Vitest
Anthony FuCommunityCreated by Anthony Fu
- Skill
- Tool integration
- Software development
- MIT
- No issues found
AutoGineer summary
Written by AutoGineer from the skill’s own files, not by the author
Vitest is a testing framework built for the Vite ecosystem. It provides a Jest-compatible API and supports ESM, TypeScript, and JSX by default. It shares configuration, transformers, and plugins with Vite applications, allowing for integrated testing workflows. The framework includes features for mocking, snapshot testing, code coverage, and multi-threaded test execution.
What it does
- Provides a Jest-compatible API for writing and running unit tests
- Supports native ESM, TypeScript, and JSX without additional configuration
- Enables mocking of functions, modules, timers, and dates
- Offers built-in code coverage reporting using V8 or Istanbul
- Supports multi-project workspaces and varied test environments like Node, jsdom, and happy-dom
- Includes utilities for snapshot testing, test filtering, and benchmarking
When to use it
- When you need a testing framework that integrates directly with your Vite configuration
- When migrating existing test suites that rely on Jest-compatible APIs
- When you require specific test environments like jsdom or happy-dom for DOM-related testing
- When managing complex test setups across monorepos or multiple projects
Advantages
- Shares configuration and plugins with Vite projects
- Supports parallel test execution via multi-threaded workers
- Provides flexible test environment configuration per file or project
- Includes built-in support for snapshot testing and mocking utilities
Usage examples
- “How do I configure Vitest to use the jsdom environment for my tests?”
- The agent provides the vitest.config.ts configuration snippet using the environment: 'jsdom' property and explains how to install the necessary jsdom package.
- “Can I run different test configurations in the same Vitest process?”
- The agent explains how to use the projects field in the vitest.config.ts file to define multiple test suites with different environments or include patterns.
Install
Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/antfu/vitest/downloadUnzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:
mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip vitest.zip -d .agents/skills
Documentation by Anthony Fu
Vitest is a next-generation testing framework powered by Vite. It provides a Jest-compatible API with native ESM, TypeScript, and JSX support out of the box. Vitest shares the same config, transformers, resolvers, and plugins with your Vite app.
Key Features:
Vite-native: Uses Vite's transformation pipeline for fast HMR-like test updates
Jest-compatible: Drop-in replacement for most Jest test suites
Smart watch mode: Only reruns affected tests based on module graph
Native ESM, TypeScript, JSX support without configuration
Multi-threaded workers for parallel test execution
Built-in coverage via V8 or Istanbul
Snapshot testing, mocking, and spy utilities
The skill is based on Vitest 5.1.0-beta.1, generated at 2026-10-23.
Core
| Topic | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration | Vitest and Vite config integration, defineConfig usage | core-config |
| CLI | Command line interface, commands and options | core-cli |
| Test API | test/it function, modifiers like skip, only, concurrent | core-test-api |
| Describe API | describe/suite for grouping tests and nested suites | core-describe |
| Expect API | Assertions with toBe, toEqual, matchers and asymmetric matchers | core-expect |
| Hooks | beforeEach, afterEach, beforeAll, afterAll, aroundEach | core-hooks |
Features
| Topic | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mocking | Mock functions, modules, timers, dates with vi utilities | features-mocking |
| Snapshots | Snapshot testing with toMatchSnapshot and inline snapshots | features-snapshots |
| Coverage | Code coverage with V8 or Istanbul providers | features-coverage |
| Test Context | Test fixtures, context.expect, test.extend for custom fixtures | features-context |
| Concurrency | Concurrent tests, parallel execution, sharding | features-concurrency |
| Filtering | Filter tests by name, file patterns, tags | features-filtering |
| Test Tags | Label tests with tags to filter runs and apply shared options | features-test-tags |
| Reporters | Built-in reporters, default selection, CI/output config | features-reporters |
| Benchmarking | Write benchmarks with the bench fixture (Tinybench) | features-benchmarking |
Advanced
| Topic | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Vi Utilities | vi helper: mock, spyOn, fake timers, hoisted, waitFor | advanced-vi |
| Environments | Test environments: node, jsdom, happy-dom, custom | advanced-environments |
| Type Testing | Type-level testing with expectTypeOf and assertType | advanced-type-testing |
| Projects | Multi-project workspaces, different configs per project | advanced-projects |
Files
- ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer895 B
- GENERATION.md136 B
- LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer1.1 KiB
- SKILL.md3.6 KiB
- references/advanced-environments.md4.9 KiB
- references/advanced-projects.md7.4 KiB
- references/advanced-type-testing.md4.6 KiB
- references/advanced-vi.md5.8 KiB
- references/core-cli.md4.9 KiB
- references/core-config.md7.7 KiB
- references/core-describe.md3.5 KiB
- references/core-expect.md8.8 KiB
- references/core-hooks.md4.8 KiB
- references/core-test-api.md5.5 KiB
- references/features-benchmarking.md3.9 KiB
- references/features-concurrency.md4.7 KiB
- references/features-context.md5.3 KiB
- references/features-coverage.md5.0 KiB
- references/features-filtering.md4.8 KiB
- references/features-mocking.md9.8 KiB
- references/features-reporters.md4.0 KiB
- references/features-snapshots.md5.2 KiB
- references/features-test-tags.md3.6 KiB
references/advanced-vi.md
name: vi-utilities description: vi helper for mocking, timers, utilities
Vi Utilities
The vi helper provides mocking and utility functions.
import { vi } from 'vitest'Mock Functions
// Create mock
const fn = vi.fn()
const fnWithImpl = vi.fn((x) => x * 2)
// Check if mock
vi.isMockFunction(fn) // true
// Mock methods
fn.mockReturnValue(42)
fn.mockReturnValueOnce(1)
fn.mockResolvedValue(data)
fn.mockRejectedValue(error)
fn.mockImplementation(() => 'result')
fn.mockImplementationOnce(() => 'once')
// Clear/reset
fn.mockClear() // Clear call history
fn.mockReset() // Clear history + implementation
fn.mockRestore() // Restore original (for spies)Spying
const obj = { method: () => 'original' }
const spy = vi.spyOn(obj, 'method')
obj.method()
expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled()
// Mock implementation
spy.mockReturnValue('mocked')
// Spy on getter/setter
vi.spyOn(obj, 'prop', 'get').mockReturnValue('value')Module Mocking
// Hoisted to top of file
vi.mock('./module', () => ({
fn: vi.fn(),
}))
// Partial mock
vi.mock('./module', async (importOriginal) => ({
...(await importOriginal()),
specificFn: vi.fn(),
}))
// Spy mode - keep implementation
vi.mock('./module', { spy: true })
// Import actual module inside mock
const actual = await vi.importActual('./module')
// Import as mock
const mocked = await vi.importMock('./module')Dynamic Mocking
// Not hoisted - use with dynamic imports
vi.doMock('./config', () => ({ key: 'value' }))
const config = await import('./config')
// Unmock
vi.doUnmock('./config')
vi.unmock('./module') // HoistedConditional Mocking — vi.when (v5)
Argument-specific spy behaviors:
vi.when(spy)
.calledWith(1).thenReturn('one')
.calledWith(2).thenReturn('two')
// then* actions: thenReturn / thenThrow / thenResolve / thenReject (+ *Once)
// options: { times }, second arg { onUnmatched: 'throw' | 'passthrough' | fn }
vi.isWhenChain(w) // type guard for a When chainSee features-mocking for FIFO/LIFO matching and toHaveBeenExhausted.
Assertion Helpers — vi.defineHelper (4.1+)
Wrap reusable assertion functions so failures point at the call site, not inside the helper:
const expectValidUser = vi.defineHelper((user: unknown) => {
expect(user).toHaveProperty('id')
expect(user).toHaveProperty('email')
})
test('returns a valid user', async () => {
expectValidUser(await fetchUser('alice')) // failures reported here
})Reset Modules
// Clear module cache
vi.resetModules()
// Wait for dynamic imports
await vi.dynamicImportSettled()Fake Timers
vi.useFakeTimers()
// Choose which timers to fake (toFake and toNotFake are mutually exclusive)
vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['setTimeout', 'clearTimeout'] })
vi.useFakeTimers({ toNotFake: ['setInterval'] })
// v5: Temporal is faked alongside Date when present on globalThis;
// exclude it with toNotFake: ['Temporal']
setTimeout(() => console.log('done'), 1000)
// Advance time
vi.advanceTimersByTime(1000)
vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1000) // For async callbacks
vi.advanceTimersToNextTimer()
vi.advanceTimersToNextFrame() // requestAnimationFrame
// Run all timers
vi.runAllTimers()
vi.runAllTimersAsync()
vi.runOnlyPendingTimers()
// Clear timers
vi.clearAllTimers()
// Check state
vi.getTimerCount()
vi.isFakeTimers()
// Restore
vi.useRealTimers()Mock Date/Time
vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2024-01-01'))
expect(new Date().getFullYear()).toBe(2024)
// v5: also drives Temporal.Now when Temporal is available
vi.getMockedSystemTime() // Get mocked date
vi.getRealSystemTime() // Get real time (ms)Global/Env Mocking
// Stub global
vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn())
vi.unstubAllGlobals()
// Stub environment
vi.stubEnv('API_KEY', 'test')
vi.stubEnv('NODE_ENV', 'test')
vi.unstubAllEnvs()Hoisted Code
Run code before imports:
const mock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn())
vi.mock('./module', () => ({
fn: mock, // Can reference hoisted variable
}))Waiting Utilities
// Wait for callback to succeed
await vi.waitFor(async () => {
const el = document.querySelector('.loaded')
expect(el).toBeTruthy()
}, { timeout: 5000, interval: 100 })
// Wait for truthy value
const element = await vi.waitUntil(
() => document.querySelector('.loaded'),
{ timeout: 5000 }
)Mock Object
Mock all methods of an object:
const original = {
method: () => 'real',
nested: { fn: () => 'nested' },
}
const mocked = vi.mockObject(original)
mocked.method() // undefined (mocked)
mocked.method.mockReturnValue('mocked')
// Spy mode
const spied = vi.mockObject(original, { spy: true })
spied.method() // 'real'
expect(spied.method).toHaveBeenCalled()Test Configuration
vi.setConfig({
testTimeout: 10_000,
hookTimeout: 10_000,
})
vi.resetConfig()Global Mock Management
vi.clearAllMocks() // Clear all mock call history
vi.resetAllMocks() // Reset + clear implementation
vi.restoreAllMocks() // Restore originals (spies)vi.mocked Type Helper
TypeScript helper for mocked values:
import { myFn } from './module'
vi.mock('./module')
// Type as mock
vi.mocked(myFn).mockReturnValue('typed')
// Deep mocking
vi.mocked(myModule, { deep: true })
// Partial mock typing
vi.mocked(fn, { partial: true }).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true })Key Points
vi.mockis hoisted - usevi.doMockfor dynamic mockingvi.hoistedlets you reference variables in mock factoriesUse
vi.spyOnto spy on existing methods (v4: supports constructors)Use
vi.whenfor argument-specific behaviors andvi.defineHelperfor assertion helpersFake timers require explicit setup and teardown
vi.waitForretries until assertion passes
<!-- Source references: - https://vitest.dev/api/vi.html -->
Requirements and compatibility
Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta
“Works with” means the tool reads the open Agent Skills format; a skill written for one tool may use features others lack.
Needs: Needs Node.js
Security
No issues found by our static scan· No issues found
A static scan is not a guarantee. Skills are third-party content: review a skill before you let an agent use it.
Attribution and licence
- Created by
- Anthony Fu
- Publisher
- Anthony Fu (Community)
- Source
- antfu/skills · skills/vitest · commit f63e9ec
- Licence
- MIT License (redistribution allowed)
- LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE.md)
- ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
- Synced
AutoGineer is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthony Fu.
Download ZIP
The ZIP holds the skill’s files, its licence files and an ATTRIBUTION.md. Download vitest.zip