QA Skills for AI Agents

QA and test automation skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor,
Gemini CLI, VS Code, and other agents that support the Agent Skills Standard.

npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills

43 skills covering:

Playwright and Cypress automation
API, unit, and mobile testing
Test strategy and risk-based planning
CI/CD integration and test environments
Accessibility, security, and compliance
Visual regression and performance testing
AI-assisted test generation and bug triage
Chaos engineering and observability
Coverage analysis and QA dashboards

Based on patterns from QA automation work across 6+ production sites.

Quick start

Option 1: Install specific skills (recommended)

npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills playwright-automation test-strategy

Option 2: Clone the full repo

git clone https://github.com/petrkindlmann/qa-skills.git .skills/qa-skills

Option 3: Add as a git submodule

git submodule add https://github.com/petrkindlmann/qa-skills.git .skills/qa-skills

Option 4: Manual download

Download individual skill folders from skills/ and place them in your project's .skills/ directory.

Usage

Ask your AI agent in natural language. The right skill activates automatically.

You say	Skill activated
"Write Playwright tests for our checkout flow"	`playwright-automation`
"Create a QA strategy for this project"	`test-strategy`
"Generate tests from this PRD"	`ai-test-generation`
"This bug keeps happening in prod, classify and triage it"	`ai-bug-triage`
"Set up test reporting in GitHub Actions"	`ci-cd-integration` + `qa-metrics`
"What should we test before this release?"	`release-readiness`
"Run a visual regression check on the homepage"	`visual-testing`
"Load test our API with 1000 concurrent users"	`performance-testing`
"Check our app for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities"	`security-testing`
"Set up synthetic monitoring for critical flows"	`synthetic-monitoring`

Skill categories

43 skills across 10 categories. Each skill is under 500 lines with cross-references to related skills.

Foundation (1)

qa-project-context — project context template that every other skill reads first

Strategy (4)

test-strategy · test-planning · risk-based-testing · exploratory-testing — QA strategy, sprint/release test plans, risk-based prioritization, session-based exploratory testing

Automation (8)

playwright-automation · cypress-automation · selector-drift-recovery · api-testing · unit-testing · mobile-testing · visual-testing · performance-testing — Playwright E2E, Cypress component/E2E, bulk post-refactor selector regeneration, REST/GraphQL, Jest/Vitest/pytest, Appium/Detox, visual regression, k6 load testing and Lighthouse CI

Specialized (4)

accessibility-testing · security-testing · cross-browser-testing · database-testing — WCAG compliance, OWASP Top 10, analytics-driven browser matrices, migration testing and schema validation

AI-augmented QA (4)

ai-test-generation · ai-bug-triage · test-reliability · ai-qa-review — LLM test generation, automated bug triage, flaky test management, test quality review

Infrastructure (5)

ci-cd-integration · test-environments · test-data-management · contract-testing · service-virtualization — CI/CD pipelines, environment strategy, data factories, Pact consumer-driven contracts, WireMock/MSW

Metrics (3)

qa-metrics · qa-dashboard · coverage-analysis — quality gates and KPIs, Allure/Grafana/ReportPortal dashboards, coverage-as-ratchet in CI

Process (6)

shift-left-testing · qa-project-bootstrap · release-readiness · quality-postmortem · compliance-testing · qa-report-humanizer — shift-left patterns, QA onboarding, go/no-go checklists, blameless postmortems, GDPR/CMP compliance, QA report humanization

Production and observability (3)

testing-in-production · synthetic-monitoring · observability-driven-testing — feature flag validation, scheduled synthetic probes, trace-based test assertions

Knowledge and migration (3)

ai-system-testing · chaos-engineering · test-migration — LLM/AI feature testing, controlled fault injection, framework migration guides (Selenium/Cypress/Jest to modern stacks)

Full skills table

Skill	Description	Category
`qa-project-context`	Project context template covering tech stack, test frameworks, CI/CD, environments, quality goals. Every other skill reads this first.	Foundation
`test-strategy`	QA strategy creation with risk-based prioritization, test pyramid design, entry/exit criteria, and tool selection rationale.	Strategy
`test-planning`	Sprint and release test plans. Feature decomposition, requirements-to-test mapping, effort estimation, resource allocation.	Strategy
`risk-based-testing`	Risk assessment matrices, priority-based test selection, impact/likelihood analysis, regression risk scoring.	Strategy
`exploratory-testing`	Session-Based Test Management (SBTM), charter writing, heuristic-based exploration (HICCUPS, FEW HICCUPS), debrief templates.	Strategy
`playwright-automation`	Playwright E2E testing. Page Object Model, fixtures, parallel execution, API mocking, visual comparisons, CI integration.	Automation
`cypress-automation`	Cypress test suites with component testing, E2E testing, custom commands, cy.intercept, Cypress Cloud, and TypeScript support.	Automation
`selector-drift-recovery`	Bulk-regenerate broken test selectors after a UI refactor. Snapshot old vs new DOM, map locators with confidence scores, ship a single PR.	Automation
`api-testing`	REST and GraphQL testing with schema validation, contract testing patterns, auth flows, and response assertions.	Automation
`unit-testing`	Jest, Vitest, and pytest patterns. Mocking strategies, coverage thresholds, snapshot testing, test doubles taxonomy.	Automation
`mobile-testing`	Mobile testing with Appium 2.0 and Detox for React Native. Device farms, gesture simulation, deep link testing, push notifications.	Automation
`visual-testing`	Visual regression testing with Playwright screenshots, Chromatic, Percy, and Argos CI. Baseline management, diff thresholds, dynamic content masking.	Automation
`performance-testing`	k6 load/stress/soak scripts, Lighthouse CI for Web Vitals, performance budgets as CI gates.	Automation
`accessibility-testing`	WCAG 2.1 compliance testing, axe-core integration, screen reader testing, keyboard navigation, color contrast validation.	Specialized
`security-testing`	OWASP Top 10 vulnerability testing. ZAP integration, dependency scanning (Snyk/Dependabot), SAST with ESLint security plugins.	Specialized
`cross-browser-testing`	Analytics-driven browser test matrices, BrowserStack/Sauce Labs configuration, Playwright browser channels, common rendering issues.	Specialized
`database-testing`	Database integrity validation, migration testing (forward/backward), schema constraints, seed data management, query performance.	Specialized
`ai-test-generation`	Generate tests from specs, PRDs, and user stories using a staged pipeline with guardrails. Coverage matrix before code.	AI-QA
`ai-bug-triage`	Classify bugs by severity/component/root cause. Deduplicate issues, analyze CI failures, generate tickets.	AI-QA
`test-reliability`	Locator resilience, flaky test classification by root cause, quarantine management, confidence-scored auto-repair.	AI-QA
`ai-qa-review`	Test quality review across five smell dimensions. Coverage gap detection, testability analysis, anti-pattern detection.	AI-QA
`ci-cd-integration`	GitHub Actions and GitLab CI pipeline templates. Parallelism, artifact management, flaky test quarantine, test result publishing.	Infrastructure
`test-environments`	Environment strategy for dev, staging, preview, and production. Docker Compose, seed data, environment parity, cleanup.	Infrastructure
`test-data-management`	Test data with factories, fixtures, synthetic data generation, database seeding, data cleanup, environment isolation.	Infrastructure
`contract-testing`	Consumer-driven contract testing with Pact.js. Consumer tests, provider verification, Pact Broker, can-i-deploy gates.	Infrastructure
`service-virtualization`	Dependency isolation decision framework. Mocks, stubs, fakes, record-replay, WireMock, MSW (Mock Service Worker).	Infrastructure
`qa-metrics`	QA metrics with formulas: coverage %, flakiness rate, defect escape rate, MTTR, test execution trends, quality gates.	Metrics
`qa-dashboard`	QA dashboards with Allure Report, Grafana, and ReportPortal. Test execution visualization, trend analysis, stakeholder reports.	Metrics
`coverage-analysis`	Coverage measurement with Istanbul/V8/c8/coverage.py. Gap analysis, coverage-as-ratchet in CI, meaningful vs vanity coverage.	Metrics
`shift-left-testing`	Move quality earlier. Dev/QA pairing, Three Amigos, TDD facilitation, PR review checklists, pre-merge quality gates.	Process
`qa-project-bootstrap`	Onboard a QA engineer to an existing codebase. First 30 days checklist, test architecture audit, framework walkthrough, mentorship patterns.	Process
`release-readiness`	Go/no-go checklists, smoke test suite design, rollback criteria, staged rollout validation, release sign-off.	Process
`quality-postmortem`	Blameless postmortems for escaped defects. Bug pattern analysis, 5 Whys root cause analysis, test gap identification.	Process
`compliance-testing`	Regulatory compliance testing. GDPR/CMP consent verification, Better Ads Standards, cookie auditing, privacy policy validation.	Process
`qa-report-humanizer`	Remove AI patterns from QA reports, bug reports, test summaries, and status updates. Makes QA writing sound like a real engineer wrote it.	Process
`testing-in-production`	Production validation with feature flags, progressive rollouts, canary analysis, guardrail metrics, production smoke tests.	Production
`synthetic-monitoring`	Post-deploy validation via scheduled synthetic tests. Probe design for critical user journeys, alert thresholds, SLA tracking.	Production
`observability-driven-testing`	Use traces, logs, and telemetry as test evidence. OpenTelemetry integration, trace-based assertions, log-informed test design.	Production
`ai-system-testing`	Test AI features. LLM prompt regression, tool call validation, nondeterministic output evaluation, hallucination risk assessment.	Knowledge
`chaos-engineering`	Controlled fault injection. Hypothesis-driven chaos experiments, network/service/infrastructure failure injection, blast radius control.	Knowledge
`test-migration`	Incremental test suite migration. Selenium to Playwright, Cypress to Playwright, Jest to Vitest, Mocha to Jest, Protractor to Playwright.	Knowledge

AI-augmented QA

Most QA skills repos stop at framework tutorials. This one also covers how AI agents can help with the testing itself.

Skill	What it does
`ai-test-generation`	Generate test cases from PRDs, specs, and user stories. Builds a coverage matrix before writing code.
`ai-bug-triage`	Classify bugs by severity/component/root cause, deduplicate issues, analyze CI failures
`test-reliability`	Per-test runtime healing: detect broken locators, score selector stability, quarantine flaky tests, classify root causes
`selector-drift-recovery`	Bulk offline regeneration: snapshot old vs new DOM after a UI refactor, ship one PR with per-change evidence
`ai-qa-review`	Test quality review. Coverage gap detection, test smell identification, testability analysis

Compatibility

Works with any tool that supports the Agent Skills Standard.

Agent	Support	Install method
Claude Code	Native	`npx skills add` or clone
OpenAI Codex	Native	Clone or submodule
Cursor	Native	Clone to `.cursor/skills`
Gemini CLI	Native	Clone or submodule
VS Code Copilot	Via instructions	Clone and reference in settings
OpenCode	Native	Clone or submodule
Windsurf	Native	Clone or submodule
Any Agent Skills-compatible tool	Standard	Clone or submodule

Tools registry

Skills reference specific QA tools for implementation. The Tools Registry lists all supported tools with capabilities, MCP server availability, and integration guides.

Covered: test frameworks, reporting, visual testing, CI/CD, project management, security scanning, observability.

Project context

Every skill checks for .agents/qa-project-context.md before asking discovery questions. This file captures your project's QA setup: tech stack, test frameworks, CI/CD, environments, quality goals, risk areas, team structure.

Create it once using the qa-project-context skill. All other skills read it automatically.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Star to follow new skills and updates.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

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