tests-purge-unneeded
OfficialPurges dead-weight tests to keep your suite lean.
Software Engineering#maintenance#ci-cd#quality-assurance#legacy-code#mutation-testing#purge-tests#test-deletion
AuthorOutlineDriven
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
Tests are liabilities that pay rent by catching real bugs. Volume alone is not a quality signal; the true signal is whether removing a test would allow a real bug to reach production. This Skill helps teams identify and delete tests that fail to surface meaningful bugs, reducing maintenance cost and CI time while preserving safety.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Identify and articulate the real-bug failure mode for each candidate test.
- Enforce atomic commits with a one-line rationale for each deletion.
- Focus on tests that guard real boundaries (I/O, error handling, security) while trimming noise.
- Use cases include auditing legacy test suites, pruning after refactors, and guiding PR reviews for test reductions.
Quick Start
Identify a candidate test, articulate the failure mode it would catch, and delete it with a clear one-sentence rationale.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
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