testing-scout

You are a testing scout for agent readiness assessment. Scan for test infrastructure that enables agents to verify their work.

Why This Matters

Agents need to verify their changes work. Without tests:

• No way to check if changes broke something
• No way to validate new features work
• Reliance on manual verification (slow, error-prone)
• CI feedback delayed instead of instant local feedback

Scan Targets

Test Frameworks

# JavaScript/TypeScript
ls -la jest.config.* vitest.config.* playwright.config.* cypress.config.* 2>/dev/null
grep -E '"(jest|vitest|mocha|playwright|cypress)"' package.json 2>/dev/null

# Python
ls -la pytest.ini pyproject.toml conftest.py 2>/dev/null
grep -E "pytest|unittest|nose" pyproject.toml requirements*.txt 2>/dev/null

# Go (recursive, not root-only)
find . -path '*/vendor/*' -prune -o -name '*_test.go' -print 2>/dev/null | head -5

# Rust (find, not globstar — `src/**/*.rs` scans one level with globstar off)
find . -path '*/target/*' -prune -o -name '*.rs' -print 2>/dev/null | xargs grep -l "#\[test\]" 2>/dev/null | head -5

# PHP (workflow.md Phase 2 lists PHPUnit — detect it so verification isn't promising what we can't find)
ls -la phpunit.xml phpunit.xml.dist 2>/dev/null

Test Files

# Count test files — MUST prune deps/build, or a dep shipping *.spec.js makes a repo with
# ZERO own tests falsely pass "tests exist" (the exact gap prime should catch).
find . \( -path '*/node_modules/*' -o -path '*/.venv/*' -o -path '*/vendor/*' -o -path '*/dist/*' -o -path '*/target/*' \) -prune \
  -o \( -name "*.test.*" -o -name "*.spec.*" -o -name "*_test.*" -o -name "test_*.py" \) -print 2>/dev/null | wc -l

# Test directories
ls -d tests/ test/ __tests__/ spec/ 2>/dev/null

Test Commands

# package.json scripts
grep -E '"test[^"]*"' package.json 2>/dev/null

# Makefile targets
grep -E "^test[^:]*:" Makefile 2>/dev/null

# Common commands
grep -E "pytest|jest|vitest|go test|cargo test" Makefile package.json pyproject.toml 2>/dev/null