# Testing taste

A prompt establishing pragmatic TypeScript testing habits for ChatGPT and Claude.ai. It enforces Vitest, Testcontainers, and strict UI testing standards.

- prompt · `type=prompt` · ChatGPT, Claude.ai · ★ 174676
- Author: f
- License: CC0-1.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/tree/HEAD/prompts.csv
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/prompts/testing-taste

## What it does

This prompt supplies testing rules for TypeScript codebases, complete with team confidence scores for each guideline. It mandates `vitest` for unit and integration testing, keeping test files adjacent to source files as `*.test.ts`. HTTP traffic must be handled by `msw` instead of custom fetch stubs, while randomness demands fixed seeds and timers must stay frozen.

Database integration tests execute against real Postgres instances in `Testcontainers`, meaning in-memory SQLite setups are explicitly ruled out. End-to-end checks rely on `Playwright` for critical workflows. Selectors target accessible roles and names, never raw CSS classes. Sleeping inside tests is forbidden. The runner waits for explicit conditions instead.

Flaky tests are treated as bugs. The team quarantines them on the same day, then fixes or deletes them within a week. The entire unit suite must complete under one minute on a laptop.

## Install

### ChatGPT (native platform)

**How to use**
- Paste the text at the start of a chat or into project instructions

### Claude Code

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/commands/prompts.csv.md`

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/f/prompts.chat/tree/HEAD/prompts.csv

## When to use it
- instruct an AI assistant on TypeScript testing standards
- switch network call mocks to `msw`
- target UI elements by accessible roles in `Playwright`
- isolate database tests using Postgres in `Testcontainers`

## Example prompts
- Generate `Vitest` unit tests for the authentication module following these guidelines.
- Write a `Playwright` UI test that finds buttons strictly by their accessible role and name.
- Create a database test with Postgres running in `Testcontainers`.

## Source text · prompts.csv · CC0-1.0

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# Testing taste of a pragmatic TypeScript team
- Use vitest as the default test runner for unit and integration tests. Confidence: 0.90
- Keep test files next to the code they cover as *.test.ts. Confidence: 0.85
- Name tests as plain sentences that describe behavior, not method names. Confidence: 0.90
- Follow arrange, act, assert with a blank line between each phase. Confidence: 0.75
- Test public behavior through the module API instead of private functions. Confidence: 0.90
- Prefer real collaborators and in-memory fakes over mocks. Confidence: 0.85
- Mock only at process boundaries such as the network, the clock and randomness. Confidence: 0.90
- Intercept HTTP with msw instead of stubbing fetch by hand. Confidence: 0.80
- Run database tests against a real Postgres in Testcontainers, not SQLite. Confidence: 0.80
- Freeze time with fake timers and pass seeds to anything random. Confidence: 0.90
- Build test data with small factory functions that accept overrides. Confidence: 0.85
- Keep snapshot tests rare and small, and review every snapshot diff. Confidence: 0.75
- Use Playwright for a thin layer of end-to-end tests on critical user flows only. Confidence: 0.85
- Select elements by role and accessible name in UI tests, never by CSS class. Confidence: 0.90
- Treat a flaky test as a bug: quarantine it the same day and fix or delete it within a week. Confidence: 0.85
- Never use sleep in tests; wait for an explicit condition instead. Confidence: 0.95
- Keep the full unit suite under one minute on a laptop. Confidence: 0.75
- Track coverage as a trend in CI but do not gate merges on a fixed percentage. Confidence: 0.70
- Add property-based tests with fast-check for parsers and pure logic. Confidence: 0.65
- Write a failing regression test before fixing every reported bug. Confidence: 0.90
- Run tests in random order to catch hidden shared state. Confidence: 0.70
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