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Name: bats-testing-patterns
Author: dicklesworthstone

bats-testing-patterns is agent-read markdown (skill) from dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust: Master Bash Automated Testing System (Bats) for comprehensive shell script testing. Use when writing tests for shell scripts, CI/CD pipelines, or requiring test-driven development of shell utilities..

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# Bats Testing Patterns

Comprehensive guidance for writing comprehensive unit tests for shell scripts using Bats (Bash Automated Testing System), including test patterns, fixtures, and best practices for production-grade shell testing.

## When to Use This Skill

- Writing unit tests for shell scripts
- Implementing test-driven development (TDD) for scripts
- Setting up automated testing in CI/CD pipelines
- Testing edge cases and error conditions
- Validating behavior across different shell environments
- Building maintainable test suites for scripts
- Creating fixtures for complex test scenarios
- Testing multiple shell dialects (bash, sh, dash)

## Bats Fundamentals

### What is Bats?

Bats (Bash Automated Testing System) is a TAP (Test Anything Protocol) compliant testing framework for shell scripts that provides:

- Simple, natural test syntax
- TAP output format compatible with CI systems
- Fixtures and setup/teardown support
- Assertion helpers
- Parallel test execution

### Installation

```bash
# macOS with Homebrew
brew install bats-core

# Ubuntu/Debian
git clone https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git
cd bats-core
./install.sh /usr/local

# From npm (Node.js)
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pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12472 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

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dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust · 1,776 stars · license NOASSERTION · pushed 2026-09-23 · branch main

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