R package development with devtools, testthat and roxygen2
Posit-endorsed R package workflow — devtools test/document/check commands, air formatting, base-pipe style, testthat snapshot conventions, roxygen2 + pkgdown docs, and NEWS.md discipline
- What
- Posit-endorsed R package workflow — devtools test/document/check commands, air formatting, base-pipe style, testthat snapshot conventions, roxygen2 + pkgdown docs, and NEWS.md discipline
- Cost
- Free
- Needs
- an R package project and an R environment with devtools, testthat and roxygen2 installed — the skill is guidance the agent follows, not software
- Install
- Copy the installer prompt below into your Muse — your agent does the rest.
Curated by Skill Harbor — Simon P. Couch's R package development skill, published in Posit's official skills repo: the exact devtools command lines (`load_all`, filtered `test()`, `document()`, `check()`), code style (`air format`, the base pipe `|>`, `\()` one-liners), testing conventions (testthat snapshot tests for errors/warnings instead of `expect_error`, no bare `expect_true`), documentation rules (roxygen2 wrapped at 80 chars, pkgdown index kept in sync), and NEWS.md hygiene (user-facing bullets, alphabetical by function, issue references). Honest caveats: methodology only — it guides an agent working on an R package, it is nothing to execute standalone; needs an R environment with devtools, testthat and roxygen2 installed. MIT licensed. Skill Harbor never reviews the code, review it yourself before use. Discovered via skills.sh.
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Install
Prerequisites: an R package project and an R environment with devtools, testthat and roxygen2 installed — the skill is guidance the agent follows, not software Install "R package development with devtools, testthat and roxygen2" for me. It gives my agent Simon P. Couch's R package workflow from Posit's official repo: devtools command lines (load_all, test with filters, document, check), code style (air format, base pipe |>, \() one-liners), testing conventions (snapshot tests for errors/warnings, no bare expect_true), roxygen2 docs (80-char wrap, pkgdown index sync), and NEWS.md discipline (user-facing bullets, alphabetical by function, issue references). MIT-licensed. Repository: https://github.com/posit-dev/skills/blob/main/r-lib/r-package-development/SKILL.md 1. Fetch the SKILL.md file (and any helper files) from the repository path into a temporary folder and summarize what it does in one or two sentences. 2. Safety check: review the SKILL.md and scripts for anything suspicious (unexpected network calls, shell commands, credential harvesting). This repo should contain zero secrets in code, credentials only via the secure vault, allowed hosts declared in the SKILL.md. Verify that holds here; STOP on any red flag and tell me. 3. Install it as a skill: copy SKILL.md and its helper files into the agent's skills directory, in a folder named "r-package-development". 4. Verify with no network calls: frontmatter valid, files in place. 5. Report what was installed, where, and what I still need to do myself (e.g. point the agent at my R package directory; nothing else — it's a methodology). GitHub is optional: if I have a GitHub account or the gh CLI, you may use it; otherwise public access is fine. Never require it unless it's in the prerequisites above. Rules: don't touch anything outside the temp folder and the install target. If anything looks off, stop and ask me.
Questions
How do I install a build?
Every product page includes a copy-paste install prompt. Paste it into your Muse and it sets the build up for you — no manual configuration.
Where does my money go?
Straight to the seller. Skill Harbor never processes payments: checkout happens on the seller’s own page, usually Stripe.
What does the ✓ next to a creator’s name mean?
It means we confirmed the identity of the person behind the listing. It says nothing about the code itself — always check a build before installing it.