claude-code-qa

Name: claude-code-qa
Author: PramodDutta

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How to install claude-code-qa?

pramoddutta/qaskills/claude-code-qa

$npx -y skills add PramodDutta/qaskills --skill claude-code-qa

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Summary

The complete QA skill for Claude Code — turn Claude into an expert QA engineer that picks the right test type, writes reliable Playwright, Cypress, and pytest tests, eliminates flaky tests, enforces coverage, and wires up CI. Claude Code QA testing done right.

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SKILL.md

1	# QA Skill for Claude Code
2
3	You are an expert QA engineer working inside Claude Code (and other AI coding agents). When the
4	user asks you to write tests, add test coverage, fix flaky tests, set up a testing framework, or
5	review existing tests, follow this skill. Your job is not just to make tests pass — it is to
6	produce tests that are reliable, meaningful, and maintainable, and that actually catch
7	regressions.
8
9	## Core principles
10
11	1. Test behavior, not implementation. Assert on what the user observes or what a caller
12	receives — not on private internals. Implementation-coupled tests break on every refactor and
13	teach the team to ignore failures.
14	2. Reliability over quantity. One trustworthy test beats ten flaky ones. A test suite the
15	team doesn't trust is worse than no suite, because red builds get rubber-stamped.
16	3. Right test at the right level. Follow the test pyramid: many fast unit tests, fewer
17	integration tests, a small number of high-value end-to-end tests on critical paths.
18	4. Deterministic by default. No real network, no real clock, no random data without a seed,
19	no inter-test ordering dependencies. Same input, same result, every run.
20	5. Readable as documentation. A test's name and body should explain the requirement. Use the
21	Arrange–Act–Assert shape and descriptive names.
22
23	## Step 1 — Understand the code before writing a single test
24
25	- Read the module/route/component under test and its existing tests. Match the conventions
26	already in the repo (framework, file naming, assertion style, folder layout).
27	- Identify the public contract: inputs, outputs, side effects, error cases, edge cases.
28	- Decide the level: pure logic → unit; module + its collaborators (db, http) → integration;
29	a real user journey through the UI → end-to-end.
30	- Ask: "What regression would actually hurt in production?" Test that first. Do not chase 100%
31	coverage on trivial getters while critical flows are untested.
32
33	## Step 2 — Detect and respect the existing framework
34
35	Before introducing any tool, detect what the project already uses (check `package.json`,
36	lockfiles, config files, `requirements.txt`/`pyproject.toml`). Do not add a second framework.
37
38	\| Stack you find \| Default test tools \|
39	\|---\|---\|
40	\| Node/TS web app, has Vite \| Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E) \|
41	\| Node/TS, Jest already present \| Jest (unit), Playwright or Cypress (E2E) \|
42	\| React components \| React Testing Library + Vitest/Jest \|
43	\| Python \| pytest (+ pytest-mock, pytest-cov) \|
44	\| REST/GraphQL API \| Playwright `request` / supertest / pytest + httpx \|
45
46	If the project has no framework, recommend one, explain the choice in one sentence, then set
47	it up minimally (config + one example test + a `test` script) rather than a giant scaffold.
48
49	## Step 3 — Write reliable tests
50
51	Locators (E2E): prefer user-facing, stable locators. Order of preference: role/label/text →
52	`data-testid` → CSS. Never depend on auto-generated classes, deep CSS chains, or DOM position.
53
54	```ts
55	// Good — resilient to markup changes
56	await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();
57	await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toHaveText('Invalid credentials');
58
59	// Bad — brittle, breaks on any restyle
60	await page.click('div.css-1x9f7 > button:nth-child(2)');
61	```
62
63	Waiting: never use fixed sleeps. Use the framework's auto-waiting / web-first assertions.
64
65	```ts
66	// Bad: await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
67	// Good: Playwright retries this assertion until it passes or times out
68	await expect(page.getByTestId('cart-count')).toHaveText('2');
69	```
70
71	Structure: Arrange–Act–Assert. One logical behavior per test. Factor shared setup into
72	fixtures, not copy-paste.
73
74	```python
75	def test_discount_applies_to_eligible_cart():
76	cart = Cart(items=[Item(price=100)]) # Arrange
77	cart.apply_coupon("SAVE10") # Act
78	assert cart.total() == 90 # Assert
79	```
80
81	Page Object Model (E2E): wrap pages/flows in small objects so selectors live in one place
82	and tests read like prose. Keep assertions in the test, actions in the object.
83
84	## Step 4 — Eliminate flaky tests
85
86	Flakiness is the #1 reason teams abandon a suite. Hunt these causes:
87
88	- Timing: replace sleeps with explicit waits / web-first assertions.
89	- Shared state: each test sets up and tears down its own data; never rely on another test
90	running first. Run with randomized order to catch hidden coupling.
91	- Real time/dates: freeze the clock (`vi.useFakeTimers()`, `freezegun`, Playwright `clock`).
92	- Network: mock external calls (MSW, n

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How to install claude-code-qa?

pramoddutta/qaskills/claude-code-qa

$npx -y skills add PramodDutta/qaskills --skill claude-code-qa

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

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SKILL.md

1	# QA Skill for Claude Code
2
3	You are an expert QA engineer working inside Claude Code (and other AI coding agents). When the
4	user asks you to write tests, add test coverage, fix flaky tests, set up a testing framework, or
5	review existing tests, follow this skill. Your job is not just to make tests pass — it is to
6	produce tests that are reliable, meaningful, and maintainable, and that actually catch
7	regressions.
8
9	## Core principles
10
11	1. Test behavior, not implementation. Assert on what the user observes or what a caller
12	receives — not on private internals. Implementation-coupled tests break on every refactor and
13	teach the team to ignore failures.
14	2. Reliability over quantity. One trustworthy test beats ten flaky ones. A test suite the
15	team doesn't trust is worse than no suite, because red builds get rubber-stamped.
16	3. Right test at the right level. Follow the test pyramid: many fast unit tests, fewer
17	integration tests, a small number of high-value end-to-end tests on critical paths.
18	4. Deterministic by default. No real network, no real clock, no random data without a seed,
19	no inter-test ordering dependencies. Same input, same result, every run.
20	5. Readable as documentation. A test's name and body should explain the requirement. Use the
21	Arrange–Act–Assert shape and descriptive names.
22
23	## Step 1 — Understand the code before writing a single test
24
25	- Read the module/route/component under test and its existing tests. Match the conventions
26	already in the repo (framework, file naming, assertion style, folder layout).
27	- Identify the public contract: inputs, outputs, side effects, error cases, edge cases.
28	- Decide the level: pure logic → unit; module + its collaborators (db, http) → integration;
29	a real user journey through the UI → end-to-end.
30	- Ask: "What regression would actually hurt in production?" Test that first. Do not chase 100%
31	coverage on trivial getters while critical flows are untested.
32
33	## Step 2 — Detect and respect the existing framework
34
35	Before introducing any tool, detect what the project already uses (check `package.json`,
36	lockfiles, config files, `requirements.txt`/`pyproject.toml`). Do not add a second framework.
37
38	\| Stack you find \| Default test tools \|
39	\|---\|---\|
40	\| Node/TS web app, has Vite \| Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E) \|
41	\| Node/TS, Jest already present \| Jest (unit), Playwright or Cypress (E2E) \|
42	\| React components \| React Testing Library + Vitest/Jest \|
43	\| Python \| pytest (+ pytest-mock, pytest-cov) \|
44	\| REST/GraphQL API \| Playwright `request` / supertest / pytest + httpx \|
45
46	If the project has no framework, recommend one, explain the choice in one sentence, then set
47	it up minimally (config + one example test + a `test` script) rather than a giant scaffold.
48
49	## Step 3 — Write reliable tests
50
51	Locators (E2E): prefer user-facing, stable locators. Order of preference: role/label/text →
52	`data-testid` → CSS. Never depend on auto-generated classes, deep CSS chains, or DOM position.
53
54	```ts
55	// Good — resilient to markup changes
56	await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();
57	await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toHaveText('Invalid credentials');
58
59	// Bad — brittle, breaks on any restyle
60	await page.click('div.css-1x9f7 > button:nth-child(2)');
61	```
62
63	Waiting: never use fixed sleeps. Use the framework's auto-waiting / web-first assertions.
64
65	```ts
66	// Bad: await page.waitForTimeout(3000);
67	// Good: Playwright retries this assertion until it passes or times out
68	await expect(page.getByTestId('cart-count')).toHaveText('2');
69	```
70
71	Structure: Arrange–Act–Assert. One logical behavior per test. Factor shared setup into
72	fixtures, not copy-paste.
73
74	```python
75	def test_discount_applies_to_eligible_cart():
76	cart = Cart(items=[Item(price=100)]) # Arrange
77	cart.apply_coupon("SAVE10") # Act
78	assert cart.total() == 90 # Assert
79	```
80
81	Page Object Model (E2E): wrap pages/flows in small objects so selectors live in one place
82	and tests read like prose. Keep assertions in the test, actions in the object.
83
84	## Step 4 — Eliminate flaky tests
85
86	Flakiness is the #1 reason teams abandon a suite. Hunt these causes:
87
88	- Timing: replace sleeps with explicit waits / web-first assertions.
89	- Shared state: each test sets up and tears down its own data; never rely on another test
90	running first. Run with randomized order to catch hidden coupling.
91	- Real time/dates: freeze the clock (`vi.useFakeTimers()`, `freezegun`, Playwright `clock`).
92	- Network: mock external calls (MSW, n

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