# TypeError: skip() missing required positional argument: 'reason'

- **ID:** `python/unittest-skip-decorator-syntax`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** type_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

Using @unittest.skip without providing a reason string, or using it as a bare decorator without parentheses, causing a TypeError.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.9 | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   Use @unittest.skip('reason') with a string argument, e.g., @unittest.skip('Not implemented yet')
   ```
2. **** (90% success)
   ```
   Alternatively, use @unittest.skipIf(condition, 'reason') to skip conditionally.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Adding parentheses but no argument (e.g., @unittest.skip()) still fails because reason is required. (70% fail)
- **** — Using @unittest.skipIf(condition) without a reason also fails because reason is required for skipIf. (60% fail)