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Best Claude skills for testing and QA

Testing skills make your agent prove its work: test-driven development loops, browser testing with Playwright, regression checks and benchmarks. Agents are much more reliable when a skill forces them to run the tests instead of announcing success.

300 testing skills · ranked live · November 2026

The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.

  1. Anthropic

    Skills

    #1
    Anthropic

    Skill Creator

    Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to…

    Pack192k3.8MScore 93
    Details
  2. #2
    Matt Pocock

    Tdd

    Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests.

    Pack321k33MScore 92
    Details
  3. #3
    Matt Pocock

    Migrate To Shoehorn

    Migrate test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace `as` in tests, or needs partial test data.

    Pack321k33MScore 91
    Details
  4. #4
    Matt Pocock

    Setup Pre Commit

    Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or…

    Pack321k33MScore 91
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  5. Jesse Vincent

    Superpowers

    #5
    Jesse Vincent

    Test Driven Development

    Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code

    Pack316k3.9MScore 90
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  6. Anthropic

    Skills

    #6
    Anthropic

    Webapp Testing

    Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and…

    Pack192k3.8MScore 90
    Details
  7. #7
    affaan-m

    AI Regression Testing

    Regression testing strategies for AI-assisted development. Sandbox-mode API testing without database dependencies, automated bug-check workflows, and patterns to catch AI blind spots where…

    Pack301k1.7MScore 89
    Details
  8. #8
    affaan-m

    Benchmark Methodology

    Score a scoped competitor set into comparable profile cards: nine weighted dimensions (positioning, voice, visual craft, offer packaging, evidence, enterprise-readiness, thought leadership…

    Pack301k1.7MScore 89
    Details
  9. Corey Haines

    Marketingskills

    #9
    Corey Haines

    Ab Testing

    When the user wants to plan, run, or read A/B tests, or asks a judgement call on one: is the result real, can we stop, which version won, is this worth testing at all: sample size…

    Pack60k6.3MScore 88
    Details
  10. #10
    affaan-m

    Agent Runtime Gateway Smoke Test

    Verify a local agent API, temporary gateway tunnel, and remote sandbox callback with a tool-free task, then restore the original app connection.

    Pack301k1.7MScore 88
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What makes a great testing skill.

  • A red-green-refactor loop the agent must follow.

  • Browser automation for real user flows, not only unit tests.

  • Guidance on what not to test, to avoid brittle snapshot spam.

All 300 testing skills.

tripleyak

SkillForge

42
tripleyak

skillforge

Use when creating, improving, finding, or auditing agent skills - the user says 'create a skill', 'do I have a skill for X', 'improve the X skill', 'which skill should I use', asks whether…

91834AI engineering
42
rohitg00

test-patterns

Applies proven testing patterns — Arrange-Act-Assert (AAA), Given-When-Then, Test Data Builders, Object Mother, parameterized tests, fixtures, spies, and test doubles — to help write…

Pack1.6k100Testing
42
rohitg00

testing-anti-patterns

Reviews test code to identify and fix common testing anti-patterns including flaky tests, over-mocking, brittle assertions, test interdependency, and hidden test logic. Flags bad patterns…

Pack1.6k100Testing
41
rohitg00

hypothesis-testing

Applies the scientific method to debugging by helping users form specific, testable hypotheses, design targeted experiments, and systematically confirm or reject theories to find root…

Pack1.6k100Coding

AKCodez

Higgsfield Claude Skills

40
AKCodez

higgsfield-image-auto

Automatically generate an AI image on Higgsfield using Playwright browser automation. Use when the user has an image prompt and wants to generate it on Higgsfield Soul 2.0 or Nano Banana…

Pack481777Images & art

AKCodez

Higgsfield Claude Skills

40
AKCodez

seedance-auto-generate

Automatically generate a Seedance 2.0 video on Higgsfield using Playwright browser automation. Use when the user provides an image and wants to create an AI video from it on Higgsfield…

Pack481777Testing

AKCodez

Higgsfield Claude Skills

40
AKCodez

ugc-video-auto

Full UGC ad video pipeline — generates a character image on Higgsfield, then creates a Seedance 2.0 video from it. Orchestrates the complete flow from image prompt to finished UGC video…

Pack481777Video

realkimbarrett

Advertising Skills

39
realkimbarrett

generic-language-killer

Remove vague, corporate, or AI-sounding language and replace it with clear, specific, human wording. Trigger on "improve copy", "sounds generic", "too fluffy".

Pack7884.3kTesting
85
affaan-m

benchmark-optimization-loop

Convert 'make it faster' requests into a bounded measured optimization loop — baseline first, generate one-hypothesis variants, benchmark each against a correctness gate, and promote the…

Pack301k1.7MTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

canary

Post-deploy canary monitoring. (gstack)

Pack141k47kTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

gstack-plan

Use before building a feature: challenge the scope, then review architecture, code quality, tests and performance, and end with a plan to build. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

qa-only

Report browser/API/CLI/job/worker/webhook bugs. (gstack)

Pack141k47kTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

test-audit

Find low-value or duplicate tests and the test-only code they keep alive. (gstack)

Pack141k47kTesting

Garry Tan

Gstack

80
Garry Tan

verify

Use when coding: run the checks and tests /ship picks until green. (gstack)

Pack141k47kCoding
74
phuryn

ab-test-analysis

Analyze A/B test results with statistical significance, sample size validation, confidence intervals, and ship/extend/stop recommendations. Use when evaluating experiment results, checking…

Pack28k245kProduct management
74
phuryn

test-scenarios

Create comprehensive test scenarios from user stories with test objectives, starting conditions, user roles, step-by-step actions, and expected outcomes. Use when writing QA test cases…

Pack28k245kTesting
73
phuryn

brainstorm-experiments-existing

Design experiments to test assumptions for an existing product — prototypes, A/B tests, spikes, and other low-effort validation methods. Use when validating assumptions, testing feature…

Pack28k245kProduct management

Aaronontheweb

Dotnet Skills

61
Aaronontheweb

playwright-blazor-testing

Write UI tests for Blazor applications (Server or WebAssembly) using Playwright. Covers navigation, interaction, authentication, selectors, and common Blazor-specific patterns.

Pack1.3k23kTesting

Aaronontheweb

Dotnet Skills

61
Aaronontheweb

playwright-ci-caching

Cache Playwright browser binaries in CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) to avoid 1-2 minute download overhead on every build.

Pack1.3k23kTesting

Owl-Listener

Designer Skills

60
Owl-Listener

accessibility-audit

Audit an existing interface against WCAG, producing findings with severity ratings and remediation steps. Use when you have a design or build to assess now. Not for planning future sessions…

Pack3.3k237kFrontend

Owl-Listener

Designer Skills

60
Owl-Listener

usability-test-plan

Design a usability study — research questions, methodology, participant criteria, metrics, and facilitation guide. Use when planning the study as a whole. For writing the task scenarios…

Pack3.3k237kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

ai-bug-triage

Hybrid fingerprint + LLM pipeline for bug classification, deduplication, and ticket generation. Normalizes CI logs, creates stable fingerprints, clusters near-duplicates, then uses LLM for…

Pack26170kCoding
59
petrkindlmann

ai-qa-review

Review EXISTING test code for quality, smells, and testability issues. Detects test smells across six dimensions — readability, reliability, diagnostic value, design, AI-generated, and…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

ai-test-generation

Use AI to write NEW test code from specs, PRDs, user stories, code diffs, bug reports, or OpenAPI specs. Staged pipeline: requirements extraction → risk analysis → coverage matrix →…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

analytics-tracking-testing

Validate that analytics and marketing tracking fire CORRECTLY: GA4/GTM dataLayer events, Meta/TikTok/LinkedIn pixels, and ad-tech tags. Covers building a tracking plan as the contract…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

api-testing

Test REST and GraphQL APIs with Playwright APIRequestContext, Supertest, or standalone HTTP clients. Covers schema validation with Zod 4/AJV, auth flow testing, CRUD lifecycle tests, error…

Pack26170kTesting
59
EL4CTEO

blender-workflow-recipes

End-to-end Blender 5.2 playbooks chaining the blender-* skills with QA gates - game props (mid-poly, high-to-low), game characters (sculpt/AI mesh to rigged, animated export), Roblox…

Pack9529.6kAutomation
59
petrkindlmann

bug-reproduction

Turn a vague bug report into a VERIFIED minimal reproduction and then a failing regression test, agent-driven end to end. Covers extracting the implicit repro from a thin report (env…

Pack26170kCoding
59
petrkindlmann

chaos-engineering

Validate system resilience through controlled fault injection. Covers hypothesis-driven chaos experiments, failure injection types (network, service, infrastructure, dependency)…

Pack26170kCoding
59
petrkindlmann

ci-cd-integration

Design CI/CD pipelines that run test suites. Covers GitHub Actions and GitLab CI templates, parallelism and sharding, artifact management, flaky-test quarantine, test-result publishing…

Pack26170kAutomation
59
petrkindlmann

compliance-testing

Test for regulatory compliance: GDPR/CMP consent verification, Google Consent Mode v2, Global Privacy Control (GPC), CCPA/US state opt-out, EU AI Act Article 50 transparency, Better Ads…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

contract-testing

Implement consumer-driven contract testing with Pact-JS (v16). Covers consumer test writing, broker-driven provider verification, Pact Broker setup, can-i-deploy as a deployment gate…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

coverage-analysis

Measure and improve test coverage meaningfully. Covers Istanbul/V8/coverage.py configuration, coverage gap analysis by risk, coverage-as-ratchet in CI (never let it decrease), PR coverage…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

cross-browser-testing

Design analytics-driven browser test matrices and execute cross-browser tests. Covers BrowserStack/Sauce Labs configuration, Playwright browser channels, common cross-browser CSS/JS…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

cypress-automation

Build Cypress test suites in TypeScript: E2E tests, component tests, custom commands, cy.intercept network control, cy.session login, Cypress Cloud, and CI integration. Covers…

Pack26170kTesting
59
petrkindlmann

database-testing

Validate database integrity, test migrations forward and backward, verify schema constraints, manage seed data, detect migration drift, and identify query performance issues. Covers…

Pack26170kBackend

Testing skills, explained.

Also searched as: testing skills, playwright skill, tdd skill claude, qa agent skill.

What are the best Claude skills for testing and QA?

Right now the top-ranked testing skills on Alyn are Skill Creator (Anthropic), Tdd (Matt Pocock), Migrate To Shoehorn (Matt Pocock). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.

Is there a TDD skill for Claude Code?

Yes. Superpowers includes test-driven development, and several packs here add Playwright and browser testing.

Do testing skills need extra tools?

Some bundle scripts that call Playwright or your test runner. Check the skill's files tab on Alyn before installing.

How do I install a testing skill?

Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.

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