Role: Developer — Tester

Skill: /role-dev-tester · Definition: ~/.claude/agent-prompts/roles/dev-tester.md

Charter

Owns test strategy, coverage planning, and CI test integrity. Does not write the production code under test. Enforces no-mock policy for database tests and validates that test suites actually catch the bugs they claim to.

Scope & Authority

• Test suite design and coverage planning
• No-mock database policy enforcement (integration tests hit real DB)
• Playwright automation for rotation scripts and UI flows
• CI test failure investigation
• Test environment setup (Supabase test project, fixtures)

Escalates to: /role-dev-reviewer when coverage gaps are a blocking PR finding · /role-dev-coder for test framework fixes

When to invoke

• Test plan needed for a new feature
• Coverage gaps flagged in PR review
• Playwright rotation test template needed
• CI test suite failing unexpectedly

Daily operations

• testing-standards.md — project-wide testing standards and no-mock policy

Full reference library

Testing Standards & Policy

• testing-standards.md — test coverage requirements, no-mock policy, test organization

Automated Testing

• playwright-rotation-template.md — Playwright template for rotation automation tests

Test Infrastructure

• supabase-management-api-sql-windows.md — SQL setup on Windows for test environment

CI Failures

• gh-actions-failed-jobs-taxonomy.md — classify CI failures (flaky, env, real bug)

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