diff --git a/src/xatu/BUILD b/src/xatu/BUILD
index 0bc0330..3b3550b 100644
--- a/src/xatu/BUILD
+++ b/src/xatu/BUILD
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ rust_test(
     deps = [":xatu_lib"],
 )
 
+rust_test(
+    name = "xatu_test",
+    srcs = ["xatu_test.rs"],
+    data = [
+        "testdata/clean.nix",
+        "testdata/empty_inherit.nix",
+        "testdata/invalid.nix",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":xatu_lib",
+        "//src/status:status",
+    ],
+)
+
 rust_binary(
     name = "xatu",
     crate_name = "xatu_cli",
diff --git a/src/xatu/testdata/clean.nix b/src/xatu/testdata/clean.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a48f8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xatu/testdata/clean.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ inherit foo; }
diff --git a/src/xatu/testdata/empty_inherit.nix b/src/xatu/testdata/empty_inherit.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73a66e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xatu/testdata/empty_inherit.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ inherit; }
diff --git a/src/xatu/testdata/invalid.nix b/src/xatu/testdata/invalid.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98232c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xatu/testdata/invalid.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{
diff --git a/src/xatu/xatu_test.rs b/src/xatu/xatu_test.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1ef141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xatu/xatu_test.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+use status::Code;
+use xatu::SourceFile;
+
+fn source_file(path: &str) -> SourceFile {
+    SourceFile {
+        path: PathBuf::from(path),
+        source: std::fs::read_to_string(testdata_path(path)).expect("fixture should be readable"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn testdata_path(path: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    if Path::new(path).exists() {
+        return PathBuf::from(path);
+    }
+
+    let runfiles = PathBuf::from(std::env::var("TEST_SRCDIR").expect("TEST_SRCDIR should be set"));
+    let workspace = std::env::var("TEST_WORKSPACE").expect("TEST_WORKSPACE should be set");
+
+    runfiles.join(workspace).join("src/xatu").join(path)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn future_sight_reports_clean_sources_as_clean() {
+    let report = xatu::future_sight(vec![source_file("testdata/clean.nix")])
+    .expect("fixture should parse");
+
+    assert!(report.is_clean());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn future_sight_rejects_parse_errors() {
+    let error = xatu::future_sight(vec![source_file("testdata/invalid.nix")])
+    .expect_err("fixture should fail to parse");
+
+    assert_eq!(error.code(), Code::FailedPrecondition);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn future_sight_reports_empty_inherit_findings() {
+    let report = xatu::future_sight(vec![source_file("testdata/empty_inherit.nix")])
+    .expect("fixture should parse");
+
+    assert_eq!(report.diagnostics.len(), 1);
+
+    let diagnostic = &report.diagnostics[0];
+    assert_eq!(
+        report.files.get(diagnostic.file_id).path,
+        PathBuf::from("testdata/empty_inherit.nix"),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(diagnostic.finding.rule_id, "empty_inherit");
+}