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Cucumber BDD Testing
Cucumber/Gherkin BDD testing for behavior-driven development workflows
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/main/library/specializations/qa-testing-automation/skills/cucumber-bdd
SKILL.md
Cucumber BDD Testing Skill
Overview
This skill provides expert-level capabilities for Cucumber-based BDD testing, enabling feature file creation, step definition generation, and living documentation.
Capabilities
Feature File Development
- Write Gherkin feature files
- Structure scenarios effectively
- Implement scenario outlines
- Use backgrounds for common setup
Step Definition Generation
- Generate step definitions from features
- Implement reusable step patterns
- Handle step parameters and transformations
Data Handling
- Handle data tables
- Implement doc strings
- Configure example tables for outlines
Configuration
- Configure Cucumber profiles
- Set up parallel execution
- Configure formatters and reporters
Tag Management
- Implement tag-based test filtering
- Configure tag expressions
- Organize tests with tags
Reporting
- Generate Cucumber reports
- HTML and JSON formatters
- JUnit XML output
Living Documentation
- Generate living documentation
- Keep specs and tests synchronized
- Enable non-technical stakeholder collaboration
Framework Integration
- Integration with Playwright/Cypress
- Integration with Selenium
- Integration with API testing frameworks
Target Processes
e2e-test-suite.js- BDD-style E2E teststest-strategy.js- BDD strategy implementationshift-left-testing.js- Early BDD adoption
Dependencies
@cucumber/cucumber- Cucumber.js- Step definition framework
- Test automation framework
Usage Example
{
kind: 'skill',
skill: {
name: 'cucumber-bdd',
context: {
action: 'execute-features',
featurePath: 'features/**/*.feature',
tags: '@smoke and not @wip',
format: ['html:reports/cucumber.html', 'json:reports/cucumber.json']
}
}
}
Configuration
The skill uses cucumber.js configuration file and supports multiple output formats.
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