qa-echo

This skill makes the agent run a shell command that prints the marker string 'QA-SKILL-MARKER'.

by Dash0Official publisher

Identity proven by GitHub's verified organisation badge (dash0hq)

Agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, claude.ai and API
License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
Pin: 7753eccpinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost: about 100 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars: 5on dash0hq/dash0-agent-plugin
Scripts: None found

What it does

“Print the exact marker string QA-SKILL-MARKER by running a shell command. Use this whenever the task is to emit the QA marker.”

The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill makes the agent run a shell command that prints the marker string 'QA-SKILL-MARKER'. It is designed for testing and verification purposes to confirm that the skill was properly loaded and its instructions executed.

When to use it

Testing whether skills load correctly in the agent system
Verifying that skill instructions reach the model and execute
Quality assurance checks for skill integration

When not to

Production workflows requiring actual functionality
Tasks that need real output beyond test markers

Install

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add dash0hq/dash0-agent-plugin --skill qa-echo

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install dash0hq/dash0-agent-plugin qa-echo@7753ecc09e2a3ecd3583bed37ff7f05696d79b74

Installs the commit we checked (7753ecc).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at 7753ecc and put it in .claude/skills/qa-echo for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/qa-echo for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at 7753ecc

Claude Code plugin

/plugin install dash0@claude-plugins-official

The publisher's plugin in Claude's official marketplace. It may hold more than this skill, and we have not pinned it.

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "qa-echo" by Dash0.

Source, pinned to commit 7753ecc09e2a3ecd3583bed37ff7f05696d79b74:
https://github.com/dash0hq/dash0-agent-plugin/tree/7753ecc09e2a3ecd3583bed37ff7f05696d79b74/qa/skill-fixture/qa-echo

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/qa-echo/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/qa-echo/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/dash0/qa-echo

SKILL.md at the pin

---
name: qa-echo
description: Print the exact marker string QA-SKILL-MARKER by running a shell command. Use this whenever the task is to emit the QA marker.
---

# qa-echo

A skill written for QA. It exists to be loaded, so a run can prove that loading one is
recorded — and its body does something observable, so a run can also prove the skill's
instructions actually reached the model rather than only its name being logged.

When invoked, run exactly this shell command and nothing else:

```sh
echo QA-SKILL-MARKER
```

Then reply with exactly the word done.

From dash0hq/dash0-agent-plugin at 7753ecc, shown as plain text under its license: Apache-2.0 (permissive). The license text is in LICENSE.

View SKILL.md on GitHub at 7753ecc

Files

SKILL.md566 B · 420db64b6d0f

1 file, 566 B in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at 7753ecc

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