running-instrumented-tests-via-adb

running-instrumented-tests-via-adb is a Test suite operations & coverage skill for AI agents, published by skydoves in the android-testing-skills repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates running-instrumented-tests-via-adb C (71/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Use this skill to run instrumented Android tests directly through `adb shell am instrument -w -r` without going through Gradle. Covers the required `-w` (wait — REQUIRED for meaningful exit codes) and `-r` (raw output) flags, the `-e` argument table (`class`, `class#method`, `package`, `size`, `numShards`/`shardIndex`, `debug`, `annotation` / `notAnnotation`, `listener`, `clearPackageData`, `targetInstrumentation`), the canonical runners `AndroidJUnitRunner` and `AndroidTestOrchestrator`, the orchestrator wrapping pattern (target = orchestrator, `-e targetInstrumentation <pkg>/<runner>`), and the output framing (`INSTRUMENTATION_STATUS_CODE` 1=start, 0=ok, -1=error, -2=failure, -3=ignored, -4=assumption-failure; `INSTRUMENTATION_RESULT`; `INSTRUMENTATION_CODE`). Use when the user mentions `am instrument`, `AndroidJUnitRunner`, "run tests from CI without Gradle", "Orchestrator", `clearPackageData`, `targetInstrumentation`, exit codes from `am instrument`, or…

Grade
C
Quality
71 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
296

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Our review

Architecture
94 / 100
Maturity
Basic: a single SKILL.md
Security scan
No issues found
License
Apache-2.0
Adoption
Adopted by 1 other repositories, in 0 collections
Scope
Vendor-specific: built around one product. Public adb am instrument tooling, usable in any Android project

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