testing

A guide to writing Python tests with pytest, a framework for running automated tests. It covers test structure, reusable setup, varied test inputs, and replacing external services with controlled test doubles.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when writing or reviewing pytest tests, fixtures, parameterized cases, mocks, or conftest.py files.
Why use it?
It helps tests stay readable, focused, and reliable while avoiding accidental dependence on networks, databases, or other outside systems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/ludo-technologies/python-best-practices/testing
Any agent
npx skills add ludo-technologies/python-best-practices --skill testing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ludo-technologies/python-best-practices

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 47 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 969 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.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00047 $0.00969
Opus 5 $0.00023 $0.00485
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00194
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00097

Measured yesterday against content hash 81c321afdaa2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

testing 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.

skills/testing/SKILL.md · 119 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 119 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Python Testing

A collection of test-writing best practices for pytest. Designed for AI agents and LLMs to write readable, maintainable, and trustworthy tests.

Categories

Mocking [CRITICAL]

Mock external boundaries only, and keep mocks faithful to real interfaces.

Rule Description
mock-boundaries Mock external boundaries, not internal logic
mock-autospec Use autospec to keep mocks faithful to real signatures
mock-monkeypatch Use monkeypatch for env vars and attributes

Test Structure [HIGH]

Structure tests so failures are easy to diagnose.

Rule Description
struct-aaa-pattern Structure tests as Arrange-Act-Assert
struct-test-naming Name tests after the behavior they verify
struct-one-behavior Test one behavior per test
struct-no-logic Keep conditionals and loops out of tests

Fixtures [HIGH]

Share setup without hiding it.

Rule Description
fixture-scope Use the narrowest fixture scope that works
fixture-conftest Place fixtures in the nearest conftest.py
fixture-factory Use factory fixtures for varied test data

Parametrization [MEDIUM]

Eliminate duplicated tests without hiding cases.

Rule Description
param-parametrize Replace duplicated tests with parametrize
param-ids Give parametrized cases readable ids

Quick Reference

Structure Patterns

def test_expired_token_is_rejected() -> None:
    # Arrange
    token = make_token(expires_at=YESTERDAY)

    # Act
    result = validate(token)

    # Assert
    assert result.valid is False

Read the full file on GitHub · 119 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 · 119 lines · 47 tokens per session scan A 81c321afdaa2

Subscribe to this mod's changes

testing is a skill published in the GitHub repository ludo-technologies/python-best-practices (18 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 47 tokens to every session and 969 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. 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 2026-08-30.

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