Generate unit and E2E tests for a completed phase based on its SUMMARY.md, CONTEXT.md, and implementation. Classifies each changed file into TDD (unit), E2E (browser), or Skip categories, presents a test plan for user approval, then generates tests following RED-GREEN conventions.
Users currently hand-craft `/gsd-quick` prompts for test generation after each phase. This workflow standardizes the process with proper classification, quality gates, and gap reporting.
Read all files referenced by the invoking prompt's execution_context before starting.
Parse `$ARGUMENTS` for:
- Phase number (integer, decimal, or letter-suffix) → store as `$PHASE_ARG`
- Remaining text after phase number → store as `$EXTRA_INSTRUCTIONS` (optional)
Example: `/gsd-add-tests 12 focus on edge cases` → `$PHASE_ARG=12`, `$EXTRA_INSTRUCTIONS="focus on edge cases"`
If no phase argument provided:
```
ERROR: Phase number required
Usage: /gsd-add-tests [additional instructions]
Example: /gsd-add-tests 12
Example: /gsd-add-tests 12 focus on edge cases in the pricing module
```
Exit.
Load phase operation context:
```bash
_GSD_SHIM_NAME="gsd-tools.cjs"; _GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT="${RUNTIME_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"; GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; if [ -f "$GSD_TOOLS" ]; then gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.claude/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${_GSD_RUNTIME_ROOT}/.codex/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif command -v gsd-tools >/dev/null 2>&1; then GSD_TOOLS="$(command -v gsd-tools)"; gsd_run() { "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "/Users/theogengineer/Projects/Multilingual-Absa/.opencode/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="/Users/theogengineer/Projects/Multilingual-Absa/.opencode/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${HERMES_HOME:-$HOME/.hermes}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${CURSOR_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cursor}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${GEMINI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${GEMINI_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.copilot}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${COPILOT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.copilot}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${WINDSURF_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codeium/windsurf}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${AUGMENT_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.augment}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${TRAE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.trae}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${QWEN_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.qwen}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${CODEBUDDY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.codebuddy}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${CLINE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.cline}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${GROK_AGENTS_HOME:-$HOME/.agents}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${ANTIGRAVITY_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.gemini/antigravity}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${OPENCODE_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/opencode}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; elif [ -f "${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}" ]; then GSD_TOOLS="${KILO_CONFIG_DIR:-${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/kilo}/gsd-core/bin/${_GSD_SHIM_NAME}"; gsd_run() { node "$GSD_TOOLS" "$@"; }; else echo "ERROR: gsd-tools.cjs not found at $GSD_TOOLS and gsd-tools is not on PATH. Run: npx -y @opengsd/gsd-core@latest --claude --local" >&2; exit 1; fi; if [ -n "${CLAUDE_ENV_FILE:-}" ] && [ -n "${GSD_TOOLS:-}" ]; then printf "export PATH='%s':\"\$PATH\"\n" "${GSD_TOOLS%/*}" >> "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; fi
INIT=$(gsd_run query init.phase-op "${PHASE_ARG}")
if [[ "$INIT" == @file:* ]]; then INIT=$(cat "${INIT#@file:}"); fi
```
Extract from init JSON: `phase_dir`, `phase_number`, `phase_name`.
Verify the phase directory exists. If not:
```
ERROR: Phase directory not found for phase ${PHASE_ARG}
Ensure the phase exists in .planning/phases/
```
Exit.
Read the phase artifacts (in order of priority):
1. `${phase_dir}/*-SUMMARY.md` — what was implemented, files changed
2. `${phase_dir}/CONTEXT.md` — acceptance criteria, decisions
3. `${phase_dir}/*-VERIFICATION.md` — user-verified scenarios (if UAT was done)
If no SUMMARY.md exists:
```
ERROR: No SUMMARY.md found for phase ${PHASE_ARG}
This command works on completed phases. Run /gsd-execute-phase first.
```
Exit.
Present banner:
```
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
GSD ► ADD TESTS — Phase ${phase_number}: ${phase_name}
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```
Extract the list of files modified by the phase from SUMMARY.md ("Files Changed" or equivalent section).
For each file, classify into one of three categories:
| Category | Criteria | Test Type |
|----------|----------|-----------|
| **TDD** | Pure functions where `expect(fn(input)).toBe(output)` is writable | Unit tests |
| **E2E** | UI behavior verifiable by browser automation | Playwright/E2E tests |
| **Skip** | Not meaningfully testable or already covered | None |
**TDD classification — apply when:**
- Business logic: calculations, pricing, tax rules, validation
- Data transformations: mapping, filtering, aggregation, formatting
- Parsers: CSV, JSON, XML, custom format parsing
- Validators: input validation, schema validation, business rules
- State machines: status transitions, workflow steps
- Utilities: string manipulation, date handling, number formatting
**E2E classification — apply when:**
- Keyboard shortcuts: key bindings, modifier keys, chord sequences
- Navigation: page transitions, routing, breadcrumbs, back/forward
- Form interactions: submit, validation errors, field focus, autocomplete
- Selection: row selection, multi-select, shift-click ranges
- Drag and drop: reordering, moving between containers
- Modal dialogs: open, close, confirm, cancel
- Data grids: sorting, filtering, inline editing, column resize
**Skip classification — apply when:**
- UI layout/styling: CSS classes, visual appearance, responsive breakpoints
- Configuration: config files, environment variables, feature flags
- Glue code: dependency injection setup, middleware registration, routing tables
- Migrations: database migrations, schema changes
- Simple CRUD: basic create/read/update/delete with no business logic
- Type definitions: records, DTOs, interfaces with no logic
Read each file to verify classification. Don't classify based on filename alone.
Present the classification to the user for confirmation before proceeding:
**Text mode (`workflow.text_mode: true` in config or `--text` flag):** Set `TEXT_MODE=true` if `--text` is present in `$ARGUMENTS` OR `text_mode` from init JSON is `true`. When TEXT_MODE is active, replace every `question` call with a plain-text numbered list and ask the user to type their choice number. This is required for non-the agent runtimes (OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, etc.) where `question` is not available.
```
question(
header: "Test Classification",
question: |
## Files classified for testing
### TDD (Unit Tests) — {N} files
{list of files with brief reason}
### E2E (Browser Tests) — {M} files
{list of files with brief reason}
### Skip — {K} files
{list of files with brief reason}
{if $EXTRA_INSTRUCTIONS: "Additional instructions: ${EXTRA_INSTRUCTIONS}"}
How would you like to proceed?
options:
- "Approve and generate test plan"
- "Adjust classification (I'll specify changes)"
- "Cancel"
)
```
If user selects "Adjust classification": apply their changes and re-present.
If user selects "Cancel": exit gracefully.
Before generating the test plan, discover the project's existing test structure:
```bash
# Find existing test directories
find . -type d -name "*test*" -o -name "*spec*" -o -name "*__tests__*" 2>/dev/null | head -20
# Find existing test files for convention matching
find . -type f \( -name "*.test.*" -o -name "*.spec.*" -o -name "*Tests.fs" -o -name "*Test.fs" \) 2>/dev/null | head -20
# Check for test runners
ls package.json *.sln 2>/dev/null || true
```
Identify:
- Test directory structure (where unit tests live, where E2E tests live)
- Naming conventions (`.test.ts`, `.spec.ts`, `*Tests.fs`, etc.)
- Test runner commands (how to execute unit tests, how to execute E2E tests)
- Test framework (xUnit, NUnit, Jest, Playwright, etc.)
If test structure is ambiguous, ask the user:
```
question(
header: "Test Structure",
question: "I found multiple test locations. Where should I create tests?",
options: [list discovered locations]
)
```
For each approved file, create a detailed test plan.
**For TDD files**, plan tests following RED-GREEN-REFACTOR:
1. Identify testable functions/methods in the file
2. For each function: list input scenarios, expected outputs, edge cases
3. Note: since code already exists, tests may pass immediately — that's OK, but verify they test the RIGHT behavior
**For E2E files**, plan tests following RED-GREEN gates:
1. Identify user scenarios from CONTEXT.md/VERIFICATION.md
2. For each scenario: describe the user action, expected outcome, assertions
3. Note: RED gate means confirming the test would fail if the feature were broken
Present the complete test plan:
```
question(
header: "Test Plan",
question: |
## Test Generation Plan
### Unit Tests ({N} tests across {M} files)
{for each file: test file path, list of test cases}
### E2E Tests ({P} tests across {Q} files)
{for each file: test file path, list of test scenarios}
### Test Commands
- Unit: {discovered test command}
- E2E: {discovered e2e command}
Ready to generate?
options:
- "Generate all"
- "Cherry-pick (I'll specify which)"
- "Adjust plan"
)
```
If "Cherry-pick": ask user which tests to include.
If "Adjust plan": apply changes and re-present.
For each approved TDD test:
1. **Create test file** following discovered project conventions (directory, naming, imports)
2. **Write test** with clear arrange/act/assert structure:
```
// Arrange — set up inputs and expected outputs
// Act — call the function under test
// Assert — verify the output matches expectations
```
3. **Run the test**:
```bash
{discovered test command}
```
4. **Evaluate result:**
- **Test passes**: Good — the implementation satisfies the test. Verify the test checks meaningful behavior (not just that it compiles).
- **Test fails with assertion error**: This may be a genuine bug discovered by the test. Flag it:
```
⚠️ Potential bug found: {test name}
Expected: {expected}
Actual: {actual}
File: {implementation file}
```
Do NOT fix the implementation — this is a test-generation command, not a fix command. Record the finding.
- **Test fails with error (import, syntax, etc.)**: This is a test error. Fix the test and re-run.
For each approved E2E test:
1. **Check for existing tests** covering the same scenario:
```bash
grep -r "{scenario keyword}" {e2e test directory} 2>/dev/null || true
```
If found, extend rather than duplicate.
2. **Create test file** targeting the user scenario from CONTEXT.md/VERIFICATION.md
3. **Run the E2E test**:
```bash
{discovered e2e command}
```
4. **Evaluate result:**
- **GREEN (passes)**: Record success
- **RED (fails)**: Determine if it's a test issue or a genuine application bug. Flag bugs:
```
⚠️ E2E failure: {test name}
Scenario: {description}
Error: {error message}
```
- **Cannot run**: Report blocker. Do NOT mark as complete.
```
🛑 E2E blocker: {reason tests cannot run}
```
**No-skip rule:** If E2E tests cannot execute (missing dependencies, environment issues), report the blocker and mark the test as incomplete. Never mark success without actually running the test.
Create a test coverage report and present to user:
```
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
GSD ► TEST GENERATION COMPLETE
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
## Results
| Category | Generated | Passing | Failing | Blocked |
|----------|-----------|---------|---------|---------|
| Unit | {N} | {n1} | {n2} | {n3} |
| E2E | {M} | {m1} | {m2} | {m3} |
## Files Created/Modified
{list of test files with paths}
## Coverage Gaps
{areas that couldn't be tested and why}
## Bugs Discovered
{any assertion failures that indicate implementation bugs}
```
Record test generation in project state:
```bash
gsd_run query state-snapshot
```
If there are passing tests to commit:
```bash
git add {test files}
git commit -m "test(phase-${phase_number}): add unit and E2E tests from add-tests command"
```
Present next steps:
```
---
## ▶ Next Up — [${PROJECT_CODE}] ${PROJECT_TITLE}
{if bugs discovered:}
**Fix discovered bugs:** `/gsd-quick fix the {N} test failures discovered in phase ${phase_number}`
{if blocked tests:}
**Resolve test blockers:** {description of what's needed}
{otherwise:}
**All tests passing!** Phase ${phase_number} is fully tested.
---
**Also available:**
- `/gsd-add-tests {next_phase}` — test another phase
- `/gsd-verify-work {phase_number}` — run UAT verification
---
```
- [ ] Phase artifacts loaded (SUMMARY.md, CONTEXT.md, optionally VERIFICATION.md)
- [ ] All changed files classified into TDD/E2E/Skip categories
- [ ] Classification presented to user and approved
- [ ] Project test structure discovered (directories, conventions, runners)
- [ ] Test plan presented to user and approved
- [ ] TDD tests generated with arrange/act/assert structure
- [ ] E2E tests generated targeting user scenarios
- [ ] All tests executed — no untested tests marked as passing
- [ ] Bugs discovered by tests flagged (not fixed)
- [ ] Test files committed with proper message
- [ ] Coverage gaps documented
- [ ] Next steps presented to user