# dx-devops-test-failures-analyze

Explains Salesforce DevOps Center test failures and Code Analyzer violations in plain language. It pinpoints offending lines and can log tracked work items.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5100 installs · ★ 1112
- Author: forcedotcom
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze

## What it does

The skill ingests test execution payloads and static analysis violations, converting raw outputs into clean failure summaries. It identifies the category, offending Apex class, method, line number, and rule violation without exposing raw stack traces or internal Salesforce codes.

For each failing test, it reasons through the failure message to indicate whether the issue lies in production code or the test setup itself. On explicit request, it creates a tracked `WorkItem` record using the Salesforce CLI after confirming the target project and assignee.

Writing fix code is explicitly out of scope, so actual Apex remediation requires companion skills like `platform-apex-generate`. Creating work items will also fail unless the org has an active `DevopsProject` and Salesforce CLI version `2.67.0` or later.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-test-failures-analyze -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-test-failures-analyze -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-test-failures-analyze -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills dx-devops-test-failures-analyze
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-test-failures-analyze -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill dx-devops-test-failures-analyze -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/dx-devops-test-failures-analyze/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- diagnose test run failures from Salesforce DevOps Center
- translate Code Analyzer rule violations into clear fix guidance
- separate production defects from brittle test setup logic
- create tracked WorkItem records for failed test remediations

## Example prompts
- Explain the root cause of the test failure from the latest DevOps Center run
- Translate these Code Analyzer violations and tell me what lines to inspect
- Create a fix WorkItem for this assertion failure under our project

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: dx-devops-test-failures-analyze
description: "Analyzes DevOps Center test failures and Code Analyzer violations in plain language — failure category, offending file/class/method/line, rule violated, fix direction, and prioritized improvement suggestions (test-code vs production-code) — then optionally creates a tracked fix WorkItem on explicit request. Analysis is pure reasoning; work-item creation is a confirmation-gated write. Use this skill to explain failures or improvement suggestions, translate Code Analyzer violations, or track a fix as a work item. TRIGGER when: a run failed and the user wants root cause; a quality gate failure needs explaining; violations need translating; the user shares a failure payload and asks how to address it; wants to strengthen tests; or wants to create a fix work item, log a remediation, or assign a failure. DO NOT TRIGGER when: the user wants fix code written (use platform-apex-generate) or new test classes authored (use platform-apex-test-generate)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Developer Experience"]
  minApiVersion: "67.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "dx-devops-test-suite-assignments-configure"
    - "dx-devops-test-suite-run"
    - "platform-apex-generate"
    - "platform-apex-test-generate"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.67.0"
---

# Analyze DevOps Center Test Failures

Parses a test failure or Code Analyzer violation payload, explains it in plain language, produces prioritized improvement suggestions, and — only on explicit user request — creates a tracked fix work item. Parts 1–2 are pure reasoning (no writes); Part 3 is an optional, confirmation-gated write.

**Never expose raw JSON, stack traces, or internal Salesforce error codes to the user.** Always translate to file name, method, line, and plain description.

---

## Prerequisites

- **Parts 1–2 (analysis):** If the failure payload is already in context, no prerequisites are needed — this is pure reasoning. If you must fetch the payload yourself, run prerequisites (`references/prerequisite-checks.md`, Prereqs 1–4) and obtain the execution result via `dx-devops-test-suite-run` (its polling step).
- **Part 3 (work item):** Run Prerequisites 1–4. You also need a `DevopsProjectId` to file under and an `OwnerId` (assignee). See `references/work-item-creation.md`.

---

## Part 1 — Classify and explain each failure
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