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Cucumber BDD Testing

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Cucumber/Gherkin BDD testing for behavior-driven development workflows

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Cucumber BDD Testing Skill

Overview

This skill provides expert-level capabilities for Cucumber-based BDD testing, enabling feature file creation, step definition generation, and living documentation.

Capabilities

Feature File Development

  • Write Gherkin feature files
  • Structure scenarios effectively
  • Implement scenario outlines
  • Use backgrounds for common setup

Step Definition Generation

  • Generate step definitions from features
  • Implement reusable step patterns
  • Handle step parameters and transformations

Data Handling

  • Handle data tables
  • Implement doc strings
  • Configure example tables for outlines

Configuration

  • Configure Cucumber profiles
  • Set up parallel execution
  • Configure formatters and reporters

Tag Management

  • Implement tag-based test filtering
  • Configure tag expressions
  • Organize tests with tags

Reporting

  • Generate Cucumber reports
  • HTML and JSON formatters
  • JUnit XML output

Living Documentation

  • Generate living documentation
  • Keep specs and tests synchronized
  • Enable non-technical stakeholder collaboration

Framework Integration

  • Integration with Playwright/Cypress
  • Integration with Selenium
  • Integration with API testing frameworks

Target Processes

  • e2e-test-suite.js - BDD-style E2E tests
  • test-strategy.js - BDD strategy implementation
  • shift-left-testing.js - Early BDD adoption

Dependencies

  • @cucumber/cucumber - Cucumber.js
  • Step definition framework
  • Test automation framework

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  skill: {
    name: 'cucumber-bdd',
    context: {
      action: 'execute-features',
      featurePath: 'features/**/*.feature',
      tags: '@smoke and not @wip',
      format: ['html:reports/cucumber.html', 'json:reports/cucumber.json']
    }
  }
}

Configuration

The skill uses cucumber.js configuration file and supports multiple output formats.