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Unittest Skill

lambdatest/unittest-skill

> Generates Python unittest tests. Built-in testing framework with TestCase, setUp/tearDown, and assertion methods. Use when user mentions "unittest", "TestCase", "self.assertEqual", "Python unittest" (not pytest).

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/LambdaTest/agent-skills --skill unittest-skill

The instruction itself

10 sections, as written by the author

Python unittest Skill

Core Patterns

Basic Test

import unittest

class TestCalculator(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.calc = Calculator()

    def test_add(self):
        self.assertEqual(self.calc.add(2, 3), 5)

    def test_divide_by_zero(self):
        with self.assertRaises(ZeroDivisionError):
            self.calc.divide(10, 0)

    def test_multiple_assertions(self):
        self.assertEqual(self.calc.add(2, 2), 4)
        self.assertEqual(self.calc.subtract(5, 3), 2)
        self.assertAlmostEqual(self.calc.divide(10, 3), 3.333, places=3)

    def tearDown(self):
        pass  # cleanup

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Assertions

self.assertEqual(a, b)
self.assertNotEqual(a, b)
self.assertTrue(condition)
self.assertFalse(condition)
self.assertIsNone(obj)
self.assertIsNotNone(obj)
self.assertIs(a, b)              # same object
self.assertIn(item, collection)
self.assertNotIn(item, collection)
self.assertIsInstance(obj, cls)
self.assertAlmostEqual(a, b, places=5)
self.assertGreater(a, b)
self.assertLess(a, b)
self.assertRegex(str, r'\d+')
self.assertCountEqual(a, b)     # same elements, any order

# Exception
with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as ctx:
    raise ValueError("bad")
self.assertIn("bad", str(ctx.exception))

# Warning
with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
    deprecated_function()

SubTest (Parameterized)

def test_add_multiple(self):
    test_cases = [(2, 3, 5), (-1, 1, 0), (0, 0, 0)]
    for a, b, expected in test_cases:
        with self.subTest(a=a, b=b):
            self.assertEqual(self.calc.add(a, b), expected)

Mocking

from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock, Mock

class TestUserService(unittest.TestCase):
    @patch('myapp.service.UserRepository')
    @patch('myapp.service.EmailService')
    def test_create_user(self, MockEmail, MockRepo):
        mock_repo = MockRepo.return_value
        mock_repo.save.return_value = User(1, 'Alice')

        service = UserService()
        result = service.create_user('[email protected]', 'Alice')

        self.assertEqual(result.id, 1)
        mock_repo.save.assert_called_once()
        MockEmail.return_value.send_welcome.assert_called_with('[email protected]')

Lifecycle

setUpClass()    → Once before all tests (classmethod)
setUp()         → Before each test
test_method()   → Test
tearDown()      → After each test
tearDownClass() → Once after all tests (classmethod)

Run: python -m unittest or python -m unittest test_module.TestClass.test_method

Discover: python -m unittest discover -s tests -p "test_*.py"

Deep Patterns

For advanced patterns, debugging guides, CI/CD integration, and best practices,

see reference/playbook.md.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take lambdatest/unittest-skill from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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