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dependabot[bot] 9beca0b0be Bump vitest (#1145)
Bumps [vitest](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/tree/HEAD/packages/vitest) from 4.1.8 to 4.1.11.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/main/docs/releases.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commits/v4.1.11/packages/vitest)

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2026-09-10 13:34:59 +00:00
Amaury Levé d3921f7418 Strengthen testability skill evaluations (#1057)
* Strengthen testability skill evaluations

Raise four dotnet-test evals to eight independent stimuli, add validated fixtures, and resolve code-testing-agent orphan fixtures without speculative routing changes.

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* Relax promo-code eval grader

Accept deterministic suffix values beyond one hard-coded literal and match common PascalCase test names.

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* Improve testability skill reliability

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* Refine testability obstacle graders

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* Accept qualified Random seams

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* Improve ambient seam compatibility

Replace the C# 12 primary constructor in the copyable Scope sample with a conventional constructor so the guidance works in projects using older language versions.

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* Improve testability skill reliability

Refine routing and execution contracts from exact losing transcripts, strengthen behavioral eval checks, and add isolated C# fixtures without increasing repeated runs.

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2026-08-27 08:23:58 +00:00
Amaury Levé 5a06b20cc9 Support classic .NET test projects in dotnet-test (#993)
* Support classic .NET test projects

Teach dotnet-test skills and agents to preserve non-SDK projects, packages.config dependencies, explicit compile registration, legacy runners, and version-compatible MSTest APIs. Add regression evals for generation, execution, coverage, and authoring.

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Copilot-Session: fdfec89f-b610-479c-a6c7-c2936b300e68

* Address classic test fixture review

Tighten the MSTest version grader, make the runner fixture assertion behavioral, and use nameof for the guarded parameter.

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2026-08-12 08:38:51 -07:00
dependabot[bot] aa3c4abca5 Bump postcss (#988)
Bumps [postcss](https://github.com/postcss/postcss) from 8.5.15 to 8.5.25.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/postcss/postcss/compare/8.5.15...8.5.25)

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2026-08-06 10:11:17 +02:00
Amaury Levé 573938df09 Close the remaining dotnet-test eval follow-ups (#899) (#971)
* Close the remaining dotnet-test eval follow-ups from #899

Every non-agent dotnet-test eval now clears the 5-trial floor, the two cost
P1s are addressed, and the reference-skill coverage gap is recorded as a
decision instead of a standing warning.

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* Remove the duplicate block that cloned a grade-tests scenario, and gate it

The 'production code available' scenario carried a leftover tail from the
edit that moved the 'production code unavailable' one. YAML keeps the last
duplicate key, so every field of the new scenario was silently overwritten:
it shipped as a byte-identical rerun of its predecessor and never loaded the
dotnet-production-available fixture it was built around.

Parsing the spec and counting stimuli - which is what verified this PR -
returns the intended 5 names either way, so only the parser can see it. The
eval-quality gate now loads specs with a duplicate-key-strict loader
(failing check 9), with a self-test case and the incident recorded.

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2026-07-31 17:59:00 +02:00
Amaury Levé f2eb897a12 Fix dotnet-test findings from the refreshed cross-family eval (#899) (#945)
* Fix dotnet-test findings from the refreshed cross-family eval (#899)

Every change below is driven by judge evidence from the losing trials of the
refreshed 5-family dotnet-test matrix (runs 30108473397 + recovery runs), not by
style preference.

Eval measurement fix — the "discovery" P2s were an artifact:
- assertion-quality, test-gap-analysis, test-smell-detection, and test-tagging
  each have a decline stimulus with `constraints.reject_skills: ["*"]`, so the
  skill cannot activate there by construction. Without `expect_activation:
  false` the adapter counted those dormant runs as missed activations, which is
  exactly the 75-88% invocation rates reported in the scorecard. Annotating them
  (the convention already used by agent.test-quality-auditor) removes the false
  signal; the non-activations were the only ones observed for these skills.

Skill fixes:
- test-gap-analysis: baselines won by actually running the suite while the skill
  reasoned statically and reported survivors that the tests in fact kill. Added
  Step 4b: confirm every reported survivor by applying it, re-running the
  covering tests, and reverting; fall back to reasoning only when the suite
  cannot run, labelled unverified. Calibrated severity down for strong suites.
- test-anti-patterns: baselines won on depth, not polish. Added a depth bar —
  account for every test in scope, give exact expected values in fixes, name the
  adjacent error-path/boundary gaps, and keep counts consistent. Trimmed three
  pitfall rows that duplicated the calibration step so the skill stays under the
  profiler's "comprehensive" threshold.
- detect-static-dependencies: losses were all counting accuracy. One
  authoritative total (no findings parked outside it), classify by the resource
  touched rather than by the `static` keyword, exclude pure helpers such as
  Path.Combine from the needs-wrapping total, require file:line, and add the
  missing randomness/culture/serialization categories.
- test-smell-detection: the calibration rule told models to downgrade Sleepy
  Test for integration tests, which is what lost both losing scenarios. Fixed
  sleeps now stay High in any category; Mystery Guest and Eager Test still
  downgrade.
- crap-score: losses came from estimating coverage after collection failed.
  Added the dotnet-coverage/ReportGenerator recovery path and a hard rule never
  to publish a CRAP score built on assumed coverage.
- coverage-analysis: answer the asked question first, reconcile every number
  against the script output, and list every below-threshold member instead of
  declaring one method the entire gap.
- migrate-static-to-wrapper: migrate exactly what was requested (no adjacent
  DateTime.Now rewrites, respect intentional-use comments) and never report
  "build succeeded" when the build or restore failed.
- code-testing-agent: quote each requirement verbatim in the evidence table so
  multi-condition requirements map to a test that covers the whole combination,
  and cite a clean run rather than a coverage attempt that exited non-zero.

Validation: skill-validator check passes (20 skills, 10 agents); markdownlint
clean; eval specs parse and the adapter now reports all four decline stimuli as
expect-dormant.

Refs #899

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* Strengthen underpowered dotnet-test evals from the PR 945 eval run

The PR eval reported 5 of 10 skills as "no credible improvement". Reproducing
the gate arithmetic from the artifacts shows the dominant cause is statistical
power, not skill quality.

The gate is `mean > 0 AND ci_low > 0` with a t-based CI over per-trial scores,
which reduces to `sqrt(n) * (mean/sd) > t(n-1)`. The required mean/sd ratio is
brutal at small n:

  n=2 -> 8.98    n=3 -> 2.48    n=4 -> 1.59
  n=5 -> 1.24    n=6 -> 1.05    n=8 -> 0.84

Recomputing each reported CI from the per-trial scores reproduces the published
numbers exactly, which confirms the mechanism:

  crap-score                [0.4,1.0,0.4]        n=3 CI [-0.261, 1.461]
  migrate-static-to-wrapper [1.0,0.4,0.4]        n=3 CI [-0.261, 1.461]
  test-gap-analysis         [0.4,0,0.4,0.4]      n=4 CI [-0.018, 0.618]
  test-anti-patterns        [0.4,0,0.4,0,0,0.4]  n=6 CI [-0.030, 0.430]
  code-testing-agent        [0,0.4]              n=2 CI [-2.341, 2.741]

crap-score and migrate-static-to-wrapper won 100% of their trials (3W/0T/0L)
and still failed: at n=3 nothing short of three identically-sized wins can
clear the gate. That is a property of a thin eval, not of the skill.

Scenario counts are raised with discriminating cases, four of them by wiring up
fixtures that were already committed but had no stimulus referencing them:

- test-gap-analysis 4 -> 6, using the orphaned `report-quality` fixture (trivial
  auto-properties and an auto-generated .g.cs to skip, private helpers reachable
  only through the public API, and a deliberately weak Assert.IsTrue that cannot
  kill arithmetic mutations) and the orphaned `rust-error-propagation` fixture
  (an untested `?` propagation path and an untested `<=` boundary).
- test-anti-patterns 6 -> 8, using the orphaned `pytest-mixed` fixture (which
  also checks the calibration rule that pytest's bare `assert` must not be
  flagged) and the orphaned `assertion-problems` fixture (which separates
  Critical false-confidence assertions from a Low-severity message nit).
- crap-score 3 -> 6, with a new `refactor-required` fixture whose numbers are
  self-consistent: ApplySurcharges has complexity 13 behind a stale
  "Complexity: 4" comment (CRAP 28.4, needs 77.2% coverage), ClassifyAccount has
  complexity 17 so coverage alone can never reach CRAP < 15, and RoundToCurrency
  is 100% covered so its CRAP equals its complexity exactly.
- migrate-static-to-wrapper 3 -> 5, adding a DateTimeKind-preservation scenario
  over the existing fixture and a new `static-helper` fixture where a static
  class must gain an ambient TimeProvider seam without breaking its callers.
- code-testing-agent 2 -> 3, with a compact C# fixture that must extend an
  existing suite to the untested method only. This eval stays the weakest: each
  scenario is expensive, so raising `runs` is a better lever than adding more
  heavyweight scenarios.

Verification:
- every eval spec parses and all 254 fixture references resolve
- the three new fixtures compile; the shipping-quotes fixture restores, builds
  and its three seed tests pass under `dotnet test` in a clean workspace
- skill-validator check passes (20 skills, 10 agents)
- markdownlint clean

Refs #899

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* Address review feedback on fixture and counting wording

- BillableWeightTests: the ZeroOrNegative test only asserted the zero case, so
  its name overstated what it covered. Made it data-driven over 0 and -1 so the
  name matches the assertions. This matters more than usual here: the file is
  the seed suite for a test-quality eval, and a misleading test name is exactly
  what these skills are supposed to flag.

- detect-static-dependencies: the Step 3 lead-in said to count each "static call
  pattern", which contradicted the rule immediately below it that instance
  members reaching the same untestable resource must also be counted. Reworded
  to "call site" and made the instance-member inclusion explicit.

Verified: the fixture restores, builds and now passes 4 tests (was 3);
skill-validator check passes; markdownlint clean.

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2026-07-29 16:28:04 +02:00
Amaury Levé 71414ce000 Improve dotnet-test eval coverage and efficiency (#917)
* Improve dotnet-test eval coverage and efficiency

Address remaining high-confidence items from #899 by bounding the code-testing pipeline and adding eval coverage for grade-tests and find-untested-sources.

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Copilot-Session: e430fee9-d3df-4ef5-85a4-745ae4b17046

* Fix dotnet-test eval activation and quality

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Copilot-Session: 9c5c1a52-4f99-49d6-b503-1bec713a6e98

* Strengthen dotnet-test skill activation

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2026-07-24 16:20:47 +02:00
Amaury Levé 754011b5ee Add workspace-integrity guardrail to code-testing agents (#773)
The code-testing-generator/implementer agents could treat an unusual or
scaffolded workspace (e.g. a gutted repo with an injected synthetic module)
as corruption and "repair" it with git checkout/restore/reset/clean or rm,
restoring deleted tracked files and testing the wrong code.

- Replace generator Rule 5 ("Clean git first - stash changes") with an
  explicit "Treat the workspace as delivered" rule, and add a "Never mutate
  version control" rule. Output must be purely additive test files.
- Add a no-revert/no-clean invariant to the implementer's edit boundaries.
- Add a 'workspace integrity' eval to the code-testing-agent suite
  (eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml). The fixture looks gutted: a metricsd project
  whose real core/io modules are committed at HEAD but deleted from the
  working tree, leaving only a synthetic 'synthstr' decoy. A git restore would
  resurrect the deleted sentinel files; graders fail if they reappear and
  require passing pytest tests for the module as delivered.

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2026-06-16 13:49:34 +00:00
dependabot[bot] faca87d669 Bump vite, @vitest/coverage-v8 and vitest (#731)
Bumps [vite](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/HEAD/packages/vite) to 8.0.16 and updates ancestor dependencies [vite](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/HEAD/packages/vite), [@vitest/coverage-v8](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/tree/HEAD/packages/coverage-v8) and [vitest](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/tree/HEAD/packages/vitest). These dependencies need to be updated together.


Updates `vite` from 5.4.21 to 8.0.16
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commits/v8.0.16/packages/vite)

Updates `@vitest/coverage-v8` from 2.1.9 to 4.1.8
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/main/docs/releases.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commits/v4.1.8/packages/coverage-v8)

Updates `vitest` from 2.1.9 to 4.1.8
- [Release notes](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/blob/main/docs/releases.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/commits/v4.1.8/packages/vitest)

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  dependency-version: 8.0.16
  dependency-type: indirect
- dependency-name: "@vitest/coverage-v8"
  dependency-version: 4.1.8
  dependency-type: direct:development
- dependency-name: vitest
  dependency-version: 4.1.8
  dependency-type: direct:development
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2026-06-05 14:00:35 +00:00
Amaury Levé 812565f8d1 Add polyglot evals for code-testing-agent (Python Flask + TypeScript Vitest) (#709)
* Add polyglot evals for code-testing-agent (Python Flask + TypeScript Vitest)

Adds two non-.NET evaluation scenarios to the dotnet-test/code-testing-agent
eval to measure how well the agent generates idiomatic tests in Python and
TypeScript — the languages exercised by the msbench top5-* benchmarks.

New fixtures (no pre-existing tests, so passing pytest/vitest proves the agent
actually generated them):
- fixtures/python-flask-tasks/ — small Flask app with TaskService (injected
  clock), TaskRepository Protocol + InMemoryTaskRepository, and a /tasks
  blueprint with HTTP 201/200/400/404/409 surfaces. Validated locally with
  `python -m pip install -e ".[test]" && python -m pytest`.
- fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/ — small shopping-cart library with an
  injectable DiscountPolicy seam (No/Percentage policies) and a Cart class
  with non-trivial merge / clamping semantics. Validated locally with
  `npm ci && npx vitest run`. package-lock.json committed so `npm ci` is
  reproducible in CI.

New scenarios (added to both eval.yaml and eval.vally.yaml):
- "Generate pytest tests for the Flask tasks API (Python polyglot)" — asserts
  that `python3 -m pip install -e '.[test]' && python3 -m pytest` exits 0
  and that at least one `tests/**/test_*.py` file was produced. Rubric
  rewards using Flask's `test_client()`, mocking `TaskRepository` for
  service-level tests, asserting HTTP status + JSON body, and covering the
  empty-title / >200-char / not-found / already-done error paths.
- "Generate Vitest tests for the shopping-cart library (TypeScript polyglot)"
  — asserts that `npm ci && npx vitest run` exits 0 and that at least one
  `tests/**/*.test.ts` file was produced. Rubric rewards mocking
  `DiscountPolicy` via `vi.fn()`, covering Cart merge semantics,
  `updateQuantity` zero-removes, `totals()` discount-clamping, and the
  `PercentageDiscountPolicy` constructor boundary.

Companion to #708 (polyglot examples + sub-agent generification); these
scenarios exercise the per-language guidance that PR adds.

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* Address review feedback for #709

- routes.py: guard `create_task` against non-dict JSON payloads (e.g. list)
  by returning 400 instead of letting `payload.get(...)` raise AttributeError
  and surface as a 500. This keeps the API behavior stable and makes it easier
  for generated tests to assert 400 on invalid input shapes.
- tsconfig.json: drop `vitest/globals` from `compilerOptions.types`. The
  fixture's vitest.config.ts sets `globals: false`, so allowing TypeScript
  to assume globals (describe/it/expect) only enables tests that compile but
  fail at runtime. Removing it keeps the fixture aligned with the non-global
  Vitest API the eval is exercising.

Both fixtures re-smoke-tested locally: vitest 1/1, pytest 2/2 (including a
new test confirming the non-dict body returns 400).

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* Fix skill activation for polyglot scenarios in PR #709

Both polyglot scenarios (pytest + Flask, Vitest + TS) scored 5.0/5
quality but reported `⚠️ NOT ACTIVATED` because the SDK's skill router
did not load `code-testing-agent` into the agent's context:
`activated: false, detectedSkills: []` in skillActivationIsolated /
skillActivationPlugin. The .NET ContosoUniversity scenario activates
fine because its prompt has stronger `project-wide, multi-file ... high
coverage` framing and SKILL.md already covers .NET keywords.

Fixes per `eng/skill-validator/src/docs/InvestigatingResults.md` section
"Skill not activated":

- SKILL.md description: add framework-specific keywords (pytest,
  Flask/Django, Vitest, Jest, Mocha, JUnit, Node libraries, API,
  package, project-wide, multi-file) so the router has explicit hooks
  for polyglot prompts. Trimmed verbose `DO NOT USE FOR` clauses to
  stay under the 1,024-char skill spec limit (now 1,019 chars).
- eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml: rewrite the two polyglot prompts to
  mirror the .NET scenario's framing — add `project-wide, multi-file
  test generation task across the ... layers` and `achieve high
  coverage`, soften the library-prescriptive bullets (Mock(spec=...),
  vi.fn()) into capability-level requirements (`mocked or stubbed`,
  `mock or hand-written stub`). Rubric items unchanged — they remain
  flexible enough to grade either mock style.

Validated locally: `dotnet run --project eng/skill-validator/src --
check --plugin ./plugins/dotnet-test` => ✅ All checks passed
(23 skill(s), 11 agent(s), 1 plugin(s)).

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* Address PR #709 review + sharpen polyglot skill activation

**Activation fix for polyglot scenarios (Python + TypeScript)**

The previous attempt (e8e6feeb2) added pytest/Vitest framework names
to a long capability list, but both polyglot scenarios still reported
activated: false in skillActivationIsolated/skillActivationPlugin
across two consecutive /evaluate runs.

Rewrote the SKILL.md frontmatter description so trigger vocabulary
moves into the "Use when asked to ..." intent phrase and mirrors
the EXACT phrasing the polyglot prompts use (the .NET scenario
already activates because it says "scaffold a new test project",
which is in the description):

- Action triggers: "generate pytest tests", "generate Vitest tests"
  alongside "generate tests" / "write unit tests".
- Scaffolding triggers: "scaffold a new test project / test suite"
  (matches "scaffold a comprehensive pytest suite" and "scaffold
  a comprehensive Vitest suite").
- Surface nouns matching the polyglot fixtures: "web app",
  "REST API", "blueprint", "services, repositories, routes,
  and modules".
- Up front: list what the skill scaffolds across all languages
  (".NET test projects, pytest test suites, Vitest/Jest test
  suites, Go test files, JUnit test suites").

Trimmed the "DO NOT USE FOR" clause to keep the folded description
at 992 chars (under the 1,024 agentskills.io spec limit).

**Review comment fixes**

- fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/tsconfig.json: drop
  types: ["node"] — fixture has no @types/node so tsc
  would fail with "Cannot find type definition file for 'node'".
- fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/src/pricing.ts: rewrite the
  DiscountPolicy.computeDiscountCents @returns docstring.
  Was "Must not exceed the subtotal" (contradicted by
  Cart.totals() which clamps both negative and over-subtotal
  values). Now clearly states policies should target
  [0, subtotalCents] but Cart.totals() clamps out-of-range
  values back into the range, so contract and implementation match.
- fixtures/python-flask-tasks/src/tasks_api/models.py: the
  Task.created_at default now uses datetime.now(timezone.utc)
  via default_factory, matching TaskService's timezone-aware
  _now callable. Avoids mixing naive datetime.utcnow() with
  aware datetimes when Task is instantiated directly (e.g., in
  generated tests).
- fixtures/python-flask-tasks/src/tasks_api/routes.py: add an
  explicit isinstance(title, str) guard in create_task
  before delegating to TaskService.create. Previously a JSON
  title value that was a number/null/object would fall through
  to title.strip() and crash with AttributeError -> 500.
- fixtures/python-flask-tasks/src/tasks_api/service.py:
  defense-in-depth — TaskService.create now raises ValueError
  on non-string titles (instead of crashing) so non-Flask callers
  (and unit tests that exercise the service directly with bad
  inputs) get a clean validation error.

Validated locally:

- dotnet run --project eng/skill-validator/src -- check --plugin
  ./plugins/dotnet-test -> All checks passed (23 skill(s),
  11 agent(s), 1 plugin(s)).
- Python fixture: python -m compileall -q src clean.
- TS fixture: npm ci && npx tsc --noEmit clean.

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* Simplify polyglot prompts to encourage skill activation

The Python pytest and TypeScript Vitest scenarios were marked NOT
ACTIVATED in evaluation runs even after rewriting the SKILL.md
description with polyglot trigger vocabulary. Investigation of
results.json showed the agent went straight to view/create without
ever invoking the `skill` tool.

Root cause: the polyglot prompts contained long bullet lists
pre-specifying exact test cases (Cart.add merge semantics, updateQuantity
zero-removes, PercentageDiscountPolicy boundary tests, TaskService
validation errors, etc.). This gave the model a complete plan and removed
any incentive to load a planning skill.

Compare with the .NET ContosoUniversity scenario (which does activate
the skill): a short open-ended prompt — "write comprehensive unit tests
across the controllers, services, and the data layer. Achieve high code
coverage." plus a real tool-config requirement (coverlet.collector for
Cobertura XML).

Mirror that style in both polyglot prompts:
- Drop the prescriptive bullet lists; keep a short framing intro and a
  single open-ended ask.
- Add a coverage tooling requirement (pytest-cov XML for Python,
  @vitest/coverage-v8 lcov for TypeScript) to give the skill real
  scaffolding value.
- Rubric and assertions unchanged — they still grade the actual quality
  of the generated suite.

Mirrors guidance in eng/skill-validator/src/docs/InvestigatingResults.md
section 5 ("Check the scenario itself has sufficient information that
the agent can reason that it needs the skill") and avoids the
"illegitimate fixes" called out there.

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* Elaborate polyglot prompts and enforce coverage in assertions

The previous prompt rewrite got the TypeScript Vitest scenario
activating in isolated mode (2/3 runs) but the Python scenario still
NEVER activated. Inspecting the session events showed the agent went
straight to view+create on all 3 Python runs without invoking the
`skill` tool.

Theory: the Python prompt is too abstract (just "service layer, the
repository, and the Flask routes") compared to the .NET prompt which
enumerates Students/Courses/Departments/Instructors controllers. Make
the polyglot prompts feel as substantial as the .NET one by:

- Naming concrete symbols (TaskService with injected clock,
  InMemoryTaskRepository, /tasks, /tasks/<id>, /tasks/<id>/complete
  for Python; Cart.add/remove/updateQuantity/totals plus the two
  policy classes for TS) — mirrors the .NET prompt's named
  controllers list.
- Pointing at the exact mocking + injection strategy ("with the
  repository mocked and the clock injected", "with DiscountPolicy
  mocked").
- Pinning the coverage report to an explicit path (coverage.xml for
  Python, coverage/lcov.info for TS).

Also enforce the coverage tooling requirement at assertion time so
the prompt's "and the project should be configured so... coverage"
is a real deliverable — mirrors the .NET scenario's
`coverage.cobertura.xml` file_exists check:

- Python: added file_exists for fixtures/python-flask-tasks/coverage.xml
  (pytest with --cov=tasks_api --cov-report=xml in addopts writes
  coverage.xml from the directory pytest runs in).
- TS: added a `npx vitest run --coverage` run step plus file_exists
  for fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/coverage/lcov.info.

Both changes are legitimate per
eng/skill-validator/src/docs/InvestigatingResults.md "improving the
skill vs gaming the eval" — they make the deliverable richer rather
than steering toward the skill or relaxing the rubric.

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* Clarify SKILL.md routing and mirror coverage assertions in eval.vally.yaml

Per rubber-duck review of the activation strategy:

1. SKILL.md description was ambiguous about coverage — the previous
   wording said "DO NOT USE FOR coverage/CRAP analysis" but the
   polyglot prompts heavily mention coverage tooling. In plugin mode
   that could confuse the router into deferring to coverage-analysis
   or crap-score even when the user wants new tests written. Clarify:
   - In-scope: "configures coverage tooling (coverlet, pytest-cov,
     @vitest/coverage-v8) as part of test generation"
   - Out-of-scope: "analyzing existing coverage reports" (not just
     "coverage")
   Description re-tightened to 1003 chars (under the 1024 limit).

2. eval.vally.yaml previously asserted only that test files exist; the
   eval.yaml mirror added coverage XML / lcov.info file_exists
   assertions in the prior commit. Mirror those into the vally graders
   so both eval schemas enforce the same coverage deliverable:
   - Python: assert fixtures/python-flask-tasks/coverage.xml exists
   - TS: run npx vitest run --coverage --reporter=basic then assert
     fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/coverage/lcov.info exists

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* Harden polyglot fixtures so baseline cannot perfectly ace them

Both polyglot scenarios (Python Flask, TypeScript Vitest) activated the
code-testing-agent skill in isolated mode but not in plugin mode. Root
cause: the baseline (no skill loaded) was scoring 5/5, leaving the skill
no headroom to demonstrate value, so plugin-mode runs went straight to
view+write without invoking any skill.

Per InvestigatingResults.md section 8, the correct fix is to add genuine
complexity that benefits from a planning workflow rather than relaxing
rubrics or gaming activation. This commit grows both fixtures into
realistic, multi-seam libraries that genuinely reward layered test
planning.

Python (fixtures/python-flask-tasks/) additions:

- models.py: TaskPriority enum, Tag value-object with normalization /
  validation, due_at on Task, is_overdue(now) helper.
- queries.py (new): TaskQuery / TaskPage / apply_query separating
  filter / sort / pagination from the service. Sort by created_at,
  due_at, priority, or title with ascending / descending order; filter
  by status, tag, search substring, and overdue.
- repository.py: TaskRepository protocol gains delete(); added
  normalize_tags() helper that the service uses for tag dedup.
- repository_sqlite.py (new): SqliteTaskRepository — a second backend
  implementing the same Protocol using stdlib sqlite3 (no extra deps),
  with persisted tags via a task_tags table and ON DELETE CASCADE.
- service.py: configurable max_title_length, timezone-aware due_at
  validation, priority / due_at / tag mutations, reopen() and delete()
  state transitions, add_tags / remove_tag with normalization.
- routes.py: new endpoints — DELETE /tasks/<id>, POST /tasks/<id>/reopen,
  POST /tasks/<id>/tags, DELETE /tasks/<id>/tags/<name>. GET /tasks now
  parses status / tag / q / overdue / sort / order / limit / offset and
  returns a paged response with total / has_more.
- app.py: env / config-driven backend selection (TASKS_BACKEND =
  memory | sqlite, TASKS_DATABASE_URL, TASKS_MAX_TITLE_LENGTH).
- README.md: documents the new layout and the expected layered test
  approach.

TypeScript (fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/) additions:

- pricing.ts: FixedAmountDiscountPolicy and CompositeDiscountPolicy
  with "sum" vs "chain" stacking modes (the latter compounds discounts
  on the remaining subtotal).
- tax.ts (new): TaxCalculator interface; NoTaxCalculator,
  RegionalTaxCalculator (per-region rate table with default fallback),
  AsyncTaxRateProvider async seam, AsyncTaxCalculator adapter.
- shipping.ts (new): ShippingCalculator interface;
  FreeShippingCalculator, FlatShippingCalculator (with optional
  free-over-threshold), WeightBasedShippingCalculator (bracket-based
  with overflow cost).
- inventory.ts (new): PriceFetcher and InventoryChecker async seams,
  InventoryError with productId / requested / available, refreshPrices()
  helper.
- cart.ts: fixed pricing pipeline subtotal → discount (clamped) → tax
  (on the discounted subtotal) → shipping; async checkout() that
  refreshes prices, checks inventory (first denial wins,
  InventoryError thrown), and supports an AsyncTaxRateProvider for
  this call.
- product.ts: optional weightGrams (used by shipping) and currency.
- index.ts: barrel re-exports for all new symbols.
- README.md: documents the new layout and the expected layered test
  approach.

eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml:

- Updated both polyglot prompts to name the new modules and seams
  (queries.apply_query, SqliteTaskRepository, tag endpoints,
  CompositeDiscountPolicy stacking, AsyncTaxRateProvider,
  WeightBasedShippingCalculator, PriceFetcher / InventoryChecker,
  InventoryError). Style remains open-ended (.NET-style) — no bullet
  list of test cases.
- Replaced the small rubric with outcome-based rubric items that grade
  the new behaviors: pipeline composition (tax on discounted
  subtotal), CompositeDiscountPolicy stacking-mode differences, weight
  bracket boundary semantics, async checkout() with mocked
  collaborators including InventoryError shape, queries.apply_query
  pagination boundaries, SqliteTaskRepository integration tests
  against an in-memory connection, multi-status assertions across
  200/201/204/400/404/409, and constructor validation on the boundary
  classes.
- Bumped per-command timeouts from 5m to 10m to absorb the larger
  test suite.

No skill description / SKILL.md changes — the skill description is
already accurate for these scenarios (1003 / 1024 chars).

* Enforce hard 80% coverage floor on polyglot fixtures

After the previous harden commit (c78532bf7), the polyglot scenarios still
scored a 5.0/5 baseline with no plugin-mode activation. Root cause: even on
the larger fixtures the judge ticked every rubric item because the baseline
agent wrote tests that *touched* each named module — the rubric grades
"covered this concept", not "covered this code path", so a strong baseline
naturally clears it.

The previous commit hardened the SURFACE of the fixtures. This commit
hardens the SUCCESS BAR by baking coverage thresholds into the test
runners themselves, so a baseline that skips an entire module fails the
existing pytest / vitest run-command assertion outright (assertion exit
code != 0 → run fails → judge cannot give 5/5).

Python (fixtures/python-flask-tasks/pyproject.toml):

- Added `pytest-cov>=5.0,<7.0` to the [test] extra so coverage is
  pre-installed (the agent no longer has to add it manually).
- Set `addopts = "-q --cov=tasks_api --cov-branch --cov-report=xml
  --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=80"`. pytest now exits
  non-zero when total line + branch coverage on tasks_api is below 80%,
  which makes the existing `python -m pytest` assertion fail.

TypeScript (fixtures/typescript-vitest-cart/vitest.config.ts):

- Added a `coverage` block that pre-configures provider: 'v8',
  reporter: ['lcov', 'text'], include: ['src/**/*.ts'], and thresholds
  of lines / statements / functions ≥ 80, branches ≥ 70. The agent no
  longer has to wire up the coverage provider. `npx vitest run
  --coverage` exits non-zero when any threshold is unmet.

Prompts (eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml):

- Trimmed the prompts to drop the "configure coverage if not already
  there" guidance — coverage tooling is now pre-installed and the floor
  is fixed. The prompt now explicitly tells the agent the threshold is
  enforced and that incidental coverage will not clear the bar, so the
  agent's planning workflow has a concrete cross-module target to plan
  against.

READMEs: documented the new behavior so the agent reading the README
sees the coverage floor up front.

Verified locally: with an empty tests/ directory, pytest exits 1 with
"FAIL Required test coverage of 80% not reached" and `vitest run
--coverage` exits 1 with "Coverage for lines (0%) does not meet global
threshold (80%)". The existing run-command assertions therefore fail for
incomplete suites without needing any new assertion / grader.

* Address PR #709 review: snapshot deep-copy, due_at sort, tests/ wording

- cart.ts: snapshot() now deep-copies the Product on each line in addition

  to the CartLine, so callers mutating the returned snapshot can no longer

  reach back into the cart's internal state via line.product. (Copilot 3344261946)

- queries.py: _sort_key for 'due_at' returns a (is_none, isoformat) tuple

  so we never compare across the None / not-None boundary, and never

  trigger 'cannot compare naive and aware datetimes' TypeErrors when

  a stray naive datetime sneaks through. (Copilot 3347273389)

- README + eval.yaml + eval.vally.yaml: reword the 'tests/ directory is

  intentionally empty' phrasing to 'no test files yet — only a .gitkeep

  marker' so the docs are strictly accurate about what's on disk.

  (Copilot 3344580026 / 3344580055 / 3344580067 / 3344580085 / 3344580104

  / 3344580136 / 3344580156)

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