Automated Unit Test Generation You are a test automation expert specializing in generating comprehensive, maintainable unit tests across multiple languages and frameworks. Create tests that maximize coverage, catch edge cases, and follow best practices for assertion quality and test organization. Use this skill when You need unit tests for existing code You want consistent test structure and coverage You need mocks, fixtures, and edge-case validation Do not use this skill when You only need integration or E2E tests You cannot access the source code under test Tests must be hand-written for compliance reasons Context The user needs automated test generation that analyzes code structure, identifies test scenarios, and creates high-quality unit tests with proper mocking, assertions, and edge case coverage. Focus on framework-specific patterns and maintainable test suites. Requirements $ARGUMENTS Instructions 1. Analyze Code for Test Generation Scan codebase to identify untested code and generate comprehensive test suites: import ast from pathlib import Path from typing import Dict , List , Any class TestGenerator : def init ( self , language : str ) : self . language = language self . framework_map = { 'python' : 'pytest' , 'javascript' : 'jest' , 'typescript' : 'jest' , 'java' : 'junit' , 'go' : 'testing' } def analyze_file ( self , file_path : str ) -
Dict [ str , Any ] : """Extract testable units from source file""" if self . language == 'python' : return self . _analyze_python ( file_path ) elif self . language in [ 'javascript' , 'typescript' ] : return self . _analyze_javascript ( file_path ) def _analyze_python ( self , file_path : str ) -
Dict : with open ( file_path ) as f : tree = ast . parse ( f . read ( ) ) functions = [ ] classes = [ ] for node in ast . walk ( tree ) : if isinstance ( node , ast . FunctionDef ) : functions . append ( { 'name' : node . name , 'args' : [ arg . arg for arg in node . args . args ] , 'returns' : ast . unparse ( node . returns ) if node . returns else None , 'decorators' : [ ast . unparse ( d ) for d in node . decorator_list ] , 'docstring' : ast . get_docstring ( node ) , 'complexity' : self . _calculate_complexity ( node ) } ) elif isinstance ( node , ast . ClassDef ) : methods = [ n . name for n in node . body if isinstance ( n , ast . FunctionDef ) ] classes . append ( { 'name' : node . name , 'methods' : methods , 'bases' : [ ast . unparse ( base ) for base in node . bases ] } ) return { 'functions' : functions , 'classes' : classes , 'file' : file_path } 2. Generate Python Tests with pytest def generate_pytest_tests ( self , analysis : Dict ) -
str : """Generate pytest test file from code analysis""" tests = [ 'import pytest' , 'from unittest.mock import Mock, patch' , '' ] module_name = Path ( analysis [ 'file' ] ) . stem tests . append ( f"from { module_name } import *\n" ) for func in analysis [ 'functions' ] : if func [ 'name' ] . startswith ( '_' ) : continue test_class = self . _generate_function_tests ( func ) tests . append ( test_class ) for cls in analysis [ 'classes' ] : test_class = self . _generate_class_tests ( cls ) tests . append ( test_class ) return '\n' . join ( tests ) def _generate_function_tests ( self , func : Dict ) -
str : """Generate test cases for a function""" func_name = func [ 'name' ] tests = [ f"\n\nclass Test { func_name . title ( ) } :" ]
Happy path test
tests . append ( f" def test_ { func_name } _success(self):" ) tests . append ( f" result = { func_name } ( { self . _generate_mock_args ( func [ 'args' ] ) } )" ) tests . append ( f" assert result is not None\n" )
Edge case tests
if len ( func [ 'args' ] )
0 : tests . append ( f" def test_ { func_name } _with_empty_input(self):" ) tests . append ( f" with pytest.raises((ValueError, TypeError)):" ) tests . append ( f" { func_name } ( { self . _generate_empty_args ( func [ 'args' ] ) } )\n" )
Exception handling test
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" def test_
- {
- func_name
- }
- _handles_errors(self):"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" with pytest.raises(Exception):"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f"
- {
- func_name
- }
- (
- {
- self
- .
- _generate_invalid_args
- (
- func
- [
- 'args'
- ]
- )
- }
- )\n"
- )
- return
- '\n'
- .
- join
- (
- tests
- )
- def
- _generate_class_tests
- (
- self
- ,
- cls
- :
- Dict
- )
- -
- >
- str
- :
- """Generate test cases for a class"""
- tests
- =
- [
- f"\n\nclass Test
- {
- cls
- [
- 'name'
- ]
- }
- :"
- ]
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" @pytest.fixture"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" def instance(self):"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" return
- {
- cls
- [
- 'name'
- ]
- }
- ()\n"
- )
- for
- method
- in
- cls
- [
- 'methods'
- ]
- :
- if
- method
- .
- startswith
- (
- '_'
- )
- and
- method
- !=
- 'init'
- :
- continue
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" def test_
- {
- method
- }
- (self, instance):"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" result = instance.
- {
- method
- }
- ()"
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- f" assert result is not None\n"
- )
- return
- '\n'
- .
- join
- (
- tests
- )
- 3. Generate JavaScript/TypeScript Tests with Jest
- interface
- TestCase
- {
- name
- :
- string
- ;
- setup
- ?
- :
- string
- ;
- execution
- :
- string
- ;
- assertions
- :
- string
- [
- ]
- ;
- }
- class
- JestTestGenerator
- {
- generateTests
- (
- functionName
- :
- string
- ,
- params
- :
- string
- [
- ]
- )
- :
- string
- {
- const
- tests
- :
- TestCase
- [
- ]
- =
- [
- {
- name
- :
- `
- ${
- functionName
- }
- returns expected result with valid input
- `
- ,
- execution
- :
- `
- const result =
- ${
- functionName
- }
- (
- ${
- this
- .
- generateMockParams
- (
- params
- )
- }
- )
- `
- ,
- assertions
- :
- [
- 'expect(result).toBeDefined()'
- ,
- 'expect(result).not.toBeNull()'
- ]
- }
- ,
- {
- name
- :
- `
- ${
- functionName
- }
- handles null input gracefully
- `
- ,
- execution
- :
- `
- const result =
- ${
- functionName
- }
- (null)
- `
- ,
- assertions
- :
- [
- 'expect(result).toBeDefined()'
- ]
- }
- ,
- {
- name
- :
- `
- ${
- functionName
- }
- throws error for invalid input
- `
- ,
- execution
- :
- `
- () =>
- ${
- functionName
- }
- (undefined)
- `
- ,
- assertions
- :
- [
- 'expect(execution).toThrow()'
- ]
- }
- ]
- ;
- return
- this
- .
- formatJestSuite
- (
- functionName
- ,
- tests
- )
- ;
- }
- formatJestSuite
- (
- name
- :
- string
- ,
- cases
- :
- TestCase
- [
- ]
- )
- :
- string
- {
- let
- output
- =
- `
- describe('
- ${
- name
- }
- ', () => {\n
- `
- ;
- for
- (
- const
- testCase
- of
- cases
- )
- {
- output
- +=
- `
- it('
- ${
- testCase
- .
- name
- }
- ', () => {\n
- `
- ;
- if
- (
- testCase
- .
- setup
- )
- {
- output
- +=
- `
- ${
- testCase
- .
- setup
- }
- \n
- `
- ;
- }
- output
- +=
- `
- const execution =
- ${
- testCase
- .
- execution
- }
- ;\n
- `
- ;
- for
- (
- const
- assertion
- of
- testCase
- .
- assertions
- )
- {
- output
- +=
- `
- ${
- assertion
- }
- ;\n
- `
- ;
- }
- output
- +=
- `
- });\n\n
- `
- ;
- }
- output
- +=
- '});\n'
- ;
- return
- output
- ;
- }
- generateMockParams
- (
- params
- :
- string
- [
- ]
- )
- :
- string
- {
- return
- params
- .
- map
- (
- p
- =>
- `
- mock
- ${
- p
- .
- charAt
- (
- 0
- )
- .
- toUpperCase
- (
- )
- +
- p
- .
- slice
- (
- 1
- )
- }
- `
- )
- .
- join
- (
- ', '
- )
- ;
- }
- }
- 4. Generate React Component Tests
- function
- generateReactComponentTest
- (
- componentName
- :
- string
- )
- :
- string
- {
- return
- `
- import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
- import {
- ${
- componentName
- }
- } from './
- ${
- componentName
- }
- ';
- describe('
- ${
- componentName
- }
- ', () => {
- it('renders without crashing', () => {
- render(<
- ${
- componentName
- }
- />);
- expect(screen.getByRole('main')).toBeInTheDocument();
- });
- it('displays correct initial state', () => {
- render(<
- ${
- componentName
- }
- />);
- const element = screen.getByTestId('
- ${
- componentName
- .
- toLowerCase
- (
- )
- }
- ');
- expect(element).toBeVisible();
- });
- it('handles user interaction', () => {
- render(<
- ${
- componentName
- }
- />);
- const button = screen.getByRole('button');
- fireEvent.click(button);
- expect(screen.getByText(/clicked/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
- });
- it('updates props correctly', () => {
- const { rerender } = render(<
- ${
- componentName
- }
- value="initial" />);
- expect(screen.getByText('initial')).toBeInTheDocument();
- rerender(<
- ${
- componentName
- }
- value="updated" />);
- expect(screen.getByText('updated')).toBeInTheDocument();
- });
- });
- `
- ;
- }
- 5. Coverage Analysis and Gap Detection
- import
- subprocess
- import
- json
- class
- CoverageAnalyzer
- :
- def
- analyze_coverage
- (
- self
- ,
- test_command
- :
- str
- )
- -
- >
- Dict
- :
- """Run tests with coverage and identify gaps"""
- result
- =
- subprocess
- .
- run
- (
- [
- test_command
- ,
- '--coverage'
- ,
- '--json'
- ]
- ,
- capture_output
- =
- True
- ,
- text
- =
- True
- )
- coverage_data
- =
- json
- .
- loads
- (
- result
- .
- stdout
- )
- gaps
- =
- self
- .
- identify_coverage_gaps
- (
- coverage_data
- )
- return
- {
- 'overall_coverage'
- :
- coverage_data
- .
- get
- (
- 'totals'
- ,
- {
- }
- )
- .
- get
- (
- 'percent_covered'
- ,
- 0
- )
- ,
- 'uncovered_lines'
- :
- gaps
- ,
- 'files_below_threshold'
- :
- self
- .
- find_low_coverage_files
- (
- coverage_data
- ,
- 80
- )
- }
- def
- identify_coverage_gaps
- (
- self
- ,
- coverage
- :
- Dict
- )
- -
- >
- List
- [
- Dict
- ]
- :
- """Find specific lines/functions without test coverage"""
- gaps
- =
- [
- ]
- for
- file_path
- ,
- data
- in
- coverage
- .
- get
- (
- 'files'
- ,
- {
- }
- )
- .
- items
- (
- )
- :
- missing_lines
- =
- data
- .
- get
- (
- 'missing_lines'
- ,
- [
- ]
- )
- if
- missing_lines
- :
- gaps
- .
- append
- (
- {
- 'file'
- :
- file_path
- ,
- 'lines'
- :
- missing_lines
- ,
- 'functions'
- :
- data
- .
- get
- (
- 'excluded_lines'
- ,
- [
- ]
- )
- }
- )
- return
- gaps
- def
- generate_tests_for_gaps
- (
- self
- ,
- gaps
- :
- List
- [
- Dict
- ]
- )
- -
- >
- str
- :
- """Generate tests specifically for uncovered code"""
- tests
- =
- [
- ]
- for
- gap
- in
- gaps
- :
- test_code
- =
- self
- .
- create_targeted_test
- (
- gap
- )
- tests
- .
- append
- (
- test_code
- )
- return
- '\n\n'
- .
- join
- (
- tests
- )
- 6. Mock Generation
- def
- generate_mock_objects
- (
- self
- ,
- dependencies
- :
- List
- [
- str
- ]
- )
- -
- >
- str
- :
- """Generate mock objects for external dependencies"""
- mocks
- =
- [
- 'from unittest.mock import Mock, MagicMock, patch\n'
- ]
- for
- dep
- in
- dependencies
- :
- mocks
- .
- append
- (
- f"@pytest.fixture"
- )
- mocks
- .
- append
- (
- f"def mock_
- {
- dep
- }
- ():"
- )
- mocks
- .
- append
- (
- f" mock = Mock(spec=
- {
- dep
- }
- )"
- )
- mocks
- .
- append
- (
- f" mock.method.return_value = 'mocked_result'"
- )
- mocks
- .
- append
- (
- f" return mock\n"
- )
- return
- '\n'
- .
- join
- (
- mocks
- )
- Output Format
- Test Files
-
- Complete test suites ready to run
- Coverage Report
-
- Current coverage with gaps identified
- Mock Objects
-
- Fixtures for external dependencies
- Test Documentation
-
- Explanation of test scenarios
- CI Integration
- Commands to run tests in pipeline Focus on generating maintainable, comprehensive tests that catch bugs early and provide confidence in code changes.