Use cases
Cover untested code
Point an agent at a file with no tests, and get a real test suite back instead of a promise to write one later.
- 5
- Stages in the plan-to-verify walk
- 23,084
- Go test functions in this repo
Counted from this repository's own history.
The work
Name the file or the package that has no coverage. An agent reads what the code actually does and writes tests for that real behavior, runs them, then opens a pull request. A person checks that the new tests test something true; a moved coverage number alone means nothing.
Why it stalls
Writing tests for old code is slow, and it ships nothing new. So it always loses to the next feature, and the gap stays open until a bug forces someone to look.
How it runs
Plan, code, review, merge, verify
- plan
Reads the untested file and lists the behaviors and edge cases a test suite should cover.
- code
Writes tests against the code's real behavior; then runs them and checks they fail on a deliberate break.
- review
Checks the new tests actually assert something. Code that merely executes without checking anything doesn't count.
- merge
Opens a pull request that raises coverage on the named file or package.
- verify
Confirms the suite passes clean and the coverage number actually moved.
What you need on hand
- The file or package with no coverage, named
- The test framework the repo already uses
- A person to check the new tests test the right thing
Proof, not a promise
23,084 Go test functions, in this repo's own suite, each guarding one real behavior.
Don't know what to write
Two ready-to-file briefs for this job
Keep going
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