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Problem

The automate-manual-test-cases skill listed "Execute test" as a step but never made a passing run a precondition for reporting completion. In a real Testeiya session the agent:

  1. Wrote a CodeceptJS suite for the Defects Board,
  2. Ran prettier + tsc --noEmit (both passed),
  3. Ran npx codeceptjs run … — which stopped at framework bootstrap because env var BETA_MAIN_USER_GENERAL_TOKEN was missing (the testomatApi include needs it),
  4. …then still presented a "Implemented Defects Board automation" + coverage table that reads as done.

The tests never executed, but the summary looked complete. The user could not tell, and (understandably) exploded: "did you execute tests?""WHAT THE FUCK??? HOW DID YOU WRITE THEM THEN??"

Fix

Make actual execution a hard gate on "done":

  • Completion gate (checklist + Step 4): never report done / never present a "generated" or "coverage" summary as complete unless every generated test actually executed and passed. Compiling or type-checking is not done.
  • Step 4.0 "Check Run Prerequisites": read .env(.example) / config for required env vars, tokens, and credentials early (right after project analysis) so a run blocker surfaces before a full suite is written, not after.
  • Blocker vs. failure: a framework bootstrap / environment problem (missing env var, failed module include, unreachable service) is ⛔ BLOCKED, not a test failure — do not heal locators/timing, stop and report it.
  • Error Handling: report BLOCKED at the top with the exact missing prerequisite; never claim unrun tests pass or are "implemented".
  • FINAL_SUMMARY_TEMPLATE: add a Status field (✅ Done | ⚠️ Needs review | ⛔ Blocked) and an Executed count — ✅ Done only when Executed == Tests generated and all passed. Added a Blocked example modeled on the real failure.

Scope

Docs-only (skill markdown). No behavior change beyond the model's own reporting discipline.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

The skill treated running the generated test as a step but never made a
passing run a precondition for reporting completion. In a real session the
agent wrote a CodeceptJS suite, `tsc` passed, `npx codeceptjs run` stopped at
bootstrap on a missing env var (`BETA_MAIN_USER_GENERAL_TOKEN`) — yet it still
presented a "Implemented / coverage" table that read as done. The user could
not tell the tests had never executed.

Changes:
- Add a hard completion gate: never report done / present coverage as complete
  unless every generated test actually executed and passed. Compiling or
  type-checking is not done.
- Add step 4.0 "Check Run Prerequisites" — read .env(.example)/config for
  required env vars/credentials early so blockers surface before writing a full
  suite, not after.
- Distinguish a framework bootstrap/environment blocker (missing env var,
  failed include, unreachable service) from a test failure: it is ⛔ BLOCKED,
  not healed and not done.
- Error Handling: report BLOCKED at the top with the exact missing prerequisite;
  never claim unrun tests pass or are implemented.
- FINAL_SUMMARY_TEMPLATE: add Status (✅ Done | ⚠️ Needs review | ⛔ Blocked) and
  an Executed count; Done requires Executed == generated and all passed. Add a
  Blocked example.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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