manual_slop/conductor/tracks/testing_consolidation_20260302/plan.md

Implementation Plan: Testing & Simulation Consolidation

Architecture reference: docs/guide_simulations.md

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Phase 1: Migrate Manual Launchers to Pytest Fixtures

Focus: Remove subprocess.Popen from visual verification scripts and convert them to proper pytest tests.

• Task 1.1: Refactor tests/visual_mma_verification.py to be a standard pytest function: def test_visual_mma_verification(live_gui):. Remove all subprocess.Popen and directory changing logic.
• Task 1.2: Audit tests/ for any other file containing subprocess.Popen pointing to gui_2.py and refactor them similarly.

Phase 2: Consolidate Simulation Scripts

Focus: Ensure the simulation/ directory integrates cleanly with the pytest framework or serves a distinct non-testing purpose.

• Task 2.1: Audit the simulation/ directory. If scripts there are just tests in disguise, move them into tests/ and wrap them in the live_gui fixture. If they are intended as standalone interactive demos, clearly document their purpose and ensure they don't duplicate conftest.py logic unnecessarily.