test-sync
✓Detect orphaned tests, obsolete assertions, and test-code misalignment. Use for test suite maintenance, cleanup, and traceability validation. Use when relevant to the task.
Installation
SKILL.md
Maintain alignment between test files and source code. Detect orphaned tests (code deleted but tests remain), missing tests, and implementation-coupled tests. Based on UTRefactor research showing automated test maintenance can achieve 89% smell reduction.
| Test Refactoring | UTRefactor (ACM 2024) | 89% smell reduction | | Test Smells | Meszaros (2007) | "xUnit Test Patterns" | | Test-Code Traceability | IEEE TSE | Test maintenance research |
| "Find orphaned tests" | Detect tests for deleted code | | "Sync tests with code" | Full alignment analysis | | "Are my tests up to date?" | Test-code sync check | | "Clean up test suite" | Find removable tests | | "Test coverage gaps" | Find missing tests |
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/jmagly/ai-writing-guide --skill test-sync- Source
- jmagly/ai-writing-guide
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is test-sync?
Detect orphaned tests, obsolete assertions, and test-code misalignment. Use for test suite maintenance, cleanup, and traceability validation. Use when relevant to the task. Source: jmagly/ai-writing-guide.
How do I install test-sync?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/jmagly/ai-writing-guide --skill test-sync Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/jmagly/ai-writing-guide
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01