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writing-tests
82 / 100 · Low risk
Fine to try.
By kirodotdev/KiroCrew (GitHub) · writing · 4,889 stars · scanned at commit f2c5c50
Kiro Crew repo only: how to write a backend pytest test with NO side effects that does not flake. Use when adding, editing, reviewing or debugging a test there: which conftest applies, what leaks (temp dirs, data home, ~/.kiro, cron, threads), the seven flake classes, cross-platform traps.
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What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
Found in 15 places.
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- docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 147
subprocess.run(cmd, timeout=60) # use FALLBACK_TIMEOUT_SECS - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 149
subprocess.run(cmd, timeout=_T) # local constant counts - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 1520
spawn funnel (`subprocess.Popen.__init__`, - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 1785
The same hook can watch `subprocess.Popen` (a spawn without `cwd=`), `socket.connect` - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 2372
pytest-timeout's SIGALRM fires *before* `subprocess.run`'s own deadline, `Popen.__exit__` - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 2618
- **A fake `subprocess.run` that routes by SUBSTRING of the joined argv is - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 3863
`restore_signals`), so `yes | head` in a spawned `bash -c` gets `EPIPE` -- a latent defect - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 4163
expose the seam, so the tests now pin it: `runner=partial(subprocess.run, cwd=...)`, or - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 5372
`subprocess.communicate()` with no timeout. The ceiling is not a race to tune (it only - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 5961
stdin=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 5962
stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE, - docs/system-specs/common/testing-conventions.md, line 5963
stderr=asyncio.subprocess.DEVNULL,
Downloads and installs other software
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Found in 3 places.
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if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'writing-tests' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'writing-tests' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named writing-tests already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/kirodotdev/KiroCrew' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'f2c5c50d602f1e6c2059a407b3a0c6fca6db44da' -- 'src/kiro_crew/builtin_skills/kirocrew-dev/writing-tests' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'src/kiro_crew/builtin_skills/kirocrew-dev/writing-tests' ~/.agents/skills/'writing-tests' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
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| 2026-11-11 | f2c5c50 | 82 |