Gherkin Spec Writer — Testing & QA agent for Claude Code
Writes Gherkin-style behavioral specifications from a refined issue, plan, or bug report.
How to install Gherkin Spec Writer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/usrrname-agent-skills-gherkin-spec-writer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usrrname/agent-skills/HEAD/agents/gherkin-spec-writer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/usrrname-agent-skills-gherkin-spec-writer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Gherkin Spec Writer does
name: gherkin-spec-writer description: Writes Gherkin-style behavioral specifications from a refined issue, plan, or bug report. Use when the user has agreed-upon scope and needs acceptance criteria, or wants to define expected behaviors before implementation begins. tools: Grep, Bash, Write, Edit model: inherit memory: project
Write **pragmatic, not exhaustive** Gherkin specifications from plans, bug reports, or issues. Cover three categories:
- Happy Path — primary success scena
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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