Agent skill

Next QA Idea

by breaking-brake in breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio

Runs one unattended ideation pass of a QA loop: finds the highest-value untested behavior and files a single locked qa issue describing the test to write, with no code.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Next QA Idea

skills CLI
$ npx skills add breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio --skill next-qa-idea -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio next-qa-idea --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/next-qa-idea .claude/skills/next-qa-idea && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
next-qa-idea
GitHub stars
5.4k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
945 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Runs one unattended ideation pass of a QA loop: finds the highest-value untested behavior and files a single locked qa issue describing the test to write, with no code.

  • Works in 4 steps: Orient (read-only) → Find the gap → Judge — the QA value bar (ALL must hold) → …
  • Refilling the QA backlog without implementing any tests
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Orient (read-only), 2. Find the gap, 3. Judge — the QA value bar… and 4. File ONE issue, plus 1 more section
  • Calls gh and git

What it does

One invocation is one iteration: orient, find gaps, judge, and file one issue. The skill never writes code, tests or configuration. It only fills the qa queue that the next-qa skill consumes, mirroring the split between the next-idea and next-task skills so ideation and implementation can run on separate schedules. It works from the auto-qa branch and treats text from anyone other than the repository owner as untrusted data to verify.

Orienting is read-only. The agent reads the steering documents in docs/quality first, an assurance map and a feature map that it never edits, then the QA log of what landed or was abandoned, the open issues labeled qa and bug, and the existing test suite. If 3 or more qa issues are already open, it files nothing and ends. Gaps are ranked by how likely a behavior is to break silently, starting with bugs that really happened and have no regression test, then recently merged product code with no test.

When your agent uses it

  • Refilling the QA backlog without implementing any tests
  • Finding the highest-value untested behavior in a codebase
  • Turning a bug that has no regression test into a spec for one

Example prompts

  • “QA idea: find the most valuable untested behavior and file one issue for it.”
  • “Refill the QA backlog without writing any tests.”
  • “Check recent merges for product code with no coverage and propose one test to write.”

Requirements

  • The repository's docs/quality steering documents and docs/qa-log.md

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Orient (read-only)
  2. Find the gap
  3. Judge — the QA value bar (ALL must hold)
  4. File ONE issue

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a7bf24a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gh
    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Next QA Idea loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 107 tokens; SKILL.md has 945 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~107
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 945 words (~1,664 tokens).

“One invocation = one ideation iteration: orient → find gaps → judge → file ONE issue. This skill NEVER writes code, tests, or configuration — it only fills the qa queue that the next-qa skill consumes. The split mirrors the…”

— opening of SKILL.md by breaking-brake, Custom licence
name
next-qa-idea

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/next-qa-idea of breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a7bf24a

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Studio Testingsupabase/supabase111k—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Next QA Idea

What does Next QA Idea do?

Runs one unattended ideation pass of a QA loop: finds the highest-value untested behavior and files a single locked qa issue describing the test to write, with no code. One invocation is one iteration: orient, find gaps, judge, and file one issue. The skill never writes code, tests or configuration.

When should I use Next QA Idea?

Next QA Idea fits situations like: refilling the QA backlog without implementing any tests; finding the highest-value untested behavior in a codebase; turning a bug that has no regression test into a spec for one.

How do I install Next QA Idea in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio --skill next-qa-idea -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/next-qa-idea in breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio) into .claude/skills/next-qa-idea in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Next QA Idea in Codex?

Run `npx skills add breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio --skill next-qa-idea -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/next-qa-idea in breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio) into .agents/skills/next-qa-idea in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Next QA Idea in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio --skill next-qa-idea -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/next-qa-idea, .gemini/skills/next-qa-idea, .github/skills/next-qa-idea and .opencode/skills/next-qa-idea in your project.

What does Next QA Idea need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Next QA Idea needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh and git). Our summary lists: The repository's docs/quality steering documents and docs/qa-log.md.

Does Next QA Idea access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Next QA Idea safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Next QA Idea use?

Next QA Idea has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Next QA Idea use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Next QA Idea?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Next QA Idea: Senior QA (nicepkg/auto-company, 194 stars), QA Lead (Ibrahim-3d/orchestrator-supaconductor, 381 stars), Risk Based Testing (petrkindlmann/qa-skills, 168 stars) and Golang Testing (antoniopaya22/go-rest-template, 172 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Next QA Idea?

breaking-brake (a GitHub user) maintains it in breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio, which has 5,394 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.