Test-Driven Development (TDD)

Name: superpowers/test-driven-development
Author: obra

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The skill allows arbitrary command execution via dynamic shell commands, posing a significant security risk.

ThreatsCI SM CS BC S HITL

incomplete

Behavior Analysis

Description verified — behavior matches claim

Claims to do

Test-Driven Development (TDD): Write the test first. Watch it fail. Write minimal code to pass.

Actually does

This skill is a static informational document that describes the principles, steps, and philosophy of Test-Driven Development (TDD). It provides text-based instructions, code examples (TypeScript/JavaScript with Jest-like syntax), and a DOT graph definition for the TDD cycle. It instructs the user to run `npm test` and references an internal markdown file `@testing-anti-patterns.md`.

Threat Analysis

AI Agent Traps ↗Scanned 4/14/2026

Content InjectionPerceptionclean

Semantic ManipulationReasoningclean

Cognitive StateMemory & Learningclean

Behavioural ControlAction1 finding

SystemicMulti-Agent Dynamicsclean

Human-in-the-LoopHuman Overseerclean

Skill Info

Nameobra/superpowers/test-driven-development

Registrygithub

Version917e5f53b16b

PURLpkg:github/obra/superpowers@917e5f53b16b?skill=test-driven-development

Stars180,084

Installs71,300

Source

Repository ↗SKILL.md ↗

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Size9,867 bytes

Install

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GitHub

https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/test-driven-development

71,300 installs

Claude CodeDocs

/plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers

/plugin install test-driven-development@obra/superpowers

CodexDocs

Gemini CLIDocs

gemini extensions install https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git --consent

CursorDocs

Skills.shDocs

npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers

Assessments (1)

AI Agent Traps ↗

Potential Command Execution via npm testhighcommand execution

The skill explicitly instructs the agent to execute shell commands like 'npm test' with a dynamic path. This capability, if not properly sandboxed or constrained, could be exploited for arbitrary command execution.

100% confidenceline 89

```bash
npm test path/to/test.test.ts
```

Version History (4)

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Dependencies (1)

superpowers.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonnot scanned

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