Testing Workflows With Subagents

Overview

Testing workflows is TDD applied to orchestrator instructions and command documentation.

You find real execution failures (git logs, error reports), create test scenarios that reproduce them, watch subagents follow ambiguous instructions incorrectly (RED), fix the instructions (GREEN), and verify subagents now follow correctly (REFACTOR).

Core principle: If you didn't watch an agent misinterpret the instructions in a test, you don't know if your fix prevents the right failures.

REQUIRED BACKGROUND: You MUST understand superpowers:test-driven-development before using this skill. That skill defines the fundamental RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle. This skill applies TDD to workflow documentation.

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