skill-tester-ci - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: skill-tester-ci description: "Validates all CI skills in this repo. Checks Agent Skills spec compliance, gh-aw workflow compilation, permission correctness, and structural conventions. Use when CI skills have been added or modified and you want to verify they compile and conform before committing."

Skill Tester CI

Validates all CI skills (*-ci) in this repo. Runs spec validation, compiles gh-aw workflows, and checks CI-specific conventions.

When to Use

After adding or modifying a CI skill
After upgrading gh-aw to a new version (API changes may break workflows)
Before committing CI skill changes
Before submitting the plugin for Anthropic review

Prerequisites

gh-aw CLI installed (gh extension install github/gh-aw)
python3 with pyyaml installed
quick_validate.py available at .claude/skills/skill-creator/scripts/

Checks

1. Anthropic Spec Validation

Run quick_validate.py on every CI skill:

for d in skills/*-ci/; do
  python3 .claude/skills/skill-creator/scripts/quick_validate.py "$d"
done

2. Workflow Example Compilation

Extract workflow blocks from each CI skill's references/workflow-example.md and compile with gh aw compile:

# Extract markdown code blocks with frontmatter
# Copy to temp .github/workflows/
# Run: gh aw compile

Pass criteria: Zero compilation errors. Warnings are reported but don't fail.

3. Permission Checks

CI workflows in strict mode must NOT use write permissions directly. Verify:

No issues: write (use safe-outputs: add-comment instead)
No pull-requests: write (use safe-outputs: create-pull-request-review-comment instead)
No contents: write unless the workflow creates files (eval-creator create mode)
Required read permissions present for declared toolsets

4. Structural Checks

Check	Rule	Severity
Has `references/workflow-example.md`	Required for all CI skills	Error
Workflow example has frontmatter block	At least one ```markdown block with `---`	Error
Name matches folder	Frontmatter `name` == directory name	Error
Description mentions gh-aw	CI skills should reference gh-aw	Warning
Has corresponding interactive skill	`foo-ci` should have a `foo` counterpart	Warning

5. Cross-Workflow Validation

For workflows that use call-workflow:

Verify the target workflow exists and has workflow_call in its on: section
Verify the target's inputs match what the caller provides

Output Format

## CI Skill Test Results

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**gh-aw version:** vX.Y.Z
**Skills tested:** N
**Passed:** N
**Compile errors:** N
**Spec failures:** N

### Compilation Results
- [skill-name]: ✓ compiled (N KB) | ✗ error: [message]

### Spec Results
- [skill-name]: ✓ valid | ✗ [error]

### Permission Issues
- [skill-name]: [issue]

Running

Invoke manually:

/skill-tester-ci

Or run the script directly:

bash skills/skill-tester-ci/scripts/run-tests.sh

What This Skill Does NOT Do

Does not test interactive skills (use skill-tester for those)
Does not execute workflows against real repos — only compiles them
Does not modify skills — reports findings only
Does not test workflow runtime behavior — compilation validates structure and permissions only