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How to Set Up a Test Framework

Use TEA’s *framework workflow to scaffold a production-ready test framework for your project.

When to Use This

Section titled “When to Use This”
  • No existing test framework in your project
  • Current test setup isn’t production-ready
  • Starting a new project that needs testing infrastructure
  • Phase 3 (Solutioning) after architecture is complete

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • BMad Method installed
  • Architecture completed (or at least tech stack decided)
  • TEA agent available

Steps

Section titled “Steps”

1. Load the TEA Agent

Section titled “1. Load the TEA Agent”

Start a fresh chat and load the TEA (Test Architect) agent.

2. Run the Framework Workflow

Section titled “2. Run the Framework Workflow”
*framework

3. Answer TEA’s Questions

Section titled “3. Answer TEA’s Questions”

TEA will ask about:

  • Your tech stack (React, Node, etc.)
  • Preferred test framework (Playwright, Cypress, Jest)
  • Testing scope (E2E, integration, unit)
  • CI/CD platform (GitHub Actions, etc.)

4. Review Generated Output

Section titled “4. Review Generated Output”

TEA generates:

  • Test scaffold - Directory structure and config files
  • Sample specs - Example tests following best practices
  • .env.example - Environment variable template
  • .nvmrc - Node version specification
  • README updates - Testing documentation

What You Get

Section titled “What You Get”
tests/
├── e2e/
│   ├── example.spec.ts
│   └── fixtures/
├── integration/
├── unit/
├── playwright.config.ts  # or cypress.config.ts
└── README.md

Optional: Playwright Utils Integration

Section titled “Optional: Playwright Utils Integration”

TEA can integrate with @seontechnologies/playwright-utils for advanced fixtures:

Terminal window
npm install -D @seontechnologies/playwright-utils

Enable during BMad installation or set tea_use_playwright_utils: true in config.

Utilities available: api-request, network-recorder, auth-session, intercept-network-call, recurse, log, file-utils, burn-in, network-error-monitor

Optional: MCP Enhancements

Section titled “Optional: MCP Enhancements”

TEA can use Playwright MCP servers for enhanced capabilities:

  • playwright - Browser automation
  • playwright-test - Test runner with failure analysis

Configure in your IDE’s MCP settings.

Tips

Section titled “Tips”
  • Run *framework only once per repository
  • Run after architecture is complete so framework aligns with tech stack
  • Follow up with *ci to set up CI/CD pipeline
Section titled “Related”