askds - DeepSeek R1-powered test debugger

askds is a test debugger that helps diagnose test failures using DeepSeek R1. It runs your tests, analyzes failures, and suggests fixes.

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Installation

Make sure you have yek installed:

npm install -g askds

Basic Usage

Run tests with AI analysis:

export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-api-key"
askds npm test

Configuration

Set these environment variables to customize behavior:

Variable	Description	Default
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY	Required API key	-

Command line options:

Flag	Description	Default
--test-file-pattern	Glob pattern for test files	**/*.test.ts
--source-file-pattern	Glob pattern for source files	src/**/*.ts
--serialize	Repository serialization cmd	yek
--debug	Enable debug mode	false
--hide-ui	Hide UI	false
--system-prompt	Custom system prompt file	-
--timeout	Timeout for AI response	120
--run	Run this command. when using run [test-command-and-args...] is ignored	false

How It Works

1. Runs your test command
2. Analyzes failures + repo content using Deepseek R1
3. Prints the solution/suggestion

Examples

Basic Test Analysis

askai npm test

Experimental Fixing

askds --fix npm test

--fix uses DeepSeek R1 to fix the code by calling it again with original code and the fix returned from the first call.