Unit Test Security Authorization

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to write and execute unit tests that validate security authorization logic in applications. It ensures that access control mechanisms, such as role-based or permission-based checks, are correctly implemented and resistant to common vulnerabilities.

When to use it

• Testing authentication middleware in a web application to ensure unauthorized users cannot access restricted routes.
• Validating business logic that enforces user permissions before allowing actions like data deletion or modification.
• Ensuring API endpoints properly enforce role-based access control (RBAC) for different user types.

Key capabilities

• Generates unit tests for authorization checks in code.
• Simulates different user roles and permissions during testing.
• Validates that unauthorized requests are correctly rejected.

Example prompts

• "Write a unit test to check if an admin user can delete a resource."
• "Generate tests to verify that unauthenticated users cannot access the dashboard endpoint."
• "Test whether a regular user is denied access to the 'edit' action in the API."

Tips & gotchas

• Ensure your application has clear authorization logic defined before using this skill.
• Mock authentication and role-checking functions properly during testing to avoid external dependencies.