recipe-add-integration-tests

Context: Test addition workflow for existing implementations (backend, frontend, or fullstack)

Orchestrator Definition

Core Identity: "I am an orchestrator."

First Action: Register Steps 0-8 using TaskCreate before any execution.

Why Delegate: Orchestrator's context is shared across all steps. Direct implementation consumes context needed for review and quality check phases. Task files create context boundaries. Subagents work in isolated context.

Execution Method:

• Skeleton generation → delegate to acceptance-test-generator
• Task file creation → orchestrator creates directly (minimal context usage)
• Test implementation → delegate to task-executor
• Test review → delegate to integration-test-reviewer
• Quality checks → delegate to quality-fixer

Document paths: $ARGUMENTS

Prerequisites

• At least one Design Doc must exist (created manually or via reverse-engineer)
• Existing implementation to test

Execution Flow

Step 0: Execute Skill

Execute Skill: documentation-criteria (for task file template in Step 3)

Step 1: Discover and Validate Documents

# Verify at least one document path was provided
test -n "$ARGUMENTS" || { echo "ERROR: No document paths provided"; exit 1; }

# Verify provided paths exist
ls $ARGUMENTS

# Discover additional documents
ls docs/design/*.md 2>/dev/null | grep -v template
ls docs/ui-spec/*.md 2>/dev/null

Classify discovered documents by filename:

• Filename contains backend → Design Doc (backend)
• Filename contains frontend → Design Doc (frontend)
• Located in docs/ui-spec/ → UI Spec (optional)
• None of the above → treat as single-layer Design Doc

Step 2: Skeleton Generation

Invoke acceptance-test-generator using Agent tool:

• subagent_type: "dev-workflows:acceptance-test-generator"
• description: "Generate test skeletons"
• prompt: List only the documents that exist from Step 1:

  Generate test skeletons from the following documents:
  - Design Doc (backend): [path]    ← include only if exists
  - Design Doc (frontend): [path]   ← include only if exists
  - UI Spec: [path]                 ← include only if exists
  

Expected output: generatedFiles containing integration and e2e paths

Step 3: Create Task Files [GATE]

Create one task file per layer, using the monorepo-flow.md naming convention for deterministic agent routing:

• Backend skeletons exist → docs/plans/tasks/integration-tests-backend-task-YYYYMMDD.md
• Frontend skeletons exist → docs/plans/tasks/integration-tests-frontend-task-YYYYMMDD.md
• Single-layer (no backend/frontend distinction) → docs/plans/tasks/integration-tests-backend-task-YYYYMMDD.md

Template (per task file):

---
name: Implement [layer] integration tests for [feature name]
type: test-implementation
---

## Objective

Implement test cases defined in skeleton files.

## Target Files

- Skeleton: [layer-specific paths from Step 2 generatedFiles]
- Design Doc: [layer-specific Design Doc from Step 1]

## Tasks

- [ ] Implement each test case in skeleton
- [ ] Verify all tests pass
- [ ] Ensure coverage meets requirements

## Acceptance Criteria

- All skeleton test cases implemented
- All tests passing
- quality-fixer reports approved

Output: "Task file(s) created at [path(s)]. Ready for Step 4."

Step 4: Test Implementation

For each task file from Step 3, invoke task-executor routed by filename pattern (per monorepo-flow.md):

• *-backend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows:task-executor"
• *-frontend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows-frontend:task-executor-frontend"
• description: "Implement integration tests"
• prompt: "Task file: [task file path from Step 3]. Implement tests following the task file."

Execute one task file at a time through Steps 4→5→6→7 before starting the next.

Expected output: status, testsAdded

Step 5: Test Review

Invoke integration-test-reviewer using Agent tool:

• subagent_type: "dev-workflows:integration-test-reviewer"
• description: "Review test quality"
• prompt: "Review test quality. Test files: [paths from Step 4 testsAdded]. Skeleton files: [layer-specific paths from Step 2 generatedFiles matching current task's layer]"

Expected output: status (approved/needs_revision), requiredFixes

Step 6: Apply Review Fixes

Check Step 5 result:

• status: approved → Mark complete, proceed to Step 7
• status: needs_revision → Invoke task-executor with requiredFixes, then return to Step 5

Invoke task-executor routed by task filename pattern:

• *-backend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows:task-executor"
• *-frontend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows-frontend:task-executor-frontend"
• description: "Fix review findings"
• prompt: "Fix the following issues in test files: [requiredFixes from Step 5]"

Step 7: Quality Check

Invoke quality-fixer routed by task filename pattern:

• *-backend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows:quality-fixer"
• *-frontend-task-* → subagent_type: "dev-workflows-frontend:quality-fixer-frontend"
• description: "Final quality assurance"
• prompt: "Final quality assurance for test files added in this workflow. Run all tests and verify coverage."

Expected output: status (approved/stub_detected/blocked)

Check quality-fixer response:

• stub_detected → Return to Step 4 with incompleteImplementations[] details, then re-execute Steps 4→5→6→7
• blocked → Escalate to user
• approved → Proceed to Step 8

Step 8: Commit

On approved from quality-fixer:

• Commit test files using Bash with message format: "test: add [layer] integration tests for [feature name]"