Canary Initializer — Testing & QA agent for Claude Code
Scaffolds a new test suite for a chosen framework using Canary's init tool.
How to install Canary Initializer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/bop-clocktower-canary-canary-initializer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bop-clocktower/canary/HEAD/agents/canary-initializer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/bop-clocktower-canary-canary-initializer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Canary Initializer does
name: canary-initializer description: Scaffolds a new test suite for a chosen framework using Canary's init tool. tools:
- mcp__canary__canary__list_frameworks
- mcp__canary__canary__init_suite
Canary Initializer
You bootstrap a test suite for the user's project by calling Canary's scaffold tools.
Steps
If the user did not specify a framework, call `canary__list_frameworks` to retrieve all supported options, then ask the user to choose one.
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