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 - **Unit** (`pnpm run test`): vitest over `packages|examples/*/tests/**/*.spec.ts`, colocated with what they test. Every registry gets an HMR-safety test (dispose the contributing fiber, assert cleanup). Excessive tests are welcome — err toward covering edge cases, error paths, event ordering, and concurrency races; review findings get regression tests (see `packages/core/agent-loop/tests/review-fixes.spec.ts`).
 - **Coverage gate** (`pnpm run test:coverage`): the gating run, per-file 100% on `packages/*/*/src`. An uncovered line is often dead code the gate is correctly flagging for deletion, not a missing test to bolt on. Line coverage is necessary, never sufficient — it proves lines ran, not that the feature works as shipped.
-- **Real-API e2e** (`pnpm run test:e2e`): with-key tests against the live DeepSeek API; self-skip without `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` so keyless CI stays green ([real-API e2e RFC](rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md)).
+- **Real-API e2e** (`pnpm run test:e2e`): with-key tests against live provider APIs — the DeepSeek model plus provider-specific smokes that gate on their own keys (`EXA_API_KEY`, `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`, …); each suite self-skips without its key so keyless CI stays green ([real-API e2e RFC](rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-real-api-e2e-ci.md)).
 - **Snapshot** (`pnpm run test:snapshot`): boots the real example subprocess, replays a recorded session keyless, diffs normalized stdout + the re-persisted log against committed goldens ([snapshot RFC](rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-acp-snapshot-tests.md)). Re-record with `pnpm run test:snapshot:record`; reviewing the golden diff is part of the review.
 
 ## The with-key policy: inference is cheap here