in the get started guide, all the provider side is doing is adding a verification step and not testing anything but elsewhere in the docs and videos it makes it seem like the provider test is doing a lot more: https://docs.pact.io/5-minute-getting-started-guide

requests are read from the pact file and issued by Pact to the real provider. The real provider returns its payload. Pact asserts the payload matches the consumers expectations.