bmad-testarch-atdd

You can automate acceptance test scaffolding by generating red-phase test files that map story acceptance criteria to appropriate test levels, assign priorities, and create data infrastructure to streamline the test-driven development process.

The red-green-refactor process in test-driven development starts with writing failing tests, implementing code to pass them, and refactoring. This Skill focuses on the red phase by generating initial acceptance test scaffolds before implementation begins.

Mapping acceptance criteria to test levels involves assigning appropriate test strategies such as E2E, API, or Component tests. This Skill automates that mapping and assigns priorities to ensure proper test coverage across levels.

You do not need to manually set up data factories and fixtures for acceptance testing. This Skill automatically creates data factories and fixtures for test data generation and setup as part of the scaffold generation process.

You can generate mock requirements for external services in API tests. The Skill documents external service mocking requirements and orchestrates subagents to handle parallel test generation tasks.

Automated test scaffolding for ATDD requires configuration and knowledge fragments for execution and focuses on the red phase, meaning developers still need to implement the generated tests using the provided checklist and validation report.