Enforce Red Green Refactor Discipline In Claude Code With Tdd Guard

---
name: "Enforce red-green-refactor discipline in Claude Code sessions with TDD Guard"
slug: "enforce-red-green-refactor-discipline-in-claude-code-with-tdd-guard"
description: "Block implementation-first agent behavior and keep Claude Code anchored to failing-tests-first TDD loops."
github_stars: 1997
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/nizos/tdd-guard"
author: "nizos"
publisher_type: "individual"
category: "Code Quality & Review"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "nizos/tdd-guard"
  github_stars: 1997
  npm_package: "tdd-guard"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 35484
---

# Enforce red-green-refactor discipline in Claude Code sessions with TDD Guard

Block implementation-first agent behavior and keep Claude Code anchored to failing-tests-first TDD loops.

## Prerequisites

Claude Code, Node.js 22+, supported test framework

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Node.js 22+
- Python/pytest support: [@Durafen](https://github.com/Durafen)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- A supported test framework (Vitest, Jest, Storybook, pytest, PHPUnit, Go, Rust, RSpec, Minitest)
- Open Claude Code in your project and run:
- /plugin marketplace add nizos/tdd-guard

- Source: https://github.com/nizos/tdd-guard
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nizos/tdd-guard/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/nizos/tdd-guard#readme

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/enforce-red-green-refactor-discipline-in-claude-code-with-tdd-guard/)