ecu-test (multi-version, RST-first when available)

Local ecu.test documentation knowledge base for API and feature lookups.

This repository provides the skill instructions plus helper scripts. It does not include any vendor docs; it expects a local ecu.test installation (2024.3+ including 2025.x). You can pin a specific version via ECU_TEST_HOME (.env or environment variable).

Quick start

• Install this skill into your tools' skills folder (Claude Code / Codex / Cursor). You can either:
  • Copy the ecutest-api-skill folder into your skills directory, or
  • From your skills folder, run:
    • git clone https://github.com/Blitzer207/ecutest-api-skill.git
• Optional: create/update .env and set one or more of:
  • ECU_TEST_2024_3_HOME=...
  • ECU_TEST_2025_4_HOME=...
  • (optional override) ECU_TEST_HOME=...
• Search docs by keyword (outputs local RST paths by default):
  • python scripts/search_api.py --version 2025.4 --query AnalysisJobApi
  • python scripts/search_api.py --version 2025.4 --docset traceanalysis --query templates
  • python scripts/search_api.py --version 2025.4 --docset tracestep --query Threshold
• Run generic text searches/trees:
  • python scripts/scan_docs.py --version 2025.4 tree --depth 2
  • python scripts/scan_docs.py --version 2025.4 search --path "C:\\Program Files\\ecu.test 2025.4\\Help\\api" --query "AnalysisJobApi" --glob "*.html"

Repo layout

• SKILL.md: primary skill instructions
• references/: living docs (e.g. coding standards) that evolve with team experience
• scripts/: helper scripts for searching and scanning docs

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• ecu.test installed locally