Add unified Makefile.unittests for advanced backend testing

- Introduced a new `Makefile.unittests` to streamline unit and Robot test execution for the advanced backend.
- Updated the README.md to include instructions for running unit and Robot tests.
- Modified GitHub Actions workflow to reference the new Makefile, ensuring proper test execution on relevant changes.
- Removed the old `Makefile.unittests` from the backends/advanced directory to consolidate test management.

Author: 0xrushi

.github/workflows/advanced-backend-unit-tests.yml

@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'backends/advanced/**'
       - '.github/workflows/advanced-backend-unit-tests.yml'
-      - 'backends/advanced/Makefile.unittests'
+      - 'Makefile.unittests'
   push:
     branches:
       - dev
       - main
     paths:
       - 'backends/advanced/**'
       - '.github/workflows/advanced-backend-unit-tests.yml'
-      - 'backends/advanced/Makefile.unittests'
+      - 'Makefile.unittests'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -56,5 +56,4 @@ jobs:
           EOF
 
       - name: Run advanced backend unit tests
-        working-directory: backends/advanced
         run: make -f Makefile.unittests test-unit

Makefile.unittests

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+.PHONY: help test-unit robot-test robot-all
+
+# Minimal auth env required during import-time test collection.
+UNIT_TEST_ENV := AUTH_SECRET_KEY=test-auth-secret ADMIN_PASSWORD=test-admin-password ADMIN_EMAIL=test-admin@example.com
+
+help:
+	@echo "Repository-level unit/robot test targets"
+	@echo "  make -f Makefile.unittests test-unit      Run advanced backend Python unit tests"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "Robot test passthrough targets (runs via tests/)"
+	@echo "  make -f Makefile.unittests robot-test     [CONFIG=deepgram-openai.yml]"
+	@echo "  make -f Makefile.unittests robot-all      [CONFIG=deepgram-openai.yml]"
+
+test-unit:
+	@echo "Running advanced backend Python unit tests..."
+	@cd backends/advanced && $(UNIT_TEST_ENV) uv run --group test pytest tests/unit tests/test_init_llm_setup.py
+	@echo "Advanced backend Python unit tests completed"
+
+robot-test:
+	@echo "Starting/rebuilding Robot test containers from tests/..."
+	@$(MAKE) -C tests start-rebuild $(if $(CONFIG),CONFIG=$(CONFIG),)
+	@echo "Running Robot test workflow from tests/..."
+	@$(MAKE) -C tests test $(if $(CONFIG),CONFIG=$(CONFIG),)
+
+robot-all:
+	@echo "Running all Robot suites from tests/..."
+	@$(MAKE) -C tests all $(if $(CONFIG),CONFIG=$(CONFIG),)

README.md

@@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ cd app
 npm start
 ```
 
+### Unit + Robot Tests
+```bash
+# Run advanced backend Python unit tests
+make -f Makefile.unittests test-unit
+
+# Run Robot test workflow (includes start-rebuild automatically)
+make -f Makefile.unittests robot-test
+
+# Run both unit + Robot tests
+make -f Makefile.unittests test-unit && make -f Makefile.unittests robot-test
+
+# Optional Robot config override
+make -f Makefile.unittests robot-test CONFIG=deepgram-openai.yml
+```
+
+
 ### Health Checks
 ```bash
 # Backend health