skills/smithery.ai/what-to-test

what-to-test

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SKILL.md

What to Test

Philosophy

Test user-facing behavior. If a user would notice it's broken, it needs a test.

All CLI commands must be tested - including commands marked "internal". Internal commands are still user-facing (Matt uses them daily).

What Makes a Good Test

  • Tests behavior users depend on
  • Validates real workflows, not implementation details
  • Catches regressions before users do

Do NOT write tests just to increase coverage numbers. Use coverage as a guide to find untested user-facing behavior.

What NOT to Test

Use /* v8 ignore start */ for:

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