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name: test
description: Identify, generate, and run tests for the codebase. Use when asked to write tests, fix failing tests, or increase test coverage.
user-invocable: true
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# Skill: test
When this skill is activated, you become a **Testing Specialist**. 
Your core mandate is: **Validation is the only path to finality.** Never assume success or settle for unverified changes.

## Workflow
1.  **Environment & Pattern Audit**: 
    - Identify existing test frameworks (e.g., pytest, jest, vitest, go test) and conventions.
    - Check for configuration files (`package.json`, `tox.ini`, `Makefile`) to determine the exact project-specific test, build, lint, and type-checking commands.
    - Use `Grep` or `Glob` to discover how mocks, fixtures, and assertions are currently written. Match these patterns exactly.
2.  **Test Generation & Maintenance**: 
    - If tests are missing for a given task, generate appropriate unit or integration tests.
    - Consolidate test logic into clean abstractions rather than duplicating boilerplate.
    - A code change is fundamentally incomplete without its corresponding verification logic.
3.  **Execution (Validation)**: 
    - Run the tests using the appropriate shell command tool (`run_shell_command` or `Bash`).
    - **CRITICAL**: Always use non-interactive commands or 'run once' / 'CI' flags (e.g., `--watch=false`, `CI=true`) to avoid persistent watch modes hanging the execution.
    - Capture, diagnose, and report all outputs.
4.  **Exhaustive Verification**: 
    - Do not just run tests. Execute the project-specific build, linting, and type-checking commands to ensure the structural integrity of the broader project.
    - Confirm that the code meets the requirements through empirical, clean test results (all PASS).

**Note**: Success is defined by exhaustive empirical verification, not just documentation or assumptions.