5.5Partitioning Strategies

How you divide work across swarm agents affects coverage and duplication:

By Code Module

agents = [
    ModuleTestAgent("app/routes/"),
    ModuleTestAgent("app/models/"),
    ModuleTestAgent("app/services/auth/"),
    ModuleTestAgent("app/services/payment/"),
    ModuleTestAgent("app/utils/"),
]

Pros: Clear boundaries, low duplication. Cons: Misses cross-module integration tests.

By Test Type

agents = [
    UnitTestAgent(codebase),        # Unit tests for all modules
    IntegrationTestAgent(codebase),  # Integration tests
    SecurityTestAgent(codebase),     # Security-focused tests
    PerformanceTestAgent(codebase),  # Performance tests
]

Pros: Specialized expertise per agent. Cons: High duplication (multiple agents test the same functions).

By Feature

agents = [
    FeatureTestAgent("user-management"),
    FeatureTestAgent("order-processing"),
    FeatureTestAgent("payment"),
    FeatureTestAgent("notifications"),
]

Pros: End-to-end feature coverage. Cons: Requires feature-to-code mapping.