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Testing by elevanaltd-hestai-mcp — Agent Skill

Name: Testing
Author: elevanaltd

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===TESTING=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"Testing patterns and conventions for HestAI MCP" DOMAIN::ATHENA[quality]⊕HEPHAESTUS[craftsmanship]

§1::TEST_MARKERS // Progressive Testing Model SMOKE::@pytest.mark.smoke["Fast import/sanity tests (<1s)"] BEHAVIOR::@pytest.mark.behavior["NOW: Real behavioral tests"] CONTRACT::@pytest.mark.contract["SOON: Integration contract tests"] INTEGRATION::@pytest.mark.integration["LATER: Full integration tests"] PROGRESSION::smoke→behavior→contract→integration

§2::TEST_STRUCTURE LAYOUT::[ "tests/", " unit/ # Component-level tests", " behavior/ # Behavioral specification tests", " contracts/ # External integration contracts", " conftest.py # Shared fixtures" ] MIRRORING::tests/unit/{module}/test_{file}.py↔src/{module}/{file}.py

§3::TDD_PROTOCOL SEQUENCE::[ RED::"Write failing test first", GREEN::"Minimal implementation to pass", REFACTOR::"Improve while green" ] COMMIT_SEQUENCE::"test:" → "feat:" → "refactor:" DISCIPLINE::test_before_implementation[MANDATORY]

§4::COVERAGE THRESHOLD::89%[CI_enforced] FOCUS::behavioral_coverage[not_line_coverage] MOCKING::external_dependencies[not_internal_modules] ANTI_PATTERN::coverage_theater["Tests that hit lines but don't assert behavior"]

§5::ASYNC_TESTING CONFIG::asyncio_mode="auto"[pytest_config] FRAMEWORK::pytest-asyncio PATTERN::[ "async def test_async_operation():", " result = await async_function()", " assert result.status == 'success'" ]

§6::COMMANDS RUN_ALL::"python -m pytest" RUN_MARKER::"python -m pytest -m {marker}" RUN_COVERAGE::"python -m pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing" RUN_SPECIFIC::"python -m pytest tests/unit/{path}/test_{file}.py -v"

§7::FIXTURES LOCATION::tests/conftest.py[shared] SCOPE::[function,class,module,session] EXAMPLE::[ "@pytest.fixture", "def sample_config():", " return SessionConfig(role='test', working_dir='/tmp')" ]

===END===

---name: testingdescription: Testing patterns and conventions for HestAI MCP including pytest markers, TDD protocol, and coverage requirements---===TESTING===META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.0" STATUS::ACTIVE PURPOSE::"Testing patterns and conventions for HestAI MCP" DOMAIN::ATHENA[quality]⊕HEPHAESTUS[craftsmanship]§1::TEST_MARKERS // Progressive Testing Model SMOKE::@pytest.mark.smoke["Fast import/sanity tests (<1s)"] BEHAVIOR::@pytest.mark.behavior["NOW: Real behavioral tests"] CONTRACT::@pytest.mark.contract["SOON: Integration contract tests"] INTEGRATION::@pytest.mark.integration["LATER: Full integration tests"] PROGRESSION::smoke→behavior→contract→integration§2::TEST_STRUCTURE LAYOUT::[ "tests/", " unit/ # Component-level tests", " behavior/ # Behavioral specification tests", " contracts/ # External integration contracts", " conftest.py # Shared fixtures" ] MIRRORING::tests/unit/{module}/test_{file}.py↔src/{module}/{file}.py§3::TDD_PROTOCOL SEQUENCE::[ RED::"Write failing test first", GREEN::"Minimal implementation to pass", REFACTOR::"Improve while green" ] COMMIT_SEQUENCE::"test:" → "feat:" → "refactor:" DISCIPLINE::test_before_implementation[MANDATORY]§4::COVERAGE THRESHOLD::89%[CI_enforced] FOCUS::behavioral_coverage[not_line_coverage] MOCKING::external_dependencies[not_internal_modules] ANTI_PATTERN::coverage_theater["Tests that hit lines but don't assert behavior"]§5::ASYNC_TESTING CONFIG::asyncio_mode="auto"[pytest_config] FRAMEWORK::pytest-asyncio PATTERN::[ "async def test_async_operation():", " result = await async_function()", " assert result.status == 'success'" ]§6::COMMANDS RUN_ALL::"python -m pytest" RUN_MARKER::"python -m pytest -m {marker}" RUN_COVERAGE::"python -m pytest --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing" RUN_SPECIFIC::"python -m pytest tests/unit/{path}/test_{file}.py -v"§7::FIXTURES LOCATION::tests/conftest.py[shared] SCOPE::[function,class,module,session] EXAMPLE::[ "@pytest.fixture", "def sample_config():", " return SessionConfig(role='test', working_dir='/tmp')" ]===END===

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