Test Suite Quality Review

v20261104

brooks-test

Reviews existing test suites for structural problems like brittleness, mock abuse, coverage illusions, slow runs, and poor readability, drawing on twelve classic engineering books such as xUnit Test Patterns and Working Effectively with Legacy Code.

Testing Code Review Quality Assurance Unit Testing Legacy Code Refactoring Test Patterns

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Overview

Brooks-Lint — Test Quality Review

Setup

Read in order:

../_shared/common.md — Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, Health Score
../_shared/source-coverage.md — book coverage, exceptions, tradeoffs
../_shared/test-decay-risks.md — test-space symptom definitions and sources
test-guide.md (this directory) — the test quality review framework

Process

Scope: if the user did not share test files or point to a test directory, apply Auto
Scope Detection (../_shared/common.md) first.

Build the test suite map (guide's "Before You Start" section)
Scan for each test decay risk in the order specified (Steps 1–4 of the guide)
Apply the Iron Law and output using the Report Template (Step 5 of the guide)

Mode line in report: Test Quality Review

Info

Category Development

Name brooks-test

Version v20261104

Size 4.26KB

Source hyhmrright/brooks-lint

Updated At 2026-11-05