| name | electron-mock-factory |
| description | Generate mocks for Electron APIs (ipcMain, ipcRenderer, dialog, etc.) for unit testing |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep |
| tags | ["electron","testing","mocks","unit-testing","jest"] |
| graph | {"domains":["domain:software-engineering"],"specializations":["specialization:desktop-development"],"skillAreas":["skill-area:desktop-ui-frameworks","skill-area:cross-platform-desktop","skill-area:graphics-rendering"],"roles":["role:desktop-developer","role:fullstack-engineer"],"workflows":["workflow:feature-development","workflow:release-management"]} |
electron-mock-factory
Generate mocks for Electron APIs to enable unit testing of main and renderer process code without running Electron.
Capabilities
- Mock ipcMain/ipcRenderer
- Mock dialog module
- Mock BrowserWindow
- Mock shell, clipboard, app
- Generate Jest/Vitest mocks
- Create test utilities
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"projectPath": { "type": "string" },
"testFramework": { "enum": ["jest", "vitest", "mocha"] },
"modulesToMock": { "type": "array" }
},
"required": ["projectPath"]
}
Generated Mocks
module.exports = {
app: {
getPath: jest.fn(name => `/mock/${name}`),
getVersion: jest.fn(() => '1.0.0'),
quit: jest.fn(),
on: jest.fn()
},
ipcMain: {
on: jest.fn(),
handle: jest.fn(),
removeHandler: jest.fn()
},
ipcRenderer: {
on: jest.fn(),
send: jest.fn(),
invoke: jest.fn()
},
dialog: {
showOpenDialog: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ filePaths: [] })),
showSaveDialog: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ filePath: undefined })),
showMessageBox: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({ response: }))
},
: jest.().( ({
: jest.(),
: jest.(),
: { : jest.(), : jest.() }
}))
};
Usage
jest.mock('electron');
const { ipcRenderer } = require('electron');
test('sends message', () => {
myModule.sendMessage('hello');
expect(ipcRenderer.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('channel', 'hello');
});
Related Skills
playwright-electron-config
desktop-unit-testing process