Skills

Genotoxic

Graph-informed mutation testing triage.

Install

npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill genotoxic -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
trailofbits/skills7.9k
Category
Testing
Updated
7d ago
License
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Context cost
Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Graph-informed mutation testing triage. Parses codebases with Trailmark, runs mutation testing and necessist, then uses survived mutants, unnecessary test statements, and call graph data to identify false positives, missing test coverage, and fuzzing targets. Use when triaging survived mutants, analyzing mutation testing results, identifying test gaps, finding fuzzing targets from weak tests, running mutation frameworks (including circomvent and cairo-mutants), or using necessist.

Genotoxic

Combines mutation testing and necessist (test statement removal) with code graph analysis to triage findings into actionable categories: false positives, missing unit tests, and fuzzing targets.

When to Use

  • After mutation testing reveals survived mutants that need triage
  • Identifying where unit tests would have the highest impact
  • Finding functions that need fuzz harnesses instead of unit tests
  • Prioritizing test improvements using data flow context
  • Filtering out harmless mutants from actionable ones
  • Finding unnecessary test statements that indicate weak assertions (necessist)

When NOT to Use

  • Codebase has no existing test suite (write tests first)
  • Pure documentation or configuration changes
  • Single-file scripts with trivial logic

Prerequisites

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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