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Testing conventions, CI pipeline rules, and smoke test coverage for SkillHub. Ensures agents write tests correctly and understand the CI gate requirements.

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Testing and CI Skill

Trigger

Use this skill when:

  • Adding or modifying backend tests
  • Adding or modifying frontend tests
  • Changing CI/CD workflows
  • Adding smoke tests or E2E tests

Rules

Backend Testing

Tests live alongside source in each module's src/test/java/:

  • server/skillhub-app/src/test/java/ — Controller integration tests, service tests
  • server/skillhub-domain/src/test/java/ — Domain service unit tests
  • server/skillhub-auth/src/test/java/ — Auth flow tests

Tools: JUnit 5 + Mockito + AssertJ + Spring Boot test slices (@WebMvcTest, @DataJpaTest)

Build commands:

make test-backend-app   # skillhub-app + dependencies (includes -am)
make test-backend       # all backend modules

Never run ./mvnw -pl skillhub-app clean test directly under server/. skillhub-app depends on sibling modules, and a standalone clean build can fall back to stale artifacts from the local Maven repository, surfacing misleading cannot find symbol and signature-mismatch errors. Use -am, or the Makefile targets above.

Test naming conventions:

  • Controller tests: {ControllerName}Test.java (e.g., SkillControllerTest.java)
  • Service tests: {ServiceName}Test.java
  • Integration tests: {FlowName}IntegrationTest.java
  • Security tests: {ControllerName}SecurityTest.java

Frontend Testing

Tools: Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E)

make test-frontend            # Vitest unit tests (pnpm run test)
make test-e2e-frontend        # Playwright E2E tests
make test-e2e-smoke-frontend  # Playwright smoke tests (subset)

E2E tests live in web/e2e/.

Smoke Tests

Smoke tests validate end-to-end operator workflows against a running backend:

ScriptPurpose
scripts/smoke-test.shBasic API health, auth, label CRUD
scripts/namespace-smoke-test.shNamespace creation, membership, publishing
scripts/governance-smoke-test.shGovernance and moderation flows
scripts/promotion-smoke-test.shSkill promotion between scopes

When operator-facing workflows change, update the corresponding smoke test.

CI Pipeline

GitHub Actions workflows in .github/workflows/:

WorkflowTriggerPurpose
pr-tests.ymlPRBackend + frontend unit tests
pr-e2e.ymlPRE2E smoke tests against staging
pr-batch-test-deploy.ymlworkflow_dispatchBatch test and deploy
publish-images.ymlrelease published / workflow_dispatchBuild and publish Docker images to GHCR
deploy-docs.ymlpush to docsDeploy documentation site
issue-triage.ymlissuesAuto-triage incoming issues
issue-backlog-rescore.ymlcron (every 6h)Rescore backlog issues
release-notes.ymlworkflow_dispatchGenerate release notes
deepwiki.ymlrelease publishedUpdate DeepWiki documentation
claim-issue-reward.ymlissue_commentAuto-claim issue rewards
statistic-member-reward.ymlcron/scheduleCalculate member rewards

All workflows live in .github/workflows/. Deno scripts for triage, release notes, and rewards live in .github/scripts/.

Staging

Before opening a PR, validate with staging:

make staging          # Build backend Docker image + frontend static + smoke test
make staging-down     # Tear down
SERVICE=web make staging-logs  # View Nginx logs

Staging validates the containerized deployment path:

  • Backend: built as Docker image from local source (Dockerfile.dev)
  • Frontend: built as static files (pnpm build), served by Nginx
  • Dependencies: same Postgres/Redis/MinIO as local dev

If staging passes, the environment stays running at:

  • Web UI: http://localhost
  • Backend API: http://localhost:8080

Pre-PR Testing Checklist

  • make test-backend-app passes
  • make typecheck-web passes
  • make lint-web passes (if frontend changed)
  • make staging passes (full regression)
  • If API changed: make generate-api run and generated file committed
  • New behavior has corresponding tests