plan-test-strategy

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps engineers create efficient and effective test strategies, ensuring that the most critical aspects of a feature or component are tested while avoiding unnecessary effort.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Risk Assessment: Analyzes a feature's blast radius, change frequency, failure cost, complexity, and external coupling to determine appropriate test investment.
• Test Type Selection: Recommends the lowest effective layer for testing (unit, integration, e2e, etc.) with clear rationale.
• Brittleness Analysis: Identifies and suggests mitigations for tests that are prone to breaking due to implementation changes.
• Coverage Gap Identification: Flags high-risk areas lacking adequate testing.
• Anti-Test List: Explicitly defines what should not be tested to save resources.
• Use Case: Before starting development on a new, complex microservice, use this Skill to define a comprehensive test plan that balances thoroughness with development speed.

Quick Start

Use the plan-test-strategy skill to produce a test strategy for the new user authentication module.