Choosing Basic, Standard, or Deep coverage

Coverage is a product decision

Not every story needs the deepest suite on day one. Match coverage depth to risk, release pressure, and how much review time you have. For how generation fits a Jira story workflow before you pick a depth, see the AI test case generator for Jira.

Basic coverage

Use Basic when you need a short, clear happy-path set: smoke checks, core assertions, and a first draft for a low-risk change.

Standard coverage

Standard fills the middle ground—more cases, clearer branching, and better readiness for shared review without drowning the ticket.

Deep coverage

Deep is for high-risk flows: payments, auth, permissions, data integrity. Expect more edge cases, negatives, and scenarios that need pruning after generation.

A simple decision checklist

1. Is the change customer-facing and high blast radius?
2. Are there regulatory or billing implications?
3. Will multiple teams review the cases?

If you answered yes twice, start with Deep and trim.

Keep the suite maintainable

More cases are only useful if titles, steps, and expected results stay readable. Prefer fewer precise cases over a wall of near-duplicates.