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Test Coverage Explainer

A Python CLI tool that integrates with coverage.py to analyze test coverage reports and uses AI to recommend areas in the codebase where test cases are missing or need improvement. It helps developers prioritize testing efforts based on critical code paths.

What It Does

  • Analyze test coverage reports in XML format.
  • Identify uncovered lines in the code.
  • Generate AI-driven suggestions for improving test coverage.
  • Display results in a user-friendly table format.

Installation

  • Python 3.7+
  • rich
  • openai

Usage

1. Generate a coverage report in XML format using coverage.py:

coverage run -m pytest
   coverage xml -o coverage.xml

2. Run the tool with the path to the coverage report:

python test_coverage_explainer.py --report coverage.xml

3. View the uncovered lines and AI-generated suggestions in the console.

Source Code

import argparse
import os
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from rich.console import Console
from rich.table import Table
import openai

def analyze_coverage(report_path):
    """
    Analyze the coverage report and return uncovered files and lines.

    Args:
        report_path (str): Path to the coverage XML report.

    Returns:
        dict: A dictionary with file paths as keys and uncovered lines as values.
    """
    if not os.path.exists(report_path):
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Coverage report file not found: {report_path}")

    uncovered = {}
    with open(report_path, "r") as file:
        tree = ET.parse(file)
        root = tree.getroot()

        for file_elem in root.findall(".//class"):
            filename = file_elem.get("filename")
            lines_elem = file_elem.find("lines")
            if lines_elem is not None:
                uncovered_lines = []
                for line in lines_elem.findall("line"):
                    if line.get("hits") == "0":
                        uncovered_lines.append(int(line.get("number")))
                if uncovered_lines:
                    uncovered[filename] = uncovered_lines

    return uncovered

def generate_ai_suggestions(uncovered):
    """
    Use OpenAI API to generate suggestions for improving test coverage.

    Args:
        uncovered (dict): Dictionary of uncovered files and lines.

    Returns:
        dict: AI-generated suggestions for each file.
    """
    suggestions = {}
    openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")

    for filename, lines in uncovered.items():
        prompt = (
            f"The following lines in the file '{filename}' are not covered by tests: {lines}. "
            "Please provide suggestions for test cases to improve coverage in these areas."
        )
        try:
            response = openai.Completion.create(
                engine="text-davinci-003",
                prompt=prompt,
                max_tokens=150
            )
            suggestions[filename] = response["choices"][0]["text"].strip()
        except Exception as e:
            suggestions[filename] = f"Error generating suggestion: {e}"

    return suggestions

def display_results(uncovered, suggestions):
    """
    Display uncovered lines and AI suggestions in a table format.

    Args:
        uncovered (dict): Dictionary of uncovered files and lines.
        suggestions (dict): AI-generated suggestions for each file.
    """
    console = Console()
    table = Table(title="Test Coverage Analysis and Suggestions")

    table.add_column("File", style="cyan", no_wrap=True)
    table.add_column("Uncovered Lines", style="magenta")
    table.add_column("AI Suggestions", style="green")

    for filename, lines in uncovered.items():
        suggestion = suggestions.get(filename, "No suggestion available")
        table.add_row(filename, ", ".join(map(str, lines)), suggestion)

    console.print(table)

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description="Analyze test coverage reports and get AI-driven suggestions for improving test cases."
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--report",
        required=True,
        help="Path to the coverage XML report generated by coverage.py",
    )

    args = parser.parse_args()

    try:
        uncovered = analyze_coverage(args.report)
        if not uncovered:
            print("Great job! All lines are covered by tests.")
            return

        suggestions = generate_ai_suggestions(uncovered)
        display_results(uncovered, suggestions)
    except FileNotFoundError as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An unexpected error occurred: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Tool Name
test_coverage_explainer
Category
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Generated
June 5, 2026
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Quick Install

Clone just this tool:

git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse \
  https://github.com/ptulin/autoaiforge.git
cd autoaiforge
git sparse-checkout set generated_tools/2026-06-05/test_coverage_explainer
cd generated_tools/2026-06-05/test_coverage_explainer
pip install -r requirements.txt 2>/dev/null || true
python test_coverage_explainer.py