Python Pytest Patterns

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Integration test
• Tasks that involve Unit testing

Example prompts

• “/python-pytest-patterns”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A Bash shell
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): pytest 7.0+, Python 3.9+. Some features require pytest-asyncio, pytest-mock, pytest-cov.
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ac52da. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Bash

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • pytest

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  pytest 7.0+, Python 3.9+. Some features require pytest-asyncio, pytest-mock, pytest-cov.

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Python Pytest Patterns loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~14k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 149 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~46

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~14k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 149 words (~1,262 tokens).

name

python-pytest-patterns

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Bash

compatibility

pytest 7.0+, Python 3.9+. Some features require pytest-asyncio, pytest-mock, pytest-cov.

related-skills

python-typing-patterns, python-async-patterns

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts, references, assets) in skills/0xdarkmatter/python-pytest-patterns of aiskillstore/marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• assets/conftest.py.template
• assets/pytest.ini.template
• references/async-testing.md
• references/coverage-strategies.md
• references/fixtures-advanced.md
• references/integration-testing.md
• references/mocking-patterns.md
• references/property-testing.md
• references/test-architecture.md
• scripts/generate-conftest.sh
• scripts/run-tests.sh
• skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ac52da

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• NeverSight/learn-skills.devdata/skills-md/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/python-pytest-opsdata/skills-md/0xdarkmatter/claude-mods/python-pytest-patterns