SOTA Testing (2026)

Expert-level, language-agnostic rules for producing and auditing production test suites. Per-language runner/tooling details (pytest, go test, cargo test, vitest/jest) live in the language skills (sota-python, sota-golang, sota-rust, sota-javascript-typescript) — this skill defines the strategy, design discipline, and quality bar those tools execute against. Every rule states the why; every rules file ends with an audit checklist of yes/no questions and grep-able smells.

Purpose

Two consumers, one source of truth:

• BUILD mode — designing a test strategy or writing tests for new code: follow the rules as defaults, not suggestions. Deviate only with an explicit comment justifying the deviation.
• AUDIT mode — reviewing an existing suite: hunt violations using the audit checklists, classify by severity, report in the finding format below.