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Danijel Martinek 2edc76002a refactor(docs): strip residual Phase/Plan setup-history references
Final sweep for setup-process bookkeeping not caught by template-reset-v1.
ADRs drop Plan-N qualifiers; spec collapses the historical 11-phase
migration table; scaffolding guide drops "Phase added" column; comment
prefixes referencing R-numbers in test describes / eslint inline comments
are normalized. Architecture-level rule IDs (R40, R52, E0, J0, etc.) are
preserved where they serve as stable cross-references in ADRs.

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# ADR-011: TDD Foundation
**Status:** Accepted
**Date:** 2026-05-05
**Supersedes:** none
**Spec:** docs/superpowers/specs/2026-05-05-tdd-foundation-design.md
## Context
The vertical-feature monorepo refactor (ADRs 001-010) established
clean architecture with per-feature DI containers but did not enforce
TDD as the path of least resistance. Agentic workers were producing
code-first commits with tests added later, leading to test theatre and
mock/real drift.
## Decision
1. **New package `@repo/core-testing` (tag: tooling)** — shared test
utilities: defineFactory, defineContractSuite, renderWithProviders,
mock-payload helpers, jsdom setup file. Tagged `tooling` so any
package may depend on it as devDependency without boundary violation.
2. **Vitest base configs split into node + jsdom** with safety defaults
(clearMocks, restoreMocks, mockReset, unstubGlobals, sequence.shuffle)
and coverage thresholds (80/75/80/80 baseline; 100% in entities +
use-cases + controllers).
3. **Factories per feature** in `src/__factories__/` replace inline
fixtures. Stable date defaults (2026-01-01) so snapshot diffs reflect
SUT behavior only.
4. **Contract suites per repository interface** in `src/__contracts__/`
run against every implementation (Mock + Payload). Eliminates the
class of bug where the mock and the real impl drift apart.
5. **Tests in core-\* packages and apps** — composition smoke tests
(appRouter, payloadConfig, bind-production, providers).
6. **Storybook test-runner** — every story executed as a smoke test.
7. **CI workflow** — typecheck + lint + boundaries + test + build +
e2e + storybook on every PR. Coverage uploaded as artifact.
8. **Two new docs** — tdd-workflow.md (process) + restructured
adding-a-feature.md (interleaves tests with impl).
## Alternatives considered
- **Fixture files instead of factories** — rejected. Fixtures rot with
schema changes and require manual updates per test.
- **One shared test file per impl** — rejected. Contract suites give
the same coverage in fewer LOC and prevent drift.
- **Real Postgres in tests via testcontainers** — rejected for unit
tests (slow, complex). Repository contract suites + vi.mock('payload')
give equivalent confidence in milliseconds.
- **Stryker mutation testing** — deferred. Coverage thresholds + contract
suites get us most of the way; mutation testing is incremental.
## Consequences
- New package to maintain (small, mostly stable surface).
- Coverage thresholds may fail builds initially; we add tests to cross
threshold as features land.
- Sequence shuffle may surface latent flakes; we fix as found.
- Templates for new features now require writing tests first; this is
by design.
## Refines
- ADR-006 (boundary tags) — adds @repo/core-testing as a tooling package.