name: ‘step-03-map-criteria’
description: ‘Map coverage oracle items to tests and build traceability matrix’
nextStepFile: ‘{skill-root}/steps-c/step-04-analyze-gaps.md’
outputFile: ‘{test_artifacts}/traceability-matrix.md’
Step 3: Map Coverage Oracle to Tests
STEP GOAL
Create the traceability matrix linking the resolved oracle items to tests.
MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES
- 📖 Read the entire step file before acting
- ✅ Speak in
{communication_language}
EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
- 🎯 Follow the MANDATORY SEQUENCE exactly
- 💾 Record outputs before proceeding
- 📖 Load the next step only when instructed
CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
- Available context: config, loaded artifacts, and knowledge fragments
- Focus: this step’s goal only
- Limits: do not execute future steps
- Dependencies: prior steps’ outputs (if any)
MANDATORY SEQUENCE
CRITICAL: Follow this sequence exactly. Do not skip, reorder, or improvise.
1. Build Matrix
For each resolved oracle item (formal requirement, endpoint/spec item, or synthetic journey):
- Map to matching tests
- Mark coverage status: FULL / PARTIAL / NONE / UNIT-ONLY / INTEGRATION-ONLY
- Record test level and priority
- Preserve each mapped test’s stable identity fields (
id, title, file, line, level, status flags) so Phase 1 can deduplicate unique tests before JSON export
- Record heuristic signals:
- Endpoint coverage present/missing (for API-impacting items)
- Auth/authz coverage present/missing (positive and negative paths)
- Error-path coverage present/missing (validation, timeout, network/server failures)
- UI journey E2E coverage present/missing (for source-derived journeys)
- UI state coverage present/missing (loading, empty, validation, error, permission-denied)
2. Validate Coverage Logic
Ensure:
- P0/P1 items have coverage
- No duplicate coverage across levels without justification
- Items are not happy-path-only when the oracle implies error handling or alternate states
- API items are not marked FULL if endpoint-level checks are missing
- Auth/authz items include at least one denied/invalid-path test where applicable
- Synthetic UI journeys are not marked FULL when no E2E or component test asserts the critical path and key failure states
3. Save Progress
Save this step’s accumulated work to {outputFile}.
- If
{outputFile} does not exist (first save), create it using the workflow template (if available) with YAML frontmatter:
---
stepsCompleted: ['step-03-map-criteria']
lastStep: 'step-03-map-criteria'
lastSaved: '{date}'
---
Then write this step’s output below the frontmatter.
- If
{outputFile} already exists, update:
- Add
'step-03-map-criteria' to stepsCompleted array (only if not already present)
- Set
lastStep: 'step-03-map-criteria'
- Set
lastSaved: '{date}'
- Append this step’s output to the appropriate section of the document.
Load next step: {nextStepFile}
🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS:
✅ SUCCESS:
- Step completed in full with required outputs
❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:
- Skipped sequence steps or missing outputs
Master Rule: Skipping steps is FORBIDDEN.