Test Failure Mindset Agent Skill
Establishes a dual-hypothesis investigation mindset for every test failure — treating failures as diagnostic signals that may indicate a real bug OR an incorrect test, never defaulting to automatic code changes or test dismissal. Use when encountering failing tests, debugging test errors, running a test suite that shows regressions, or any request involving "test failure analysis", "why is this test failing", or "should I fix the test or the code". Loads a 5-step protocol covering failure reading, implementation tracing, requirement context, reasoned decision-making, and learning extraction. Works alongside analyze-test-failures for detailed per-failure analysis and comprehensive-test-review for full suite review.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/Jamie-BitFlight/claude_skills --skill test-failure-mindsetOther skills for the same job
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How to use it
Take jamie-bitflight/claude_skills-test-failure-mindset from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.