Playwright Testing Skill

Professional end-to-end testing with Playwright automation.

What This Skill Provides

• Testing Standards: Best practices for Playwright test structure, selectors, and assertions
• E2E Test Generation: Automated workflow for creating comprehensive test suites
• User Flow Testing: Tools for testing complete user journeys
• Specialist Agent: Playwright expert configured with Microsoft’s official MCP server

When to Use This Skill

✅ Writing automated browser tests ✅ Testing user interactions and flows ✅ Cross-browser compatibility testing ✅ Visual regression testing ✅ Accessibility testing with Playwright ✅ API + UI integration testing ✅ Mobile viewport testing

❌ Unit testing (use tdd-workflow instead) ❌ Backend-only testing ❌ Performance load testing

Primitives Included

Instructions

• playwright-standards.instructions.md – Testing best practices and patterns

Prompts

• write-e2e-test.prompt.md – Generate Playwright tests from requirements
• test-user-flow.prompt.md – Test complete user journeys

Related Agent

• See agents/playwright-specialist for a dedicated E2E testing expert agent

Integration with Other Skills

• TDD Workflow: Write Playwright tests using TDD discipline
• Claude Framework: Apply code quality standards to test code
• Fullstack Expertise: Test both frontend and backend together

Example Usage

# Install the skill
apm install vineethsoma/agent-packages/skills/playwright-testing

# Use prompts directly
/write-e2e-test
/test-user-flow

# Or install the specialist agent
apm install vineethsoma/agent-packages/agents/playwright-specialist
@playwright-specialist Write E2E tests for user login flow

MCP Server Required

This skill requires the Microsoft Playwright MCP server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@playwright/test"]
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, use one of these MCP servers:

• microsoft/playwright-mcp (official, recommended)
• executeautomation/mcp-playwright
• browserbase/mcp-server-browserbase