Integration Testing

Purpose

Design and implement integration tests that verify components work together: API integration, database integration, external service mocking, and containerized infrastructure for realistic environments. This skill covers test architecture, container lifecycle management, data strategies, and CI integration.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

User mentions integration testing, component testing, API testing, database testing, TestContainers, WireMock, service-level testing, or inter-component verification.

Input Context

• Components/services under test and their interaction patterns
• Infrastructure dependencies (databases, message queues, caches)
• External service integrations
• Existing test suite and coverage levels
• CI environment capabilities (Docker availability)

Output Artifact

Integration test suite with containerized infrastructure, service virtualization, and CI configuration.