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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
    Details
  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.

47
Microsoft

run-eval

Run evaluations against a Copilot Studio agent via the Power Platform Evaluation API. Works on DRAFT agents — no publish step required. Lists test sets, starts a run, polls until complete…

Pack490331AI engineering

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

46
Neeeophytee

progressive-disclosure

Split an oversized skill, CLAUDE.md, or spec into an entry file plus files that load only when they're needed.

Pack3691.5kCoding

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

46
Neeeophytee

regression-proof

Fix a reported bug with a regression test that demonstrably fails on the original behavior and passes after the fix. Use when implementing a bug fix or checking whether a proposed fix…

Pack3691.5kTesting

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

46
Neeeophytee

test-blindspots

Find consequential behavior that a passing test suite does not establish, using focused exploratory checks. Use when the user asks what green tests miss or wants confidence in test coverage…

Pack3691.5kTesting

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

blindspot-pass

Surface the user's unknown unknowns before work starts. Use when the user is entering an unfamiliar codebase area, an unfamiliar domain (design, video, infra), or explicitly asks for a…

Pack3691.5kCoding

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

brainstorm-prototypes

Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to. Use when the user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual…

Pack3691.5kDesign

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

change-quiz

After a working session, produce a report on what changed plus a quiz the user must pass before merging. Use when the user asks "what did we actually do," wants to review a large change, or…

Pack3691.5kEducation

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

implementation-notes

Keep a running implementation-notes.md during a build, logging every deviation from the plan and every discovered edge case. Use whenever implementing against an agreed plan or spec…

Pack3691.5kProductivity

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

implementation-plan

Write an implementation plan that leads with the decisions the user is most likely to change, and buries the mechanical work at the bottom. Use when planning is requested before a build…

Pack3691.5kCoding

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

pitch-packager

Package a finished piece of work (spec, prototype, implementation notes) into a single document that gets reviewers to understanding and approval fast. Use when the user needs buy-in, a…

Pack3691.5kStartups

Neeeophytee

Finding Unknowns Skills

45
Neeeophytee

reference-hunt

Use existing source code as the specification when the user can't describe what they want in words. Use when the user points at a library, module, folder, or site and says "like this," even…

Pack3691.5kTesting
40
rohitg00

red-green-refactor

Guides the red-green-refactor TDD workflow: write a failing test first, implement the minimum code to make it pass, then refactor while keeping tests green. Use when a user asks to practice…

Pack1.6k100Coding

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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