Babysitter pytest Testing

Expert pytest framework for Python unit, integration, and functional testing

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/specializations/qa-testing-automation/skills/pytest-testing" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-pytest-testing && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/specializations/qa-testing-automation/skills/pytest-testing/SKILL.md

pytest Testing Skill

Overview

This skill provides expert-level capabilities for pytest-based testing, enabling comprehensive Python testing with fixtures, parametrization, and plugin integration.

Capabilities

Test Execution

Configure pytest with fixtures and markers
Execute tests with coverage collection
Parallel execution with pytest-xdist
Selective test running with markers and keywords

Fixture Management

Design reusable fixtures
Configure fixture scopes (function, class, module, session)
Implement fixture factories

Parametrization

Generate parametrized test cases
Data-driven testing patterns
Combine multiple parameter sets

Plugin Integration

Configure pytest plugins
Coverage integration with pytest-cov
HTML and JUnit XML report generation
Custom plugin development

Framework Integration

Django test client integration
Flask testing patterns
FastAPI test client usage

Target Processes

```
automation-framework.js
```
- Test framework setup
```
api-testing.js
```
- API test implementation
```
continuous-testing.js
```
- CI/CD integration
```
shift-left-testing.js
```
- Early testing integration

Dependencies

```
pytest
```
- Test framework
```
pytest-cov
```
- Coverage plugin
```
pytest-xdist
```
- Parallel execution
```
pytest-html
```
- HTML reports

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  skill: {
    name: 'pytest-testing',
    context: {
      action: 'execute-tests',
      testPath: 'tests/',
      markers: ['unit', 'integration'],
      coverage: true,
      parallel: 4
    }
  }
}

Configuration

The skill respects

pytest.ini

pyproject.toml

, or

setup.cfg

configuration and can override settings as needed.