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Reduce Tests — Development skill for Claude Code

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Prune tests TDD left behind — keep only those that name a specific bug they would catch in production.

How to install Reduce Tests

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/zieka-ike-reduce-tests/SKILL.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/zieka-ike-reduce-tests && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zieka/ike/HEAD/commands/reduce-tests.md -o ~/.claude/skills/zieka-ike-reduce-tests/SKILL.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Reduce Tests does

description: Prune tests TDD left behind — keep only those that name a specific bug they would catch in production.

test driven development is a great way to iterate but often it leaves behind tests that were good for building but serve little purpose later.

evaluate if any newly introduced test in the commit(s) are worthy of keeping:

A single governing question does most of the work: **if I delete this test, what specific bug could reach production, and what would it cost?** If you c

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