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Spec-Driven TDD with a strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle using context-isolated subagents. Every feature starts with a structured spec; tests are generated from numbered acceptance criteria, with post-cycle three-dimension verification (Completeness + Traceability + Coherence), sev
Spec-Driven TDD with a strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle using context-isolated subagents. Every feature starts with a structured spec; tests are generated from numbered acceptance criteria, with post-cycle three-dimension verification (Completeness + Traceability + Coherence), severity-tiered findings (CRITICAL/WARNING/SUGGESTION), and a spec-defect escape hatch that halts when the spec is internally contradictory or unimplementable instead of silently encoding it. Use when the user says "/tdd", "test first", "use tdd", "tdd approach", "write tests first", or when implementing new features/functionality. Trigger phrases: "implement", "add feature". Do NOT use for bug fixes without new tests, documentation changes, configuration-only changes, or refactoring existing code without new behavior.
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Enforce strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle with context-isolated subagents. Every feature starts with a specification — numbered acceptance criteria that drive test generation and final verification.
Flow: Spec → RED → GREEN → REFACTOR → Verify
The cycle has two modes, set during Step 1. Each step below behaves differently per mode:
| Step | locked-spec mode | prompt-only mode |
|---|---|---|
| Step 1 Spec phase | Find existing or write new spec; lock at 1c | User declines spec; pass raw feature requirement instead |
| Phase 1 RED inputs | Locked spec + AC-traceability instruction | Raw feature requirement + "name tests after behavior, no AC- prefix" |
| Phase 1 spec coverage check | Compare tests vs locked spec criteria | SKIPPED (no spec) |
| Phase 2 spec_defect signal | Implementer can raise spec_defect: true | DISABLED (no spec to be defective) |
| Step 4 Spec Verification | All three dimensions run | SKIPPED (no spec to verify against) |
| Final Report Spec line | "[N] criteria defined" | "prompt-only mode" |
| Final Report Verification block | Three-dim breakdown | "Verification: skipped (prompt-only mode)" |
Maintenance note: every mode-specific branch in this runbook is tagged <!-- mode-fork --> in the source. Grep that tag to enumerate all branches. If this matrix grows past ~8 rows or the branches become hard to keep in sync, that's the signal to split /tdd-prompt-only into its own skill.
Every check in this skill emits findings at one of three tiers:
(acknowledged). In Step 4 (the last phase, no next transition to block), CRITICAL findings do not stop the cycle from being reported, but they mandate a follow-up cycle and are listed prominently in the report.The final report tallies counts by tier. CRITICAL gates phase transitions (with optional acknowledged override); WARNING and SUGGESTION are advisory.
A single mutable list findings_ledger is the source of truth for all findings emitted during the cycle. The Final Report MUST be generated from this ledger, not recounted from memory.
Schema (one entry per finding):
- id: "F-001" # sequential, never reused
tier: "CRITICAL" # CRITICAL | WARNING | SUGGESTION
phase: "post-red-lint" # post-red-lint | post-green | post-refactor | step-4a | step-4b | step-4c | phase-3.5 | step-0.5 | step-1b
check: "test-isolation" # short identifier for the check that fired
message: "Test imports utils/x.ts which doesn't exist"
file: "src/utils/__tests__/x.test.ts:12" # if applicable
acknowledged: false # true once the user explicitly approves the override
acknowledged_reason: null # user's stated reason if acknowledged
acknowledged_at_phase: null # phase where the override was approved
carried_from_strike: 1 # null | 1 | 2 — for entries that survive a spec-defect cycle restart
Append rules:
[CRITICAL], [WARNING], [SUGGESTION] finding gets one ledger entry. No exceptions.acknowledged: true is set ONLY when the user explicitly confirms an override (e.g., accepts an out-of-scope file). Never auto-flip.tier: "SUGGESTION", check: "intent-check-bypass", phase: "step-0.5", acknowledged: true, acknowledged_reason: <user's reason or "user chose (b) proceed">. This gives bug-fix-routed-acknowledgements a record so they appear in the Final Report.file: path references the discarded test file path (and whose phase is post-red-lint). Cross-phase findings (Post-GREEN, Step 4, Phase 3.5) are NOT stripped — they describe state that may persist. Stripped entries are logged as (stripped on strike N — file discarded) for audit but not surfaced in the Final Report.Cycle restart rules (spec-defect strike 1 → 2 transition):
spec_defect: true discards the test file and restarts RED, the ledger is preserved — not reset.carried_from_strike: 1 so they're distinguishable in the Final Report.Final Report rule:
Findings: N CRITICAL · N WARNING · N SUGGESTION line is computed by count by tier over the ledger.If any CRITICAL: list each with file:line and acknowledged-status block is computed by filter tier=CRITICAL over the ledger.Cross-cycle ledger (acknowledged-CRITICAL debt):
Project-level file <project_root>/.tdd/debt.md accumulates acknowledged CRITICALs across all /tdd cycles in the project. Each entry is one line: YYYY-MM-DD <feature> <check>: <message> (reason: <user-supplied>).
Read step (cycle start):
<project_root>/.tdd/debt.md exists."Note: this project has N previously-acknowledged CRITICAL findings — see .tdd/debt.md." Suppress preamble if count is 0.Write step (cycle end, only for completed cycles with acknowledged CRITICALs):
tier == "CRITICAL" AND acknowledged == true.<project_root>/.tdd/ directory exists (mkdir -p); create debt.md if missing.<YYYY-MM-DD> <feature_name> <check>: <message> (reason: <acknowledged_reason>).This write step is what prevents normalization-of-deviance: every acknowledged CRITICAL leaves an audit trail that future cycles surface in their preamble.
Detect the test framework from project files:
| Signal | Framework | Run Command |
|---|---|---|
vitest.config.* or vitest in package.json | Vitest | npx vitest run {file} --reporter=verbose |
Package.swift with test targets | Swift Testing | swift test --filter {TestSuite} |
*Tests/ Xcode dirs with XCTest imports | XCTest | xcodebuild test -scheme {scheme} -only-testing:{target}/{class} |
bun test in package.json scripts | Bun | bun test {file} |
If no test framework found — STOP. Tell the user:
No test framework detected in this project. Recommended setup: [suggest based on project stack — Vitest for Node/Vite, Swift Testing for iOS, Bun test for Bun projects]. Please set up testing infrastructure before using TDD.
Do NOT auto-install dependencies.
/tdd is for new features, not bug fixes. If the user is reporting a bug, they should use /bugfix (the bugfix-pipeline skill), which traces the active code path before fixing.
Trigger: if the user's feature_requirement contains any of these keywords or framings:
Action: ask the user once:
Your prompt looks like a bug report rather than a new-feature spec.
/tddis optimized for new functionality (Spec → RED → GREEN). Bug fixes are better handled by/bugfix, which traces the existing code path first. Which is this? (a) Bug fix — switch to/bugfix(b) New feature that happens to use bug-fix-shaped vocabulary — proceed with/tdd
If user picks (a) — switch to /bugfix:
Suggested: /bugfix <original user prompt verbatim>Reason: "intent-check: routed to /bugfix" and NEXT: "Run the suggested /bugfix invocation above. No code or tests were created by /tdd."If user picks (b) — proceed with /tdd:
tier: SUGGESTION, check: "intent-check-bypass", phase: "step-0.5", acknowledged: true, acknowledged_reason: "user confirmed this is a new feature despite bug-fix vocabulary".Do not auto-route. A spec that mentions "fix the validation logic" might be a new feature requiring revised validation. The user decides.
The spec is the source of truth for the entire TDD cycle. Every test must trace back to a spec criterion. Every criterion must be verified at the end.
Check for existing specification in this priority order:
@file or explicit path) — read it, extract acceptance criteriadocs/, Documentation/, Documentation.docc/, plus *.md at the root level*_META.md, CLAUDE.mdINDEX.md), read it firstIf existing doc is found but lacks structured acceptance criteria, extract them into the spec format below.
Write a structured spec, print it, and auto-lock — confidence-gated, see "Print the spec and auto-lock" below.
Spec depth ∝ risk — decide before writing. Match spec rigor to how expensive a bug in this feature is — the higher the blast radius, the deeper the spec. It's the same instinct you'd apply to any high-stakes change: auth/payments/migrations earn more scrutiny than a cosmetic tweak.
| Risk tier | Examples | Spec depth |
|---|---|---|
| High | payments, money math, auth/session, DB/schema migrations, security boundaries, irreversible data mutations, cross-project contracts | Max: exhaustive ECs/ERRs, explicit Constraints (perf/security/data-integrity), every boundary enumerated. Page-level ACs almost always warrant option (a) E2E — still surface the (a)/(b) |
name: tdd description: > Spec-Driven TDD with a strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle using context-isolated subagents. Every feature starts with a structured spec; tests are generated from numbered acceptance criteria, with post-cycle three-dimension verification (Completeness + Traceability + Coherence), severity-tiered findings (CRITICAL/WARNING/SUGGESTION), and a spec-defect escape hatch that halts when the spec is internally contradictory or unimplementable instead of silently encoding it. Use when the user says "/tdd", "test first", "use tdd", "tdd approach", "write tests first", or when implementing new features/functionality. Trigger phrases: "implement", "add feature". Do NOT use for bug fixes without new tests, documentation changes, configuration-only changes, or refactoring existing code without new behavior.
---
name: tdd
description: >
Spec-Driven TDD with a strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle using context-isolated
subagents. Every feature starts with a structured spec; tests are generated from
numbered acceptance criteria, with post-cycle three-dimension verification
(Completeness + Traceability + Coherence), severity-tiered findings
(CRITICAL/WARNING/SUGGESTION), and a spec-defect escape hatch that halts when the
spec is internally contradictory or unimplementable instead of silently encoding it.
Use when the user says "/tdd", "test first", "use tdd", "tdd approach",
"write tests first", or when implementing new features/functionality.
Trigger phrases: "implement", "add feature".
Do NOT use for bug fixes without new tests, documentation changes,
configuration-only changes, or refactoring existing code without new behavior.
---
# /tdd -- Spec-Driven Test-Driven Development
Enforce strict Red-Green-Refactor cycle with context-isolated subagents.
Every feature starts with a **specification** — numbered acceptance criteria that drive test generation and final verification.
Flow: **Spec → RED → GREEN → REFACTOR → Verify**
## Mode Behavior Matrix
The cycle has two modes, set during Step 1. Each step below behaves differently per mode:
| Step | `locked-spec` mode | `prompt-only` mode |
|------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Step 1 Spec phase | Find existing or write new spec; lock at 1c | User declines spec; pass raw feature requirement instead |
| Phase 1 RED inputs | `Locked spec` + AC-traceability instruction | Raw feature requirement + "name tests after behavior, no AC- prefix" |
| Phase 1 spec coverage check | Compare tests vs locked spec criteria | **SKIPPED** (no spec) |
| Phase 2 spec_defect signal | Implementer can raise `spec_defect: true` | **DISABLED** (no spec to be defective) |
| Step 4 Spec Verification | All three dimensions run | **SKIPPED** (no spec to verify against) |
| Final Report Spec line | "[N] criteria defined" | "prompt-only mode" |
| Final Report Verification block | Three-dim breakdown | "Verification: skipped (prompt-only mode)" |
**Maintenance note:** every mode-specific branch in this runbook is tagged `<!-- mode-fork -->` in the source. Grep that tag to enumerate all branches. If this matrix grows past ~8 rows or the branches become hard to keep in sync, that's the signal to split `/tdd-prompt-only` into its own skill.
## Severity Levels
Every check in this skill emits findings at one of three tiers:
- **[CRITICAL]** — blocks the phase transition by default. May be **acknowledged-overridden** only with explicit user confirmation, in which case the finding still appears in the final report tagged `(acknowledged)`. In Step 4 (the last phase, no next transition to block), CRITICAL findings do not stop the cycle from being reported, but they mandate a follow-up cycle and are listed prominently in the report.
- **[WARNING]** — should fix. Cycle continues; findings appear in the final report.
- **[SUGGESTION]** — informational. Surfaced once at the end, never blocks.
The final report tallies counts by tier. CRITICAL gates phase transitions (with optional acknowledged override); WARNING and SUGGESTION are advisory.
## Findings Ledger
A single mutable list `findings_ledger` is the source of truth for all findings emitted during the cycle. The Final Report MUST be generated from this ledger, not recounted from memory.
**Schema (one entry per finding):**
```yaml
- id: "F-001" # sequential, never reused
tier: "CRITICAL" # CRITICAL | WARNING | SUGGESTION
phase: "post-red-lint" # post-red-lint | post-green | post-refactor | step-4a | step-4b | step-4c | phase-3.5 | step-0.5 | step-1b
check: "test-isolation" # short identifier for the check that fired
message: "Test imports utils/x.ts which doesn't exist"
file: "src/utils/__tests__/x.test.ts:12" # if applicable
acknowledged: false # true once the user explicitly approves the override
acknowledged_reason: null # user's stated reason if acknowledged
acknowledged_at_phase: null # phase where the override was approved
carried_from_strike: 1 # null | 1 | 2 — for entries that survive a spec-defect cycle restart
```
**Append rules:**
- Every emitted `[CRITICAL]`, `[WARNING]`, `[SUGGESTION]` finding gets one ledger entry. No exceptions.
- IDs are sequential within a cycle, starting at F-001. Never renumber.
- Severity tier and check identifier are immutable once written.
- `acknowledged: true` is set ONLY when the user explicitly confirms an override (e.g., accepts an out-of-scope file). Never auto-flip.
- **Step 0.5 intent-check acknowledgements** also go in the ledger as `tier: "SUGGESTION"`, `check: "intent-check-bypass"`, `phase: "step-0.5"`, `acknowledged: true`, `acknowledged_reason: <user's reason or "user chose (b) proceed">`. This gives bug-fix-routed-acknowledgements a record so they appear in the Final Report.
- **Cycle restart stale-path scrub:** when a spec-defect strike discards a test file, on strike-N entry the orchestrator strips from the ledger any entry whose `file:` path references the discarded test file path (and whose `phase` is `post-red-lint`). Cross-phase findings (Post-GREEN, Step 4, Phase 3.5) are NOT stripped — they describe state that may persist. Stripped entries are logged as `(stripped on strike N — file discarded)` for audit but not surfaced in the Final Report.
**Cycle restart rules (spec-defect strike 1 → 2 transition):**
- When a `spec_defect: true` discards the test file and restarts RED, the ledger is **preserved** — not reset.
- Existing entries gain `carried_from_strike: 1` so they're distinguishable in the Final Report.
- New entries on strike 2 use the next sequential ID after the last strike-1 entry.
**Final Report rule:**
- The Final Report's `Findings: N CRITICAL · N WARNING · N SUGGESTION` line is computed by `count by tier` over the ledger.
- The `If any CRITICAL: list each with file:line and acknowledged-status` block is computed by `filter tier=CRITICAL` over the ledger.
- If the ledger and report disagree, the ledger wins.
**Cross-cycle ledger (acknowledged-CRITICAL debt):**
Project-level file `<project_root>/.tdd/debt.md` accumulates **acknowledged CRITICALs** across all `/tdd` cycles in the project. Each entry is one line: `YYYY-MM-DD <feature> <check>: <message> (reason: <user-supplied>)`.
**Read step (cycle start):**
1. Check whether `<project_root>/.tdd/debt.md` exists.
2. If missing → treat count as 0, do NOT create the file yet, do NOT print an error.
3. If present → count non-empty non-comment lines; surface in preamble: `"Note: this project has N previously-acknowledged CRITICAL findings — see .tdd/debt.md."` Suppress preamble if count is 0.
**Write step (cycle end, only for completed cycles with acknowledged CRITICALs):**
1. Filter the findings_ledger to entries where `tier == "CRITICAL"` AND `acknowledged == true`.
2. If zero such entries → skip the write step entirely.
3. Otherwise: ensure `<project_root>/.tdd/` directory exists (`mkdir -p`); create `debt.md` if missing.
4. Append one line per qualifying ledger entry, formatted: `<YYYY-MM-DD> <feature_name> <check>: <message> (reason: <acknowledged_reason>)`.
5. Do NOT write debt entries for aborted cycles (Variant B) — they didn't complete with shipped code.
6. Do NOT write debt entries for Step 0.5 intent-check-bypass entries — they're not CRITICAL.
This write step is what prevents normalization-of-deviance: every acknowledged CRITICAL leaves an audit trail that future cycles surface in their preamble.
## Instructions
### Step 0: Stack Detection
Detect the test framework from project files:
| Signal | Framework | Run Command |
|--------|-----------|-------------|
| `vitest.config.*` or vitest in package.json | Vitest | `npx vitest run {file} --reporter=verbose` |
| `Package.swift` with test targets | Swift Testing | `swift test --filter {TestSuite}` |
| `*Tests/` Xcode dirs with XCTest imports | XCTest | `xcodebuild test -scheme {scheme} -only-testing:{target}/{class}` |
| `bun test` in package.json scripts | Bun | `bun test {file}` |
If **no test framework found** — STOP. Tell the user:
> No test framework detected in this project.
> Recommended setup: [suggest based on project stack — Vitest for Node/Vite, Swift Testing for iOS, Bun test for Bun projects].
> Please set up testing infrastructure before using TDD.
Do NOT auto-install dependencies.
### Step 0.5: Intent Check (bug fix vs feature)
`/tdd` is for **new features**, not bug fixes. If the user is reporting a bug, they should use `/bugfix` (the `bugfix-pipeline` skill), which traces the active code path before fixing.
**Trigger:** if the user's feature_requirement contains any of these keywords or framings:
- "fix", "bug", "broken", "regression", "doesn't work", "stops working", "crashes", "throws", "wrong output"
- "the [X] is wrong/broken/buggy"
- An existing function/feature name being reported as misbehaving
**Action:** ask the user once:
> Your prompt looks like a bug report rather than a new-feature spec. `/tdd` is optimized for new functionality (Spec → RED → GREEN). Bug fixes are better handled by `/bugfix`, which traces the existing code path first. Which is this?
> (a) Bug fix — switch to `/bugfix`
> (b) New feature that happens to use bug-fix-shaped vocabulary — proceed with `/tdd`
**If user picks (a) — switch to /bugfix:**
1. Print exact invocation: `Suggested: /bugfix <original user prompt verbatim>`
2. Emit Final Report Variant B with `Reason: "intent-check: routed to /bugfix"` and `NEXT: "Run the suggested /bugfix invocation above. No code or tests were created by /tdd."`
3. Stop. Do NOT invoke any subagent.
**If user picks (b) — proceed with /tdd:**
1. Append a ledger entry: `tier: SUGGESTION`, `check: "intent-check-bypass"`, `phase: "step-0.5"`, `acknowledged: true`, `acknowledged_reason: "user confirmed this is a new feature despite bug-fix vocabulary"`.
2. Continue to Step 1.
**Do not auto-route.** A spec that mentions "fix the validation logic" might be a new feature requiring revised validation. The user decides.
### Step 1: Spec Phase
The spec is the **source of truth** for the entire TDD cycle. Every test must trace back to a spec criterion. Every criterion must be verified at the end.
#### 1a. Find or Receive Spec
Check for existing specification in this priority order:
1. **User provided a doc reference** (via `@file` or explicit path) — read it, extract acceptance criteria
2. **Search project docs** for relevant specification:
- Scan project root for documentation directories: `docs/`, `Documentation/`, `Documentation.docc/`, plus `*.md` at the root level
- Check for project-level META files: `*_META.md`, `CLAUDE.md`
- If a doc index exists in any of the above (commonly `INDEX.md`), read it first
- Grep doc filenames and indices for keywords matching the feature topic
3. **No spec found** — proceed to 1b (write spec)
If existing doc is found but lacks structured acceptance criteria, extract them into the spec format below.
#### 1b. Write Spec (when no spec exists)
Write a structured spec, print it, and auto-lock — confidence-gated, see "Print the spec and auto-lock" below.
**Spec depth ∝ risk — decide before writing.** Match spec rigor to how expensive a bug in *this* feature is — the higher the blast radius, the deeper the spec. It's the same instinct you'd apply to any high-stakes change: auth/payments/migrations earn more scrutiny than a cosmetic tweak.
| Risk tier | Examples | Spec depth |
|---|---|---|
| **High** | payments, money math, auth/session, DB/schema migrations, security boundaries, irreversible data mutations, cross-project contracts | Max: exhaustive ECs/ERRs, explicit Constraints (perf/security/data-integrity), every boundary enumerated. Page-level ACs almost always warrant option (a) E2E — still surface the (a)/(b)Skill source recorded
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