skill-activation-testlisted

# Skill Activation Test > QA gate for **your own** Agent Skills — not for third-party installs. ## When to use - After Equip stage in [book-learn-distill](../../book-learn-distill/) - After editing `description` or trigger phrases in any Skill - Before publishing a Skill copy to a public repo ## Test protocol ### 1 · Positive triggers (5 phrases → should activate) | # | User says | Activated? | |---|-----------|------------| | 1 | | ☐ | | 2 | | ☐ | | 3 | | ☐ | | 4 | | ☐ | | 5 | | ☐ | Use varied wording — not copy-paste of `description`. ### 2 · Negative triggers (3 adjacent tasks → should NOT activate) | # | User says | Should route to | False positive? | |---|-----------|-----------------|-----------------| | 1 | | | ☐ | | 2 | | | ☐ | | 3 | | | ☐ | ### 3 · Self-check question Ask Agent: **"When would you use this skill?"** Compare answer to intended triggers in SKILL.md. ### 4 · Metadata audit - [ ] `description` contains clear trigger phrases - [ ] Negative constraints in SKILL.md body - [ ] Boundary vs similar Skills documented ### 5 · Verdict - **Pass** → record date in project `meta.json` (`skillTestedAt`) if applicable - **Fail** → revise SKILL.md; log in [references/template.md](./references/template.md) ## Agent instructions When user says "run skill activation test for X": 1. Read `skills/<slug>/SKILL.md` (or path given) 2. Propose 5 positive + 3 negative test phrases **before** user runs them 3. After user reports results, output pass/fail table +