Testing Strategy for AI Agents

Unit Testing

• Test each @tool function independently with mocked dependencies
• Test hook middleware (before/after invoke callbacks)
• Test memory backend operations (create_event, retrieve_records)
• Test session ID generation and namespace construction
• Use pytest fixtures for memory/tool mocking

Integration Testing

• Test agent end-to-end with real model but mocked tools
• Test memory round-trip: write → extract → retrieve
• Test Slack handler → AgentCore invoke → response pipeline
• Test session isolation (two users, verify no data leak)
• Test cold start and lazy initialization