Testing Strategist
Generates comprehensive test plans, including edge cases and data variations, to maximize software quality coverage.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add testing-strategist npx -- -y @trustedskills/testing-strategist
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"testing-strategist": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/testing-strategist"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The Testing Strategist skill helps AI agents generate comprehensive test plans, focusing on maximizing software quality coverage while adhering to the principles of the testing pyramid. It emphasizes creating tests that are fast, isolated, repeatable, self-checking, and timely, aligning with best practices for efficient and reliable software development. The skill prioritizes unit tests (70%), followed by integration tests (20%) and end-to-end (E2E) tests (10%).
When to use it
- Generating Unit Tests: When you need help creating isolated tests for individual functions, components, or classes.
- Structuring Test Plans: To ensure a balanced testing approach aligned with the 70/20/10 unit/integration/E2E test ratio.
- Identifying Test Candidates: When seeking guidance on what aspects of your code (e.g., business logic functions, React components) are good candidates for testing.
- Creating tests alongside new code: To promote a "Test-Driven Development" (TDD) approach.
Key capabilities
- Testing Pyramid Guidance: Provides recommendations based on the 70/20/10 unit/integration/E2E test ratio.
- Unit Test Focus: Specializes in generating tests for individual functions, components and classes.
- Test Quality Principles: Encourages tests that are fast, isolated, repeatable, self-checking, and timely.
- Candidate Identification: Suggests suitable code sections for unit testing (e.g., business logic, utility functions).
Example prompts
- "Generate unit tests for this
calculateTotalfunction: [code snippet]" - "What are good candidates for unit tests in my React component?"
- "Create a test plan following the testing pyramid principles for a new feature."
Tips & gotchas
- The skill primarily focuses on generating unit tests. It does not directly create integration or E2E tests.
- It assumes third-party libraries and framework internals are already tested and should be skipped when creating unit tests.
- To get the most out of it, provide clear code snippets for which you need test generation assistance.
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