Go Testing Skill

Provides guidance and automation for Golang testing tasks in the MCPSpy project.

Testing Philosophy

• Use require library for assertions that should stop test execution on failure

• Use assert library for non-critical assertions where test should continue

• Choose internal vs external package testing based on what needs to be tested

• Test internal functions by placing test files in the same package (no _test suffix)

• Avoid creating externally facing functions solely for testing purposes

When to Use This Skill

• Running unit tests with go test

• Writing new test files and test cases

• Debugging and fixing failing tests

• Implementing test fixtures and mocks

• Improving test coverage for the MCPSpy project