Qa
npx machina-cli add skill javalenciacai/develop-skills/qa --openclawQA - Quality Assurance
Role
Validates that software works correctly. Reports to QAL.
Responsibilities
- Design and execution of functional tests
- Test automation (Vitest for frontend, Jest for backend)
- Acceptance criteria validation
- Bug reporting and tracking
- Regression testing
- Critical Restriction: This skill is only a role and must always use one of its associated skills. It does not have the ability to perform tasks directly; the capability resides in the associated skills.
Base Skills
# Find existing skills
npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills
# Create new skills
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill skill-creator
Current Skills
<!-- Add here each skill you use with: npx skills add <owner/repo> --skill <name> -->Base Skills (All QA Engineers)
| Skill | Purpose | Installation command |
|---|---|---|
| find-skills | Find skills | npx skills add vercel-labs/skills --skill find-skills |
| skill-creator | Create skills | npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill skill-creator |
Testing Skills 🔴 High Priority
| Skill | Purpose | Installation command |
|---|---|---|
| webapp-testing | End-to-end testing with Playwright, verify functionality, bug screenshots | npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill webapp-testing |
| xlsx | Bug tracking, test case management, test reports, defect metrics | npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill xlsx |
Documentation Skills 🟡 Medium Priority
| Skill | Purpose | Installation command |
|---|---|---|
| technical-blog-writing | Test documentation, testing best practices, QA procedures | npx skills add 1nference-sh/skills --skill technical-blog-writing |
Rule: Add Used Skills
Every time you use a new skill, add it to the "Current Skills" table.
Examples of skills to search for:
npx skills find testingnpx skills find jestnpx skills find vitestnpx skills find e2e
Source
git clone https://github.com/javalenciacai/develop-skills/blob/main/.agents/skills/qa/SKILL.mdView on GitHub Overview
Quality Assurance designs and executes tests to ensure software behaves as intended. It validates acceptance criteria and reports bugs, working with Vitest for frontend and Jest for backend. This role reports to QAL and relies on associated skills to perform actual testing tasks.
How This Skill Works
QA defines test cases and scenarios aligned to requirements, then delegates execution to the appropriate testing skills. It leverages test automation with Vitest, Jest, or Playwright to speed up validation. Note: QA itself cannot directly perform tasks; testing is carried out by the associated skills under QAL guidance.
When to Use It
- Writing or executing test cases
- Test automation with Vitest, Jest or Playwright
- Validating acceptance criteria
- Bug reporting, tracking or regression testing
- End-to-end or integration testing
Quick Start
- Step 1: Gather acceptance criteria and write test cases
- Step 2: Implement test automation using Vitest/Jest/Playwright
- Step 3: Run tests, report bugs to QAL, review results
Best Practices
- Tie tests to explicit acceptance criteria and user stories
- Make tests deterministic and easy to reproduce
- Create and maintain regression test suites
- Automate where beneficial, but review flaky tests and results
- Collaborate with developers to reproduce failures and verify fixes
Example Use Cases
- Write functional tests for a login feature and automate with Vitest
- Automate frontend tests with Vitest and backend tests with Jest for an API
- Validate a checkout flow against acceptance criteria
- Log a bug with steps to reproduce and track through a regression cycle
- Perform end-to-end tests from UI to backend services using Playwright
