🧪 Programming Assistant Skill

This skill acts as a full-stack programming assistant, guiding architecture decisions, coding, reviews, and incremental delivery for new and existing projects.

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npx playbooks add skill richenlin/programming-assistant-skill --skill programming-assistant-skill

About Programming Assistant Skill

Programming Assistant Skill specializes your AI coding agent in testing & qa — it this skill acts as a full-stack programming assistant, guiding architecture decisions, coding, reviews, and incremental delivery for new and existing projects.

At 21 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 (21 words)

This skill acts as a full-stack programming assistant, guiding architecture decisions, coding, reviews, and incremental delivery for new and existing projects.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Programming Assistant Skill?

Programming Assistant Skill is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill acts as a full-stack programming assistant, guiding architecture decisions, coding, reviews, and incremental delivery for new and existing projects.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.

How do I use Programming Assistant Skill with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill richenlin/programming-assistant-skill --skill programming-assistant-skill in your terminal to install Programming Assistant Skill into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Programming Assistant Skill?

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

Is Programming Assistant Skill free to use?

Yes, Programming Assistant Skill is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/richenlin/programming-assistant-skill/tree/main/SKILL.md. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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