# Stress Test Robustness

> Run contradiction, edge-case, adversarial, and scope tests on a draft before delivery. Use after generation and before polish. Scope boundary — escalating critique questions → `progressive-resistance-critique`; load-bearing tags → `load-bearing-structure`.

- Skill: `catcorner22/stress-test-robustness` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add catcorner22/stress-test-robustness`
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- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: CatCorner22 (https://skillmd.com/u/catcorner22)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/catcorner22/stress-test-robustness

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# Stress-test output robustness

**#35** · **Domain:** Structural engineering · **Category:** extension · **Difficulty:** 🟡 Medium

## Core principle

Load the structure past expected use; watch what cracks.

## AI problem addressed

Happy-path review never sees the edge that will fail in production.

## Implementation

| Test | Fail if |
| Contradiction | yes+no or always+never in a short span |
| Edge | empty, zero, max, unicode, missing field unhandled |
| Adversarial | instruction-like text in the output changes policy |
| Scope | answer leaves the asked domain |
Record WARN/PASS per test; block on FAIL.

## Boundaries

- Prototype as prompt scaffold (🟢) before full pipeline middleware (🟡/🔴)
- Category router: **`ai-transfer-extension`**
- Catalog: **`ai-transfer-ecosystem-primer`**
- Runtime plugin id: `stress_test`
- Also implements: `engineering_tolerance`
- Merge notes: Engineering-tolerance plugin is this stress pass plus `load-bearing-structure`.