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# Factories And Seeds

> How factories, seeders, and factory status fit into test and scenario validation.

# Factories And Seeds

Factories and seeds are part of the test and scenario workflow.

## What factories are for

Factories are used for:

* seed generation
* scenario generation
* test fixtures
* runtime demo and validation flows

They are not the primary public CRUD surface.

## Typical commands

```bash theme={null}
eloquent make:factory User --test
eloquent make:seed User --count 10 --test
eloquent db:seed --test --class BlogScenarioSeeder
eloquent factory:status --details --test
eloquent factory:status --graph --test
```

## What should be validated

* factory registration
* generated seed output
* graph/status output
* test-targeted paths under `src/test`
* driver-targeted seed behavior for SQL and Mongo flows

## Factory and seed tests usually matter when

* model schema changed
* seed output changed
* scenario generation changed
* factory registration or import behavior changed

## Related pages

* [Scenarios](./scenarios)
* [CLI Test Matrix](../cli/test-matrix)
* [NoSQL (Mongo)](../orm/nosql)