Recipes (pytest)

8 representative recipes showing key BDD patterns with pytest. The generated output is identical across all frameworks — only the test code differs.

Key difference from Vitest

Aspect	Vitest	pytest
Import	import { story } from 'executable-stories-vitest'	from executable_stories import story
Init	story.init(task)	story.init("scenario name")
Test function	it("name", ({ task }) => { ... })	def test_name():
Steps	story.given(...)	story.given(...)
and step	story.and(...)	story.and_(...) (trailing underscore — and is a Python keyword)
Tags	story.init(task, { tags: ["t1"] })	story.init("name", tags=["t1"])

Recipe list

Scenario	Pattern
User logs in successfully	Multiple Given (And auto-conversion)
Login works	Story with tags
Login blocked for suspended user	Use of But
Checkout calculates totals	Multiple Then
Bulk user creation	doc.table
API accepts JSON payload	doc.json
Import XML invoice	doc.code
Create order	Background and tags

For the full 32-scenario set, see the Vitest recipes.