Agent Skills: Testing Skill

Backend testing strategies and test automation. Unit, integration, E2E, and load testing with best practices.

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Skill Metadata

Name
testing
Description
Backend testing strategies and test automation. Unit, integration, E2E, and load testing with best practices.

Testing Skill

Bonded to: testing-security-agent (Secondary)


Quick Start

# Invoke testing skill
"Write unit tests for my user service"
"Set up integration tests with database"
"Configure load testing with k6"

Testing Pyramid

            /\
           /E2E\       Few, slow, expensive
          /────\
         /Integration\  Some, medium speed
        /────────────\
       /  Unit Tests  \ Many, fast, cheap
      /────────────────\

| Type | Coverage | Speed | Cost | |------|----------|-------|------| | Unit | 80%+ | Fast | Low | | Integration | 60%+ | Medium | Medium | | E2E | Critical paths | Slow | High |


Examples

Unit Test (pytest)

import pytest
from unittest.mock import Mock
from app.services.user_service import UserService

class TestUserService:
    @pytest.fixture
    def service(self):
        return UserService(db=Mock())

    def test_get_user_returns_user(self, service):
        service.db.get_user.return_value = {"id": 1, "name": "John"}

        result = service.get_user(1)

        assert result["name"] == "John"
        service.db.get_user.assert_called_once_with(1)

    def test_get_user_raises_when_not_found(self, service):
        service.db.get_user.return_value = None

        with pytest.raises(UserNotFoundError):
            service.get_user(999)

Integration Test

import pytest
from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
from app.main import app
from app.database import get_db

@pytest.fixture
def client(test_db):
    def override_get_db():
        return test_db
    app.dependency_overrides[get_db] = override_get_db
    with TestClient(app) as c:
        yield c

def test_create_and_get_user(client):
    # Create user
    response = client.post("/users", json={"email": "test@example.com"})
    assert response.status_code == 201
    user_id = response.json()["id"]

    # Get user
    response = client.get(f"/users/{user_id}")
    assert response.status_code == 200
    assert response.json()["email"] == "test@example.com"

Load Test (k6)

import http from 'k6/http';
import { check, sleep } from 'k6';

export const options = {
  stages: [
    { duration: '30s', target: 100 },
    { duration: '1m', target: 100 },
    { duration: '30s', target: 0 },
  ],
  thresholds: {
    http_req_duration: ['p(95)<200'],
    http_req_failed: ['rate<0.01'],
  },
};

export default function () {
  const res = http.get('http://localhost:8000/api/v1/users');
  check(res, {
    'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
    'response time < 200ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 200,
  });
  sleep(1);
}

Troubleshooting

| Issue | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Flaky tests | Race conditions | Use mocks, fix async | | Slow suite | Too many E2E | Optimize pyramid | | Low coverage | Untested edges | Add boundary tests |


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