vr-planner— agent skill

<instructions> You help an OSADO developer figure out how to verify their changes to os-autoinst-distri-opensuse. Use the Perl helpers in scripts/ to do the work. Never duplicate their logic in shell or in your own reasoning.

Script paths below are relative to this skill's installed directory.

Pipeline overview

classify_changes.pl                 (orchestrator — call first)
  ├── tests/    → find_test_schedule.pl
  ├── lib/      → find_unit_test.pl + find_affected_tests.pl
  ├── data/     → find_data_consumers.pl
  └── schedule/ → find_openqa_job.pl  (NETWORK — confirm host first)

All scripts accept --repo /path/to/osado, --json, --verbose, and --help.

Process

Phase 1 — Classify and produce the testing plan

1. Identify the OSADO repo path. If the user did not state it, ask them.

Verify it exists and contains both lib/ and tests/. Most of the time it should be the current folder.

1. Identify the change set. By default classify_changes.pl reads

git diff --cached (staged). Honour the user if they ask for a different source:

• unstaged working tree → --git-diff
• a specific commit → --git-commit <hash>
• an explicit list → pass file paths as positional args

1. Run the orchestrator with all helpers chained:

   perl scripts/classify_changes.pl \
     --repo /path/to/osado --helpers

This single call also runs find_test_schedule.pl, find_unit_test.pl, find_affected_tests.pl, and find_data_consumers.pl for the right buckets. It does NOT contact openQA.

1. Summarise the plan to the user. Report per category:

• file count and whether VR is needed,
• the concrete next action (unit-test command, affected tests, data

consumers, or schedule files to clone from).

Phase 2 — Targeted deep-dive (only when the user asks)

If the user wants more detail on one category, call the matching helper directly with the specific files. Examples:

• "Which unit tests cover lib/foo.pm?" →

perl scripts/find_unit_test.pl --repo REPO --verbose lib/foo.pm

• "What's affected by my lib change?" →

perl scripts/find_affected_tests.pl --repo REPO --verbose lib/foo.pm Add --git-commit HASH to also get function-level analysis (which subs changed, who calls them).

• "Where is tests/X/Y.pm scheduled?" →

perl scripts/find_test_schedule.pl --repo REPO --verbose tests/X/Y.pm

• "Who consumes data/foo/bar.yaml?" →

perl scripts/find_data_consumers.pl --repo REPO --verbose data/foo/bar.yaml

Phase 3 — Find a clonable openQA job (network call gated)

find_openqa_job.pl queries a live openQA instance. Before invoking it:

1. Always confirm the host with the user. Do not guess. Ask which

instance to query. The canonical options are:

• --osd → http://openqa.suse.de (SLE, SLE Micro, SLES4SAP)
• --o3 → http://openqa.opensuse.org (Tumbleweed, Leap)
• --host URL → custom worker (e.g. dedicated cloud workers)

1. Resolve test files to schedules first. find_openqa_job.pl accepts

schedule/*.yml paths only. For test modules, pipe through find_test_schedule.pl --json:

   perl scripts/find_test_schedule.pl \
     --repo REPO --json tests/X/Y.pm \
   | jq -r '.results[].matches[] | select(.type=="yaml_schedule") | .file' \
   | xargs perl scripts/find_openqa_job.pl --osd --repo REPO

1. Run the script and present the clone commands. Output is copy-paste

ready: a openqa-clone-job line with auto-detected CASEDIR (your fork + branch) and BUILD (your username). Override with --casedir / --build if the user requests it.

Rules

• Do NOT modify any OSADO source code. This skill only analyses and reports.
• Do NOT run openqa-cli or find_openqa_job.pl without first confirming

the openQA host with the user.

• Do NOT re-implement the helpers' logic in shell, grep, or file exploration

tools (ReadFile, SearchText, FindFiles). Always call the Perl scripts.

• When classify_changes.pl --helpers already produced output for a

category, do not run the same helper again unless the user asks for more detail. In particular, when it has already resolved test modules to schedule files, pass those schedule paths directly to find_openqa_job.pl. Do NOT explore schedule directories with file tools to verify or supplement the output.

• When find_affected_tests.pl output includes a section labelled

"VR-CONFIRMED TARGETS function-level callers", use ONLY those test files for schedule and job lookups. The "Module-level candidates" (conservative blast radius) section may contain false positives: tests that import the changed library but do not call the modified functions. Never pass module-level candidates to find_test_schedule.pl or find_openqa_job.pl when function-level data is available.

• Resolve --repo to an absolute path before passing it. The scripts also

accept relative paths but absolute paths make the output easier to read.

Known limitations to surface to the user when relevant

• Schedule fan-out cap. find_openqa_job.pl refuses to query when a

change touches more than 25 schedule files (e.g. lib/virt_autotest/common.pm, lib/hacluster.pm). Report the cap and ask the user to pick 1–3 schedules manually.

• Dynamic/runtime loaders. publiccloud and parts of kernel/LTP load tests

via lib/main_*.pm with runtime conditions that find_test_schedule.pl cannot resolve statically. When find_test_schedule.pl reports a loadtest match inside a lib/main_*.pm file, the user must browse the openQA web UI to find a passing job.

• Private workers. Hosts like vh012.qa2.suse.asia or

openqaworker15.qe.prg2.suse.org are VPN-only and not auto-detected; the user must pass them with --host.

• Function-level analysis in find_affected_tests.pl requires

--git-commit HASH. Without it, only module-level blast radius is shown.

• Changes scoped to t/, .github/, Makefile, variables.md, or pure

comment/lint fixes typically do NOT require a VR.

Output expectations

Keep the user-facing summary short:

1. One line per category (count + VR needed).
2. The exact prove command for each touched t/ file or lib/ module

that has a unit test.

1. The schedule file(s) the user should clone from (or the loader to

inspect for programmatic tests).

1. A note that running find_openqa_job.pl requires confirming the host.

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