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> The line you wrote does not describe a feature.

I'm describing a scenario as implemented in a gherkin feature file. A feature is tracked by one or more scenarios.

https://cucumber.io/docs/gherkin/reference/

> Do you seriously think there is no higher level than given/when/thens?

You tell me which higher level you have in mind.

I'm curious what it could possibly be too. I guess he's trying to say the comments you might make at the top of a feature file to describe a feature would be his goal, but I'm not aware of a structured way to do that.

The problem is that tests are for the unhappy path just as much as the happy path, and unhappy paths tend to get particular and detailed, which means even in gherkin it can get cumbersome.

If AI is to handle production code, the unhappy paths need to at least be certain, even if repetitive.

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