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Testing & Development Skills

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Review Ruby/Rails code for code smells using thoughtbot's Ruby Science catalog (https://github.com/thoughtbot/ruby-science). Use when asked to check for code smells, review Ruby code quality, find refactoring opportunities, or audit a class/method/diff against Ruby Science. Detects smells like Long Method, Large Class, Feature Envy, Case Statement, Shotgun Surgery, Divergent Change, Long Parameter List, Duplicated Code, Uncommunicative Name, STI, Comments, Mixin, Callback, and nil-checks, and names the matching refactoring for each.

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Review Ruby test suites (RSpec and Minitest) for test smells using Gerard Meszaros' xUnit Test Patterns, thoughtbot's "Let's Not", and Sandi Metz's "Magic Tricks of Testing". Use when asked to review tests/specs, check test quality, audit a spec file or test diff, reduce flaky/slow/fragile tests, or simplify RSpec. Detects smells like Obscure Test, Mystery Guest, Eager Test, General Fixture, Assertion Roulette, Conditional Test Logic, Erratic/Flaky Test, Fragile Test, Slow Tests, Test Code Duplication, and RSpec DSL overuse (let/subject/before), and names the matching fix for each.

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Includes Ruby Code Smells and Ruby Test Smells.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

Pack stats

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What’s included

Ruby Code Smells

Review Ruby/Rails code for code smells using thoughtbot's Ruby Science catalog (https://github.com/thoughtbot/ruby-science). Use when asked to check for code smells, review Ruby code quality, find refactoring opportunities, or audit a class/method/diff against Ruby Science. Detects smells like Long Method, Large Class, Feature Envy, Case Statement, Shotgun Surgery, Divergent Change, Long Parameter List, Duplicated Code, Uncommunicative Name, STI, Comments, Mixin, Callback, and nil-checks, and names the matching refactoring for each.

Ruby Test Smells

Review Ruby test suites (RSpec and Minitest) for test smells using Gerard Meszaros' xUnit Test Patterns, thoughtbot's "Let's Not", and Sandi Metz's "Magic Tricks of Testing". Use when asked to review tests/specs, check test quality, audit a spec file or test diff, reduce flaky/slow/fragile tests, or simplify RSpec. Detects smells like Obscure Test, Mystery Guest, Eager Test, General Fixture, Assertion Roulette, Conditional Test Logic, Erratic/Flaky Test, Fragile Test, Slow Tests, Test Code Duplication, and RSpec DSL overuse (let/subject/before), and names the matching fix for each.

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