Petr Kindlmann

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 retry-ability, the command queue, cross-origin flows with cy.origin, and data-driven testing with fixtures. Use when: "write E2E test in Cypress," "Cypress page object / custom command," "cy.," "cy.intercept," "Cypress component test," "Cypress Cloud," "cypress.config.ts." Not for: Playwright suites — use playwright-automation; flaky-test healing or quarantine — use test-reliability; bulk selector regeneration after a UI refactor — use selector-drift-recovery; Selenium-to-Cypress conversion — use test-migration. Related: playwright-automation, ci-cd-integration, visual-testing, unit-testing, test-reliability.

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Validate database integrity, test migrations forward and backward, verify schema constraints, manage seed data, detect migration drift, and identify query performance issues. Covers PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB with Prisma, TypeORM, Drizzle, and SQLAlchemy, plus Testcontainers test databases. Use when: "database test," "migration test," "migration rollback," "rollback test," "data integrity," "SQL test," "schema validation," "seed data," "query performance," "Testcontainers." Not for: synthetic data generation/masking at scale — use test-data-management; Docker/IaC test-environment provisioning — use test-environments; SQL injection — use security-testing. Related: test-data-management, test-environments, security-testing, ci-cd-integration.

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Test native, React Native, hybrid, and Flutter mobile apps with Appium 3.x, Detox, Maestro, and Patrol. Covers device farm setup (BrowserStack, Sauce Labs), gesture simulation, deep link and cold-start testing, push notifications, biometric (Face ID) auth, offline/poor-network simulation, and iOS/Android permission dialog handling. Use when: "mobile test," "Appium," "Detox," "Maestro," "Patrol," "Flutter test," "iOS test," "Android test," "device farm," "deep link," "biometric," "Face ID," "permission dialog," "React Native test." Not for: device/browser matrix strategy in the abstract — use cross-browser-testing; app startup/memory/battery profiling depth — use performance-testing; mobile screenshot diffing — use visual-testing. Related: ci-cd-integration, cross-browser-testing, performance-testing, test-data-management, test-reliability.

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Use production telemetry as INPUT to design new tests. Covers OpenTelemetry integration with tests, trace-based assertions, log-informed test creation, production-error analysis for coverage gaps, and telemetry-driven test prioritization. Use when: "trace-based testing," "design tests from logs," "OpenTelemetry assertions," "production errors point to test gaps," "telemetry-driven testing." Not for: safe rollout techniques (flags, canary) during release — use testing-in-production. Not for: scheduled post-deploy probes — use synthetic-monitoring. Not for: triaging CI failures — use ai-bug-triage. Related: testing-in-production, synthetic-monitoring, qa-metrics, ai-bug-triage.

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Test application performance with k6 load/stress/soak/spike scripts and k6 scenarios, Lighthouse CI for Web Vitals, and performance budgets as CI gates. Covers load profiles, custom metrics, bottleneck identification, and Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS). Use when: "performance test," "load test," "stress test," "soak test," "spike test," "k6," "k6 scenarios," "Lighthouse," "Web Vitals," "Core Web Vitals," "performance budget." Not for: scheduled production probes — use synthetic-monitoring; pixel-diff regressions — use visual-testing; designing tests from prod telemetry — use observability-driven-testing. Related: ci-cd-integration, qa-metrics, release-readiness.

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Write production-grade Playwright tests in TypeScript: Page Object Model, fixtures, auto-waiting, user-facing locators, parallel execution, CI integration, sharding, and installed-version checks. Includes an explicit "do not" list for AI agents. Use when: "Playwright," "write E2E test," "page object," "new Playwright suite," "Playwright config." Not for: fixing one flaky test at runtime — use test-reliability. Not for: bulk regenerating selectors after a UI refactor — use selector-drift-recovery. Not for: visual baseline creation/management — use visual-testing. Not for: deep WCAG/axe audits — use accessibility-testing. Related: visual-testing, ci-cd-integration, api-testing, test-reliability, selector-drift-recovery, accessibility-testing.

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Build and visualize QA dashboards and reports with Allure Report, Grafana, and ReportPortal. Covers test execution visualization, stakeholder-facing quality reports, trend/flakiness panels, release-readiness gates, alerting, and CI integration for automated report generation. Use when: "test dashboard," "Allure," "test report," "quality dashboard," "Grafana," "ReportPortal," "test results visualization." Not for: defining which KPIs to measure or how to interpret them — use qa-metrics (this skill builds the panels; qa-metrics decides what they should show). Related: qa-metrics, ci-cd-integration, ai-bug-triage.

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Route a plain-language QA situation to the next 1-2 skills, then carry out the requested workflow with evidence and a readable report. Use ONLY when the request does not match any other skill's trigger phrases. Use when: "which skill should I use," "where do I start," "validate this app," "run QA and report," "/qa-do," or any vague QA situation that doesn't map to one skill. Not for: bootstrapping a brand-new project with no QA — use qa-start. Not for: capturing project setup/context — use qa-project-context. If the request clearly matches another skill, invoke that skill directly instead of routing through here. Related: qa-start, qa-project-context, test-strategy.

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Define, track, and act on QA metrics: test coverage percentage, flakiness rate, defect escape rate, MTTR, test execution time trends, automation ROI, quality gates, and SLAs for test suites. Includes metric formulas, realistic targets by company stage, and the action to take when each metric goes red. Use when: "QA metrics," "test metrics," "quality KPIs," "test health," "flakiness rate," "defect escape rate." Not for: building the dashboard UI (Allure/Grafana) — use qa-dashboard; measuring coverage gaps and mutation score — use coverage-analysis. Related: qa-dashboard, coverage-analysis, ci-cd-integration, release-readiness, quality-postmortem.

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Onboard a new QA engineer to an existing codebase, or audit an existing test architecture. Produces a 30-day ramp plan: codebase orientation, framework walkthrough, test architecture audit, mentorship pairing, and first-test guidance. Use when: "QA onboarding," "new tester," "ramp up," "test architecture audit," "first 30 days," "QA mentorship," "joining QA team." Not for: setting up QA on a brand-new project from scratch — use `qa-start`. Related: qa-start, qa-project-context, shift-left-testing, ai-qa-review.

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Create and fill .agents/qa-project-context.md with the project's tech stack, test frameworks, CI/CD pipeline, environments, quality goals, risk areas, team structure, and conventions. This is the one file every other QA skill reads first, so they skip redundant discovery and give context-aware advice. Use when: "set up QA context," "configure testing," "initialize project," first use of any QA skill. Not for: bootstrapping a brand-new project's QA end-to-end — use qa-start (which calls this skill as its first step). Related: qa-start, risk-based-testing, test-strategy, qa-metrics, playwright-automation.

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Sequenced launcher that bootstraps QA on a project with no QA in place. Chains qa-project-context → test-strategy → test-planning in one guided run, then executes available checks and records evidence. Use when: "set up QA on a new project," "QA from scratch," "no QA exists yet," "/qa-start." Not for: onboarding a QA engineer to an existing team with existing tests — use qa-project-bootstrap. Not for: "which skill do I use" with no clear match — use qa-do. Related: qa-project-context, test-strategy, test-planning, qa-project-bootstrap, qa-do.

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Validate release readiness with evidence-based go/no-go decisions. Covers go/no-go checklists, smoke test suite design, staged rollout validation, rollback criteria and procedures, and post-deployment verification. Ensures release confidence comes from data, not feelings. Use when: "release ready," "go/no-go," "smoke test," "release checklist," "rollback plan," "staged rollout," "canary deploy." Not for: safe-release techniques (flags, canary, dark launch) applied during the rollout itself — use testing-in-production; scheduled probes that run continuously after release — use synthetic-monitoring; designing new tests from prod telemetry — use observability-driven-testing. Related: testing-in-production, qa-metrics, ci-cd-integration, ai-system-testing.

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Produce a risk matrix or heatmap that quantifies what could break by business impact × probability, runs failure mode analysis on the top items, and maps test coverage to risk zones. Includes stakeholder interview frameworks and continuous reassessment. Run this BEFORE test-strategy or test-planning. Use when: "risk assessment," "risk matrix," "risk heatmap," "what could break," "critical paths," "failure modes," "where to focus testing." Not for: multi-quarter QA direction — use test-strategy. Not for: a single sprint/release test plan — use test-planning. Not for: hands-on session-based bug hunting — use exploratory-testing. Related: test-strategy, test-planning, release-readiness, qa-metrics.

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Test application security against OWASP Top 10 (2025) with automated CI tooling: OWASP ZAP (DAST), dependency/supply-chain scanning (OSV-Scanner, SBOM, provenance), Semgrep SAST, auth/session tests (JWT, OAuth, RBAC), and XSS/CSRF/SQLi/SSRF Playwright patterns. Use when: "security test," "OWASP," "vulnerability," "ZAP," "XSS," "SSRF," "dependency scan," "auth testing," "OWASP LLM Top 10." Scope is automated scanning + negative-path security tests in CI, not manual penetration testing. Not for: mapping security controls to regulations (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR) — use compliance-testing; pipeline stage wiring and deploy gating mechanics — use ci-cd-integration; purely functional API auth/input tests with no attacker model — see api-testing; testing your product's own LLM features or defending the agent itself (prompt-injection detector, indirect injection, jailbreak red-teaming) — use ai-system-testing. Related: ci-cd-integration, compliance-testing, api-testing, shift-left-testing, ai-system-testing.

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Decision framework for isolating every external dependency in a test suite: when to use in-process mocks, HTTP stubs (MSW, WireMock), record-replay, fault injection (Toxiproxy), or ephemeral real services (Testcontainers), and how to enforce that no real calls escape in CI. Use when: "mock service," "stub API," "fake service," "WireMock," "MSW," "Toxiproxy," "test isolation," "dependency management," "stub an external API in CI." Not for: consumer-driven contract verification (Pact, broker) — use contract-testing; standing up a full Docker Compose env or seed data — use test-environments; broad resilience/game-day fault campaigns — use chaos-engineering. Related: contract-testing, test-environments, api-testing, test-data-management, chaos-engineering.

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Move quality earlier in the development lifecycle. Covers dev/QA pairing patterns, Three Amigos sessions, TDD facilitation (Red-Green-Refactor), PR review checklists for testability, and Definition of Done with quality gates. Includes shift-left maturity model for team assessment. Use when: "shift left," "TDD," "dev-QA pairing," "definition of done," "testability," "quality culture," "QA in sprint planning." Not for: writing the unit tests themselves — use unit-testing; automated PR test-quality review at scale — use ai-qa-review; multi-quarter QA direction or roadmap — use test-strategy. Related: unit-testing, ai-qa-review, test-strategy.

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Scheduled probes that run CONTINUOUSLY after release. Covers probe design for critical user journeys, alerting integration, SLA validation, multi-region monitoring, and the boundary between QA and SRE. Use when: "synthetic monitoring," "uptime testing," "scheduled probes," "SLA validation," "availability monitoring," "post-deploy checks." Not for: safe-release techniques during rollout — use testing-in-production. Not for: designing tests from prod telemetry — use observability-driven-testing. Not for: a one-shot post-deploy smoke gate tied to a release — use release-readiness. Related: testing-in-production, release-readiness, performance-testing, qa-metrics.

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Author and maintain MANUAL and hybrid test cases and suites in TestRail, Xray (Jira), Zephyr Scale, and Qase. Covers test-case anatomy (title, preconditions, steps, expected results, test data), suite/section organization, bulk authoring from user stories and acceptance criteria, ambiguous-step linting, CSV/API import-export payloads per tool, requirement traceability and coverage gaps, review hygiene, and when a manual case should graduate to automation. Use when: "write a test case," "manual test case," "TestRail case," "Xray test," "Zephyr Scale case," "Qase case," "import CSV into TestRail," "lint these steps," "traceability report," "should this be automated." Not for: Generating automated TEST CODE — that is ai-test-generation. Sprint-level WHAT-to-test selection — that is test-planning. Related: ai-test-generation, test-planning, exploratory-testing, qa-project-context.

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Create and manage test data with factory patterns, fixture strategies, data anonymization, and synthetic data generation. Covers Fishery (TypeScript), FactoryBot (Ruby), Factory Boy (Python), database seeding, cleanup strategies, and GDPR-compliant data handling. Use when: "test data," "fixtures," "factories," "seed data," "synthetic data," "test database," "data anonymization." Not for: migration/integrity testing of the DB itself — use database-testing; environment provisioning and database branching strategy — use test-environments. Related: test-environments, database-testing, api-testing, unit-testing.

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Design environment strategy for testing across dev, CI, preview, staging, and production — Docker Compose test infrastructure, multi-stage Dockerfiles, seed-data lifecycle, per-PR preview environments, production parity, and external-dependency stubbing at the HTTP boundary. Use when: "set up test environment," "docker-compose for tests," "per-PR preview environment," "staging parity," "spin up test infra," "environment tiers." Not for: choosing mock-vs-stub-vs-fake per dependency — use service-virtualization; factory and fixture data patterns — use test-data-management; pipeline/Actions config — use ci-cd-integration. Related: test-data-management, ci-cd-integration, contract-testing, service-virtualization.

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Migrate a test suite from one framework to another, incrementally and without losing coverage. Covers Selenium→Playwright, Cypress→Playwright, Jest→Vitest, Mocha→Vitest, and Protractor→Playwright, with parallel CI running, locator/assertion translation, and a coverage-parity track. Use when: "migrate tests," "switch framework," "Selenium to Playwright," "Jest to Vitest," "framework migration." Not for: bulk selector regeneration after a UI refactor on the SAME framework — use selector-drift-recovery. Not for: healing one flaky test at runtime — use test-reliability. Not for: modernizing patterns without changing framework — use ai-qa-review. Related: playwright-automation, cypress-automation, unit-testing, ci-cd-integration, test-reliability.

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Audit a whole regression suite and prune/restructure it with evidence: per-test coverage fingerprinting, AST near-duplicate clustering, CI-history mining for never-failing and flaky tests, prune decision rules (redundant/obsolete/low-value/keep), smoke/core/extended tiering by risk and defect-detection history, and a defensible "what we deleted and why" record. Deletion is destructive — quarantine and human sign-off are mandatory. Use when: "audit the test suite," "prune redundant tests," "find duplicate tests," "which tests can we delete," "restructure into smoke/core/extended," "is this test pulling its weight," "shrink the regression suite." Not for: Judging whether an individual test is WELL-WRITTEN (smells, assertions) — that is ai-qa-review. Healing one flaky test at runtime — that is test-reliability. Bulk selector regeneration after a UI refactor — that is selector-drift-recovery. Related: ai-qa-review, coverage-analysis, test-reliability, risk-based-testing, qa-project-context.

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Safe-release techniques DURING rollout: feature flags, progressive rollouts, canary analysis, guardrail metrics, production smoke tests, and synthetic users. Bridges QA and SRE practices. Use when: "feature flag testing," "canary deploy," "progressive rollout," "guardrail metrics," "dark launch," "safe rollout." Not for: scheduled probes that run continuously after release — use `synthetic-monitoring`. Not for: designing tests from prod telemetry — use `observability-driven-testing`. Related: release-readiness, synthetic-monitoring, observability-driven-testing, qa-metrics.

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