bats-test-scaffolder

name	bats-test-scaffolder
description	Generate BATS test structure and fixtures for shell script testing with setup/teardown, assertions, and mocking.
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep
graph	{"domains":["domain:software-engineering"],"specializations":["specialization:cli-mcp-development"],"skillAreas":["skill-area:cli-design","skill-area:e2e-testing"],"roles":["role:backend-engineer","role:platform-engineer"],"workflows":["workflow:feature-development"],"topics":["topic:developer-experience"]}

BATS Test Scaffolder

Generate BATS test structure for shell script testing.

Capabilities

• Generate BATS test files
• Create setup and teardown fixtures
• Implement custom assertions
• Set up mocking helpers
• Configure test isolation
• Generate test helpers

Usage

Invoke this skill when you need to:

• Set up BATS testing for shell scripts
• Create test fixtures and helpers
• Implement mock functions
• Generate test cases

Generated Test Structure

tests/
├── bats/
│   └── bats-*.bash        # BATS submodules
├── test_helper/
│   ├── common-setup.bash  # Common setup
│   └── mocks.bash         # Mock helpers
├── fixtures/
│   ├── input.txt          # Test fixtures
│   └── expected.txt
└── *.bats                  # Test files

Test File Template

load 


() {
    common_setup
    
     TEST_DIR=
}


() {
    
     -rf 
}

@  {
    run ./script.sh --

    assert_success
    assert_output --partial 
}

@  {
    run ./script.sh

    assert_failure
    assert_output --partial 
}

@  {
     fixtures/input.txt 

    run ./script.sh 

    assert_success
    assert_output --partial 
}

@  {
    run ./script.sh -o  fixtures/input.txt

    assert_success
    assert_file_exists 
}

@  {
     special_file=
      > 

    run ./script.sh 

    assert_success
}