test-mac-app

test-mac-app is a skill in daveebbelaar/bama, last changed 26 Oct 2026. It can run shell commands.

From the author

Test a macOS app at three levels, from Swift Testing unit tests and an in-app self-test to a debug bridge that lets an agent drive the running app and read its state, plus computer use for real clicks. Use when adding logic, fixing a bug, before a release, or when the user asks for tests, end-to-end checks, or "make sure it works".

What it can touch

Runs shell commands

How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

Pattern check

Nothing flagged

That isn't proof the skill is harmless.

Commit 639893c · 1 Nov 2026

How the check works

Pattern check: nothing flagged

That isn't proof the skill is harmless.

Install

Each tab says whether it installs commit 639893c, the one we checked, or the latest version.

OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.

No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. daveebbelaar/bama/skills/ship/test-mac-app (opens in a new tab)

Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.

Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.

No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie and Amp. With This project, Any agent also reaches Antigravity and Claude Code reaches Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .claude/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.

Claude Code docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.

Make test-mac-app.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app "$out"/test-mac-app &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - test-mac-app) > test-mac-app.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"

In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose test-mac-app.zip.

On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.

Claude apps docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .agents/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.

Codex docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .cursor/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Cursor docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .github/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.

Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.

gh skill install daveebbelaar/bama skills/ship/test-mac-app/SKILL.md@639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 --agent github-copilot --scope project

Copilot & VS Code docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .gemini/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

In a running session, run /skills reload.

Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.

gemini skills install https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git --path skills/ship/test-mac-app --scope workspace

Gemini CLI docs

Pinned to commit 639893c, the one we checked.

OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.

From your project's root folder:

tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/daveebbelaar/bama.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- skills/ship/test-mac-app &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 639893c397278256f1ae204dd8f837eb82bd6527 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/test-mac-app &&cp -R "$tmp"/skills/ship/test-mac-app/. .agents/skills/test-mac-app/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"

Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.

npx skills@1.7.4 add daveebbelaar/bama --skill test-mac-app

Agent Skills docs

Read SKILL.md first

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Checked

1 Nov 2026

What it can touch

From the files and frontmatter at commit 639893c. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.

Runs shell commands
Its instructions or files give the agent commands to run on your computer.

Pattern check

Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit 639893c · 1 Nov 2026

We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 639893c on 1 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.

How the check works Report an incorrect finding

Format check

Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.

Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- Warning
  Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 80: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder), line 140: ../../code/os-integrations/recipes.md (outside the skill folder) and line 154: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder). B6
  Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Note
  There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
  Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
Claude CodePasses with warnings
Claude Code reads its own extra fields, ignores unknown ones, and still loads a skill whose frontmatter is broken, without its fields.
- Warning
  Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 80: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder), line 140: ../../code/os-integrations/recipes.md (outside the skill folder) and line 154: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder). B6
  Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
Claude apps & API uploadPasses with warnings
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Warning
  Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 80: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder), line 140: ../../code/os-integrations/recipes.md (outside the skill folder) and line 154: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder). B6
  Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
- Note
  The description is 333 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
  Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Warning
  Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 80: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder), line 140: ../../code/os-integrations/recipes.md (outside the skill folder) and line 154: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder). B6
  Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.
VS Code & CopilotPasses with warnings
VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.
- Warning
  Paths that may not work once the skill is installed: line 80: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder), line 140: ../../code/os-integrations/recipes.md (outside the skill folder) and line 154: ../build-and-verify/existing-app.md (outside the skill folder). B6
  Fix: Use forward-slash paths relative to SKILL.md, and copy shared files into the skill.

SKILL.md

Read SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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agents/openai.yaml (opens in a new tab)	101 B

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SKILL.md

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