version: "1.0.1" name: testing-quality-standards description: Defines testing quality metrics, coverage thresholds, and anti-patterns. Use when establishing test gates or validating a test suite's coverage targets. globs: "**/test_*.py" alwaysApply: false category: infrastructure tags:

• testing
• quality
• standards
• metrics

dependencies: [] estimated_tokens: 400 provides: patterns:

• coverage-thresholds
• quality-metrics
• anti-patterns
• content-assertion-levels

modules:

• modules/anti-patterns.md
• modules/best-practices.md
• modules/content-assertion-levels.md

model_hint: standard

Testing Quality Standards

Shared quality standards and metrics for testing across all plugins in the Claude Night Market ecosystem.

When To Use

• Establishing test quality gates and coverage targets
• Validating test suite against quality standards

When NOT To Use

• Exploratory testing or spike work
• Projects with established quality gates that meet requirements

Coverage Thresholds

Quality Metrics

Structure

• [ ] Clear test organization
• [ ] Meaningful test names
• [ ] Proper setup/teardown
• [ ] Isolated test cases

Coverage

• [ ] Critical paths covered
• [ ] Edge cases tested
• [ ] Error conditions handled
• [ ] Integration points verified

Maintainability

• [ ] DRY test code
• [ ] Reusable fixtures
• [ ] Clear assertions
• [ ] Minimal mocking

Reliability

• [ ] No flaky tests
• [ ] Deterministic execution
• [ ] No order dependencies
• [ ] Fast feedback loop

Detailed Topics

For implementation patterns and examples:

• [Anti-Patterns](modules/anti-patterns.md) - Common testing mistakes with before/after examples
• [Best Practices](modules/best-practices.md) - Core testing principles and exit criteria
• [Content Assertion Levels](modules/content-assertion-levels.md) - L1/L2/L3 taxonomy for testing LLM-interpreted markdown files

Integration with Plugin Testing

This skill provides foundational standards referenced by:

• pensive:test-review - Uses coverage thresholds and quality metrics
• parseltongue:python-testing - Uses anti-patterns and best practices
• sanctum:test-* - Uses quality checklist and content assertion levels for test validation
• imbue:proof-of-work - Uses content assertion levels to enforce Iron Law on execution markdown

Reference in your skill's frontmatter:

dependencies: [leyline:testing-quality-standards]

Verification: Run pytest -v to verify tests pass.

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Tests not discovered Ensure test files match pattern test_*.py or *_test.py. Run pytest --collect-only to verify.

Import errors Check that the module being tested is in PYTHONPATH or install with pip install -e .

Async tests failing Install pytest-asyncio and decorate test functions with @pytest.mark.asyncio

Exit Criteria

• [ ] Coverage threshold met for the project tier: 60% minimum for

legacy code, 80% for normal development, 90% for critical systems, 95%+ for safety-critical; measured with pytest --cov and threshold enforced in pyproject.toml

• [ ] All four quality metric checklists pass: Structure (clear

organization, meaningful names, setup/teardown, isolation), Coverage (critical paths, edge cases, error conditions, integration points), Maintainability (DRY fixtures, clear assertions, minimal mocking), Reliability (no flaky tests, deterministic execution, no order dependencies)

• [ ] Test files match discovery pattern test_*.py or *_test.py

confirmed by pytest --collect-only returning no errors

• [ ] No snapshot tests present on non-deterministic output (hash

maps, timestamps, UUIDs); any found flagged as anti-patterns per modules/anti-patterns.md