# Process Improvements and Testing Strategy
* **Task ID:** process-improvements-testing_5
* **Reviewer:** stevejs
* **Area:** docs|tests
* **Motivation (WHY):**
- Current testing strategy relies on unit tests only; e2e validation is manual and ad-hoc
- Need systematic approach to validate complete workflows from file discovery through sentence extraction
- Integration tests would catch issues between modules that unit tests miss
- Automated e2e tests would prevent regressions and enable confident refactoring
- Process improvements could streamline development workflow and reduce manual verification overhead
* **Acceptance Criteria:**
1. Define PRD compliance validation framework to catch implementation drift
2. Optimize unit test strategy to leverage full 10-second budget with comprehensive I/O testing
3. Assess if existing perf tests are sufficient for validating performance claims
4. Create context management guidelines for 50% limit and work chunking
5. Define clear boundaries between feature work vs process work
6. Establish `to_do` features system for capturing requirements without context overload
7. Streamline task completion workflow to flow naturally into commits
* **Deliverables:**
- PRD compliance check framework (automated detection of false performance/concurrency claims)
- Unit test optimization strategy: maximize I/O test coverage within 10-second budget
- Performance validation assessment: existing perf tests vs new framework needs
- Context management rules and work chunking guidelines for 50% limit
- Feature/Process work separation guidelines with concrete examples
- `to_do` features system design for requirement capture without context bloat
- Improved task-to-commit workflow eliminating awkward transitions
* **References:**
- `src/reader.rs:147` false concurrency example requiring detection
- Current unit test performance baseline for 10-second budget optimization
- Existing benchmark suite for performance validation assessment
- CLAUDE.md atomic commit workflow for improvement opportunities
- Context management challenges in current task completion flow