Test Automation Strategy <default to action When designing or improving test automation: 1. DETECT anti-patterns: Ice cream cone? Slow suite? Flaky tests? 2. USE patterns: Page Object Model, Builder pattern, Factory pattern 3. INTEGRATE in CI/CD: Every commit runs tests, fail fast 4. MANAGE flaky tests: Quarantine, fix, or delete - never ignore Quick Anti-Pattern Detection: - Ice cream cone (many E2E, few unit) → Invert to pyramid - Slow tests ( 10 min suite) → Parallelize, mock external deps - Flaky tests → Fix timing, isolate data, or quarantine - Brittle selectors → Use data-testid, semant…