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Harden shared test infrastructure, runtime readiness, schema setup, and parallel lane behavior.

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Test Platform Worker

NOTE: Startup and cleanup are handled by worker-base. This skill defines the work procedure.

When to Use This Skill

Use for features that change shared validation infrastructure: runtime readiness, pgschema environment projection, dedicated test-schema setup, browser-lane gating, CI/local test topology, and parallel execution policy.

Required Skills

  • vite-plus — use for repo-local JS/toolchain commands and website command execution.
  • agent-browser — use when validating browser startup, shell reachability, or HTTP/browser readiness for the website runtime.

Work Procedure

  1. Read mission.md, mission AGENTS.md, .factory/services.yaml, and .factory/library/*.md relevant to runtime/test topology.
  2. Confirm the feature’s boundary changes before editing anything: ports, schema path, queue prefix rules, CI/local runtime reuse, or readiness gates.
  3. Reproduce the current blocker first with the canonical command from .factory/services.yaml.
  4. If the work touches backend/runtime/schema:
    • keep local runtime on 8080
    • keep Postgres external on 5432
    • use pgschema as the only schema reconciliation path
    • never point tests at the development business schema
  5. If the work touches website/browser runtime or browser-visible readiness:
    • keep local runtime on 5173
    • validate readiness with an actual HTTP probe, not logs
    • use agent-browser for one real browser smoke check after the runtime is reachable If the feature is backend-only or only changes OpenAPI/bootstrap/runtime plumbing without browser-visible effects, targeted backend/runtime evidence is sufficient and agent-browser is optional.
  6. Make the minimum infrastructure/config/code changes needed to unblock the shared path.
  7. Re-run the specific failing command(s), then run the broader shared checks affected by the feature.
  8. Update shared state if the feature proves factual runtime changes workers need (services.yaml, .factory/library/*, mission AGENTS.md if instructed by orchestrator).
  9. In the handoff, be explicit about:
    • which commands were broken before
    • what exact runtime/schema/port behavior is now canonical
    • whether the worker started or reused 8080/5173

Example Handoff

{
  "salientSummary": "Aligned local validation to reuse 8080/5173, fixed the PG* projection path for pgschema, and made readiness checks depend on reachable HTTP probes instead of startup logs. `go test ./apps/backend/internal/bootstrap/... -count=1` and the browser smoke path are now green.",
  "whatWasImplemented": "Updated runtime/test infrastructure so the mission uses one canonical local path: backend on 8080, website on 5173, external Postgres on 5432 with a dedicated test schema managed by pgschema. Fixed the failing bootstrap/runtime setup, added explicit readiness gating, and verified the browser lane against the real reused runtime.",
  "whatWasLeftUndone": "",
  "verification": {
    "commandsRun": [
      {
        "command": "go test ./apps/backend/internal/bootstrap/... -count=1",
        "exitCode": 0,
        "observation": "Bootstrap tests passed after env/schema alignment changes."
      },
      {
        "command": "PGHOST=localhost PGPORT=5432 PGDATABASE=opentoggl PGUSER=opentoggl pgschema plan --file apps/backend/internal/platform/schema/schema.sql",
        "exitCode": 0,
        "observation": "Plan executed successfully against the external Postgres service."
      },
      {
        "command": "vp run test:e2e:website -- --list",
        "exitCode": 0,
        "observation": "Website E2E inventory is available against the reused local runtime."
      }
    ],
    "interactiveChecks": [
      {
        "action": "Opened the reused website runtime with agent-browser after HTTP probe success and navigated into the shell.",
        "observed": "The site loaded on 5173 and the shell was interactive without readiness races."
      }
    ]
  },
  "tests": {
    "added": [
      {
        "file": "apps/backend/internal/bootstrap/...",
        "cases": [
          {
            "name": "runtime readiness uses canonical PG* projection",
            "verifies": "pgschema and backend startup follow one aligned env path"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "discoveredIssues": []
}

When to Return to Orchestrator

  • The feature requires changing agreed mission boundaries (different local ports, different database topology, or embedded Postgres)
  • A required external dependency cannot be restored (localhost:5432, localhost:6379, reused 8080/5173 runtime)
  • The canonical runtime path is still ambiguous after investigation