Configures Jest's built-in coverage (Istanbul-instrumented `babel` provider or V8-native `v8` provider), wires the right `coverageReporters` for downstream consumption (`lcov` for SaaS / cross-tool, `cobertura` for Jenkins, `text-summary` for terminal, `html` for human review), authors per-file `coverageThreshold` rules that focus the gate on critical paths (vs the global-only foot-gun), and parses the per-file JSON output for PR-time deltas. Use when the project tests with Jest (or Vitest, which uses the same Istanbul/V8 provider) and the team needs PR-time coverage signal that's both local-runnable and CI-gateable.
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Companion detail for jest-coverage-analysis. The Jest / Vitest config in SKILL.md is the runnable core; this file holds the full JSON parser and the anti-pattern catalog.
The json reporter writes coverage/coverage-final.json with a per-file structure keyed by absolute path:
{
"/abs/path/src/checkout/cart.ts": {
"path": "/abs/path/src/checkout/cart.ts",
"statementMap": { "0": { "start": {}, "end": {} } },
"fnMap": { },
"branchMap": { },
"s": { "0": 42, "1": 42, "2": 0 },
"f": { "0": 42, "1": 0 },
"b": { "0": [42, 0] }
}
}s = per-statement hit counts; f = per-function; b = per-branch arm.
// scripts/parse_jest_coverage.js
import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync('coverage/coverage-final.json', 'utf8'));
for (const [absPath, file] of Object.entries(data)) {
const stmts = Object.values(file.s);
const stmtPct = (stmts.filter(c => c > 0).length / stmts.length) * 100;
const fns = Object.values(file.f);
const fnPct = (fns.filter(c => c > 0).length / fns.length) * 100;
// Branch coverage: each entry is an array of arm hit counts.
const branchEntries = Object.values(file.b);
const branchTotal = branchEntries.flat().length;
const branchHit = branchEntries.flat().filter(c => c > 0).length;
const brPct = branchTotal === 0 ? 100 : (branchHit / branchTotal) * 100;
console.log({ path: absPath, stmtPct, fnPct, brPct });
}The coverage-summary.json file (from the json-summary reporter) is the pre-aggregated version when per-statement detail isn't needed.
| Anti-pattern | Why it fails | Fix |
|---|---|---|
collectCoverage: false in CI | No coverage data emitted; downstream gate is empty. | --coverage flag in the test command (Step 7). |
Skipping collectCoverageFrom | Files with no test silently absent from denominator; coverage inflated. | Always set explicitly (Step 4). |
coverageThreshold.global only, no per-path rules | A new module under src/api/ joins at 0% coverage; global drops by 0.3pp; gate passes. | Per-path rules for critical modules (Step 3). |
Mixing babel and v8 ignore comments | One provider misses the ignore; coverage drops mysteriously. | Pick one; grep-replace if switching. |
Using coverage-final.json as the gate input | Per-statement detail is huge; gate scripts slow. | coverage-summary.json for whole-repo + lcov.info for per-line drilldown. |
coverageDirectory: '/tmp/...' outside the repo | CI artifact upload step misses it. | Keep in coverage/ (default). |
| Threshold set at 100% on a global rule | First refactor fails the build; team disables coverage entirely. | Set globals at the maintainable floor, not aspirational ceiling. |