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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import {
+    parseShouldRespondFromText,
+    parseBooleanFromText,
+    parseJsonArrayFromText,
+    parseJSONObjectFromText,
+} from '../parsing';
+
+describe('Parsing Module', () => {
+    describe('parseShouldRespondFromText', () => {
+        it('should parse exact matches', () => {
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[RESPOND]')).toBe('RESPOND');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[IGNORE]')).toBe('IGNORE');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[STOP]')).toBe('STOP');
+        });
+
+        it('should handle case insensitive input', () => {
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[respond]')).toBe('RESPOND');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[ignore]')).toBe('IGNORE');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[stop]')).toBe('STOP');
+        });
+
+        it('should handle text containing keywords', () => {
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('I think we should RESPOND here')).toBe('RESPOND');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('Better to IGNORE this one')).toBe('IGNORE');
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('We need to STOP now')).toBe('STOP');
+        });
+
+        it('should return null for invalid input', () => {
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('invalid')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseShouldRespondFromText('[INVALID]')).toBe(null);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('parseBooleanFromText', () => {
+        it('should parse exact YES/NO matches', () => {
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('YES')).toBe(true);
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('NO')).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should handle case insensitive input', () => {
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('yes')).toBe(true);
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('no')).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should return null for invalid input', () => {
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('maybe')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseBooleanFromText('YES NO')).toBe(null);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('parseJsonArrayFromText', () => {
+        it('should parse JSON array from code block', () => {
+            const input = '```json\n["item1", "item2", "item3"]\n```';
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText(input)).toEqual(['item1', 'item2', 'item3']);
+        });
+
+        it('should handle empty arrays', () => {
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText('```json\n[]\n```')).toEqual([]);
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText('[]')).toEqual(null);
+        });
+
+        it('should return null for invalid JSON', () => {
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText('invalid')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText('[invalid]')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseJsonArrayFromText('```json\n[invalid]\n```')).toBe(null);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('parseJSONObjectFromText', () => {
+        it('should parse JSON object from code block', () => {
+            const input = '```json\n{"key": "value", "number": 42}\n```';
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText(input)).toEqual({ key: 'value', number: 42 });
+        });
+
+        it('should parse JSON object without code block', () => {
+            const input = '{"key": "value", "number": 42}';
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText(input)).toEqual({ key: 'value', number: 42 });
+        });
+
+        it('should handle empty objects', () => {
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText('```json\n{}\n```')).toEqual({});
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText('{}')).toEqual({});
+        });
+
+        it('should return null for invalid JSON', () => {
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText('invalid')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText('{invalid}')).toBe(null);
+            expect(parseJSONObjectFromText('```json\n{invalid}\n```')).toBe(null);
+        });
+    });
+});