Act Local Testing is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the testing sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/act-local-testing/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when testing GitHub Actions workflows locally with act. Covers act CLI usage, Docker configuration, debugging workflows, and troubleshooting common issues when running workflows on your local machine.
The Act Local Testing skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/act-local-testing curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/act-local-testing/SKILL.md \ -o ~/.claude/skills/act-local-testing/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/act-local-testing/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/act-local-testing/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\act-local-testing\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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