diff --git a/tests/test_conductor_tech_lead.py b/tests/test_conductor_tech_lead.py
index c8155ef6..944154e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_conductor_tech_lead.py
+++ b/tests/test_conductor_tech_lead.py
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ import pytest
 
 class TestConductorTechLead(unittest.TestCase):
  def test_generate_tickets_retry_failure(self) -> None:
-  with patch('src.ai_client.send_result') as mock_send_result:
-   mock_send_result.return_value = Result(data="invalid json")
+  with patch('src.ai_client.send') as mock_send:
+   mock_send.return_value = Result(data="invalid json")
    # conductor_tech_lead.generate_tickets now raises RuntimeError on error after 3 attempts
    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
     conductor_tech_lead.generate_tickets("brief", "skeletons")
-   assert mock_send_result.call_count == 3
+   assert mock_send.call_count == 3
 
  def test_generate_tickets_retry_success(self) -> None:
-  with patch('src.ai_client.send_result') as mock_send_result:
-   mock_send_result.side_effect = [Result(data="invalid json"), Result(data='[{"Task": "Test"}]')]
+  with patch('src.ai_client.send') as mock_send:
+   mock_send.side_effect = [Result(data="invalid json"), Result(data='[{"Task": "Test"}]')]
    tickets = conductor_tech_lead.generate_tickets("brief", "skeletons")
    assert tickets == [{"Task": "Test"}]
-   assert mock_send_result.call_count == 2
+   assert mock_send.call_count == 2
 
  def test_generate_tickets_success(self) -> None:
-  with patch('src.ai_client.send_result') as mock_send_result:
-   mock_send_result.return_value = Result(data='[{"id": "T1", "description": "desc", "depends_on": []}]')
+  with patch('src.ai_client.send') as mock_send:
+   mock_send.return_value = Result(data='[{"id": "T1", "description": "desc", "depends_on": []}]')
    tickets = conductor_tech_lead.generate_tickets("brief", "skeletons")
    self.assertEqual(len(tickets), 1)
    self.assertEqual(tickets[0]['id'], "T1")