKILL.md templates, and run RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycles to ensure quality from inception. This workflow enforces documentation scaffolds and validation checks throughout the skill creation lifecycle.

The RED-GREEN-REFACTOR workflow for skill development is a test-driven cycle that guides drafting, testing, and deploying new skills. It ensures all steps, documentation scaffolds, and validation checks meet the required structure and governance before deployment.

Enforce documentation scaffolds and validation checks during skill creation by applying a phase-driven workflow with professional-mode integration. This governance mechanism ensures safe automation and validates that milestones meet required structural standards.

Yes, you can use test-driven development to standardize how future skills are built and tested by creating a foundational skill that applies the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR workflow across all subsequent drafting, testing, and deployment phases.

A limitation of applying TDD to skill development is its strict dependency on phase-driven milestones; skipping the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle or bypassing validation checks breaks the required structure and governance needed for safe automation.

Yes, test-driven skill development works without external dependencies, relying entirely on its internal phase-driven workflow to gather requirements, generate templates, and validate milestones using the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR methodology.