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Test failure triage

Skill charlieviettq/awesome-agent-skill/.cursor/skills/core-workflow/test-failure-triage

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Install
npx -y skills add charlieviettq/awesome-agent-skill --skill test-failure-triage

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Systematically triage failing tests by grouping errors, fixing root causes in priority order, and verifying incrementally. Use when CI fails, test suite is broken, or multiple tests fail after a refactor or merge. Triggers: "tests failing", "fix tests", "CI red", "make tests pass".

SKILL.md

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Test failure triage

Workflow

1. Baseline run

Run the project's standard test command and capture full output (counts, error types, files).

2. Group failures

Group by:

  • Error type: ImportError, AttributeError, AssertionError, etc.
  • Root file/module: Same file causing multiple failures.
  • Likely cause: Recent change area (use git diff, recent commits).

Prioritize groups with highest downstream impact (imports/config before assertion tweaks).

3. Fix order

  1. Infrastructure: imports, deps, config, env
  2. API/signature changes: renamed modules, function args
  3. Logic: assertion and business-logic failures

4. Verify per group

After each group fix, re-run a focused subset (file or pattern), then full suite at the end.

# Example patterns (adapt to project)
pytest path/to/test_file.py -v
pytest -k "pattern" -v
make test

Practices

  • Fix one group at a time; do not mix unrelated fixes in one commit if avoidable.
  • Prefer minimal changes; match project test style.
  • Document external factors (flaky tests, env-only failures).

Output

Short summary: total failures, groups fixed, remaining risks, final full-suite result.

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