Add Shell And CLI Smoke Tests Before Refactors Ship

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: cli-builders

type:cli

Use Bats-core when an agent needs to turn fragile shell scripts or command-line workflows into something it can verify repeatedly after edits. The agent writes focused Bash tests for success paths, failure paths, and output contracts, then runs them locally or in CI before a refactor, release, or incident fix goes out.

What this skill does

Add Shell And CLI Smoke Tests Before Refactors Ship is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the cli-builders sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Add Shell And CLI Smoke Tests Before Refactors Ship skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. 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.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\add-shell-and-cli-smoke-tests-before-refactors-ship\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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