301-testing-standards

A set of rules for writing tests in the Mush project. It organizes tests around user-visible behavior and uses the Given-When-Then pattern: set up the situation, perform an action, and check the result.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding or changing PHP unit tests, especially to choose test locations, names, setup structure, test doubles, and repository implementations.
Why use it?
It prevents tests from becoming inconsistent, hard to read, or tied too closely to internal code. It also reminds developers to cover both successful and failing cases.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/cmnemoi/cursor-rules/301-testing-standards
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cmnemoi/cursor-rules

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 0 Nothing until a file matches its globs; then the whole rule loads.
When invoked 666 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Measured yesterday against content hash 8120c89cf1a9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

301-testing-standards scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

emush/.cursor/rules/301-testing-standards.mdc · 76 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Testing Standards

1.1.0

Context

  • These rules apply to all test code in the Mush project
  • They ensure consistent implementation of testing patterns
  • They promote maintainable, reliable, and behavior-focused test suites

Requirements

Test Organization

  • Organize tests by domain/feature in the appropriate directory structure
  • Name tests descriptively using "should" statements that describe behavior
  • Follow the Given-When-Then pattern in unit tests
  • Group related tests by behavior or feature
  • Test real user interactions and behaviors, not implementation details

PHP Unit Tests (Api/tests/unit)

  • Place tests in directories matching the domain structure (e.g., Api/tests/unit/Communications/Service/)
  • Use TestCase as base class for unit tests
  • Use in-memory repositories rather than mocks when possible
  • Extract test steps into descriptive methods following Given-When-Then:
    • givenXxx() for test setup
    • whenXxx() for executing the behavior under test
    • thenXxx() for assertions
  • Test one unit of functionality at a time
  • Test both success and failure paths
  • Keep assertions focused and minimal
  • Use proper test doubles (stubs, fakes, spies) instead of mocks when appropriate
  • Test edge cases and error conditions

Codeception Functional Tests (Api/tests/functional)

  • Place tests in directories matching the domain structure (e.g., Api/tests/functional/Action/Actions/)
  • Use Cest suffix for functional test classes (e.g., ExchangeBodyCest)
  • Extend AbstractFunctionalTest base class
  • Set up common test data in _before() method
  • Use descriptive test method names with should prefix
  • Group tests by behavior
  • Use explicit step methods for better readability:
    • givenXxx() for preconditions
    • whenXxx() for actions
    • thenXxx() for assertions
  • Keep tests independent and idempotent
  • Focus on integration between components rather than isolated units

Test Data and Dependencies

  • Create test data in the appropriate setup methods
  • Use factories for creating test entities
  • Use dependency injection for services
  • Avoid database fixtures when possible, prefer programmatic setup

Read the full file on GitHub · 76 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 76 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 8120c89cf1a9

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301-testing-standards is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository cmnemoi/cursor-rules (2 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 666 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.