Prompt·Testing and security·T01
Unit tests that give false comfort
Finds features whose automated checks all pass and that still break for real people.
Prompt
Find critical user journeys that have extensive unit-test coverage but insufficient evidence that they work end to end. Strengthen the smallest set of tests that closes the real gaps.
- What it returns
- Each journey with what the tests cover, what they skip (real auth, real DB, real browser), and the one added check.
- Skip it when
- User paths already covered by a browser test.
- Changes
- Adds a test that shows it
- Sessions
- One session
- Tools
- Playwright or the in-app browser for the full start-to-finish check.
- Also called
- False confidence from unit tests
Skills it uses
tddTest-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests.engineering-kit·Matt Pocockviewport-proofUse only when Austin explicitly invokes /viewport-proof or $viewport-proof. Judges a real rendered UI across representative viewports for production readiness: it works, stays consistent across device sizes, and looks deliberately composed. Delivers one of three verdicts with a visual proof sheet of saved screenshots, mechanical geometry checks, and every exclusion named. Ordinary UI, screenshot, review, or coding requests must not activate it.working-style·Agent Kit
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