diff --git a/packages/reacord/test/link.test.tsx b/packages/reacord/test/link.test.tsx
index 99b7f9c..da47aee 100644
--- a/packages/reacord/test/link.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/reacord/test/link.test.tsx
@@ -1,40 +1,48 @@
-import { test } from "vitest"
-// import { ReacordTester } from "./test-adapter"
+import { ButtonStyle, ComponentType } from "discord.js"
+import React from "react"
+import { beforeEach, expect, test } from "vitest"
+import { Link } from "../library/main"
+import { ReacordTester } from "./tester"
 
-// const tester = new ReacordTester()
-
-test.skip("link", async () => {
-  // await tester.assertRender(
-  //   <>
-  //     <Link url="https://example.com/">link text</Link>
-  //     <Link label="link text" url="https://example.com/" />
-  //     <Link label="link text" url="https://example.com/" disabled />
-  //   </>,
-  //   [
-  //     {
-  //       content: "",
-  //       embeds: [],
-  //       actionRows: [
-  //         [
-  //           {
-  //             type: "link",
-  //             url: "https://example.com/",
-  //             label: "link text",
-  //           },
-  //           {
-  //             type: "link",
-  //             url: "https://example.com/",
-  //             label: "link text",
-  //           },
-  //           {
-  //             type: "link",
-  //             url: "https://example.com/",
-  //             label: "link text",
-  //             disabled: true,
-  //           },
-  //         ],
-  //       ],
-  //     },
-  //   ],
-  // )
+let tester: ReacordTester
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  tester = await ReacordTester.create()
+})
+
+test("link", async () => {
+  const { message } = await tester.render(
+    "link",
+    <>
+      <Link url="https://example.com/">link text</Link>
+      <Link label="link text" url="https://example.com/" />
+      <Link label="link text" url="https://example.com/" disabled />
+    </>,
+  )
+
+  expect(message.components.map((c) => c.toJSON())).toEqual([
+    {
+      type: ComponentType.ActionRow,
+      components: [
+        {
+          type: ComponentType.Button,
+          style: ButtonStyle.Link,
+          url: "https://example.com/",
+          label: "link text",
+        },
+        {
+          type: ComponentType.Button,
+          style: ButtonStyle.Link,
+          url: "https://example.com/",
+          label: "link text",
+        },
+        {
+          type: ComponentType.Button,
+          style: ButtonStyle.Link,
+          url: "https://example.com/",
+          label: "link text",
+          disabled: true,
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ])
 })
diff --git a/packages/reacord/test/reacord.test.tsx b/packages/reacord/test/reacord.test.tsx
index 57eadc4..4d13bf8 100644
--- a/packages/reacord/test/reacord.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/reacord/test/reacord.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
+import { waitFor } from "@reacord/helpers/wait-for.js"
 import * as React from "react"
-import { test } from "vitest"
+import { beforeAll, expect, test } from "vitest"
 import { Button, Embed, EmbedField, EmbedTitle } from "../library/main"
+import { ReacordTester } from "./tester"
+
+let tester: ReacordTester
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  tester = await ReacordTester.create()
+})
 
 test.skip("rendering behavior", async () => {
   // const tester = new ReacordTester()
@@ -231,27 +238,32 @@ test.skip("rendering behavior", async () => {
   // ])
 })
 
-test.skip("delete", async () => {
-  // const tester = new ReacordTester()
-  // const reply = tester.reply()
-  // reply.render(
-  //   <>
-  //     some text
-  //     <Embed>some embed</Embed>
-  //     <Button label="some button" onClick={() => {}} />
-  //   </>,
-  // )
-  // await tester.assertMessages([
-  //   {
-  //     content: "some text",
-  //     embeds: [{ description: "some embed" }],
-  //     actionRows: [
-  //       [{ type: "button", style: "secondary", label: "some button" }],
-  //     ],
-  //   },
-  // ])
-  // reply.destroy()
-  // await tester.assertMessages([])
+test("destroy()", async () => {
+  const { message, channel, instance } = await tester.render(
+    "destroy()",
+    <>
+      some text
+      <Embed>some embed</Embed>
+      <Button label="some button" onClick={() => {}} />
+    </>,
+  )
+
+  expect(message.content).toBe("some text")
+  expect(message.embeds.map((e) => e.toJSON())).toEqual([
+    expect.objectContaining({ description: "some embed" }),
+  ])
+  expect(message.components.map((a) => a.toJSON())).toEqual([
+    expect.objectContaining({
+      components: [expect.objectContaining({ label: "some button" })],
+    }),
+  ])
+
+  instance.destroy()
+
+  await waitFor(async () => {
+    const messages = await channel.messages.fetch()
+    expect(messages.size).toBe(0)
+  })
 })
 
 // test multiple instances that can be updated independently,
diff --git a/packages/reacord/test/tester.ts b/packages/reacord/test/tester.ts
index d010aec..54dc43e 100644
--- a/packages/reacord/test/tester.ts
+++ b/packages/reacord/test/tester.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ export class ReacordTester {
     const result = await channel.awaitMessages({ max: 1 })
     const message = result.first() ?? raise("failed to send message")
 
-    return { message, instance }
+    return { channel, message, instance }
   }
 }