How: Use Copilot for test generation and CI fixes
QA lead wants patterns for prompting Copilot to generate unit tests and quick CI pipeline fixes inside VS Code with reproducible prompts.
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Prompt templates to paste into VS Code with GitHub Copilot:
For unit tests: paste the target function (10–30 lines) then: “Write unit tests in Jest/Mocha/Pytest covering normal, boundary, and error cases. Include table-driven cases, required mocks, minimal setup/teardown, and the exact command to run tests.”
For CI fixes: paste the failing log and file path, then: “Patch .github/workflows/ci.yml to fix the failure (add retry/cache/short-circuit), output a minimal commit patch and PR description, plus local repro steps.”
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