🧪 Expectations

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This skill guides disciplined development using test-driven code, clear documentation, and thoughtful refactoring, enhancing collaboration and maintainability.

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npx playbooks add skill citypaul/.dotfiles --skill expectations

About Expectations

This skill guides disciplined development using test-driven code, clear documentation, and thoughtful refactoring, enhancing collaboration and maintainability.

At 17 words, this compact prompt gives your agent specialized testing & qa expertise with structured patterns and output formats. Install via CLI or copy the prompt below.

Use Cases

  • Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Setting up test coverage and CI pipelines
  • Refactoring legacy code with confidence using tests
  • Creating test plans and QA checklists

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (17 words)

This skill guides disciplined development using test-driven code, clear documentation, and thoughtful refactoring, enhancing collaboration and maintainability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Expectations?

Expectations is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill guides disciplined development using test-driven code, clear documentation, and thoughtful refactoring, enhancing collaboration and maintainability.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.

How do I use Expectations with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill citypaul/.dotfiles --skill expectations in your terminal to install Expectations into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Expectations?

Expectations is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Expectations free to use?

Yes, Expectations is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/expectations. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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