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Catalog of all Scopy development tools including package generator, testing tools, CI scripts, format/license scripts, and dev plugin commands. Loaded when analyzing what tools exist for a task.

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Scopy Tools Inventory

Package Generator

Location: tools/packagegenerator/ Purpose: Generate complete package/plugin scaffolding from JSON configuration.

Usage:

cd tools/packagegenerator
pip install -r requirements.txt
./package_generator.py --all                    # Generate complete package
./package_generator.py -p /path/to/plugin.json  # Generate plugin only
./package_generator.py --init                   # Initialize git submodule
./package_generator.py --style                  # Add style templates
./package_generator.py --translation            # Add translation templates
./package_generator.py -a --src /path --dest /path  # Archive packages

Input files:

  • pkg.json — Package metadata (id, title, description, version, category)
  • plugin.json — Plugin structure definition with 14 fields:
    • baseplugin, plugin_name, plugin_display_name, plugin_description
    • class_name, namespace, device_category
    • tools[] — array of {id, tool_name, file_name, class_name, namespace}
    • cmakelists — {cmake_min_required, cxx_standard, enable_testing}
    • style, test, resources, doc, pdk

When to use: Creating a brand new package or plugin from scratch. Not for modifying existing plugins.

Testing Tools

Manual Test Environment

Location: tools/testing/

python3 setup_test_environment.py v3.0.0 --rbp P0 --new-since v2.5.0
  • setup_test_environment.py — Create filtered test environments by version/component/priority
  • parseTestResults.py — Generate CSV templates from RST test documentation
  • rst_parser.py — Parse RST test files
  • file_filters.py — Component and priority filtering

JS Test Automation

Location: js/testAutomations/

testAutomations/
├── common/testFramework.js    # Base test API
├── core/                      # Core tests
├── generic-plugins/           # Generic plugin tests (adc/, dac/, etc.)
├── m2k/                       # M2K-specific tests
├── ad936x/, adrv9002/, ...    # Device-specific tests
  • <plugin>DocTests.js — Category A: fully automatable tests
  • <plugin>VisualTests.js — Category B: supervised visual checks
  • Test names must match RST UIDs exactly
  • Every setter followed by msleep(500) for hardware settle
  • Save/restore original values in all code paths

JS Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

Branch: claude_scopy_dev_plugin (not yet in main) Purpose: Automated testing with real hardware via JS scripts.

Unit Tests

  • Each library/plugin has test/ subdirectory with Qt Test-based tests
  • Enable with -DENABLE_TESTING=ON
  • Run: cd build && ctest -R <test_name>

Code Quality Tools

Format Script

Location: tools/format.sh

  • Uses clang-format for C++ files
  • Uses cmake-format for CMake files
  • Run before every commit

License Script

Location: tools/license.sh

  • Adds GPL license headers to source files
  • Run before every commit

Dev Plugin Quality Commands

  • /scopy_dev_plugin:check-code-quality <package> — Static code quality analysis
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:verify-package <package> — CI pre-flight validation
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:validate-api <plugin> — Validate API class (checks A1-A7)
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:validate-automated-tests <plugin> — Validate JS tests (checks T1-T7)

Code Generation Commands

  • /scopy_dev_plugin:create-api <plugin> — Generate Q_INVOKABLE API class for JS automation
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:create-docs <plugin> — Generate RST user-guide documentation
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:create-test-docs <plugin> — Generate RST test case documentation
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:create-automated-tests <plugin> — Create JS automated test scripts
  • /scopy_dev_plugin:create-whatsnew <plugin> <version> — Generate What's New HTML

CI Scripts

Location: ci/

Platform-specific build scripts:

  • ci/ubuntu/ — Ubuntu/Linux build and packaging
  • ci/windows/ — Windows build with MSVC
  • ci/macOS/ — macOS build
  • ci/arm/ — ARM cross-compilation (armv7)
  • ci/android/ — Android build

Each directory contains scripts for dependency installation, build configuration, and packaging.

MCP Server

Location: tools/scopy-mcp-server/ Purpose: External tooling integration via Model Context Protocol.

Build System

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
make -j$(nproc)

# Key flags
-DENABLE_ALL_PACKAGES=ON           # All packages
-DENABLE_PACKAGE_<NAME>=ON         # Specific package (uppercase)
-DENABLE_TESTING=ON                # Unit tests
-DENABLE_AUTOMATED_TESTS=ON        # JS automated tests (ctest)
-DSCOPY_DEV_MODE=ON                # Dev mode (clears cache on reconfigure)