Agent skill

QA

Multi-agent, browser-driven QA pass over a branch or PR — scope it, plan it, fan out one subagent per testing area in its own isolated sandbox, compile a severity-ranked markdown report.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install QA

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa --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/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .claude/skills/qa && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .claude/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .agents/skills/qa && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .agents/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .cursor/skills/qa && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .cursor/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git --path .agents/skills/qa

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .gemini/skills/qa && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .gemini/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .github/skills/qa && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .github/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Kiln-AI/Kiln qa --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/qa .opencode/skills/qa && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "qa" agent skill from https://github.com/Kiln-AI/Kiln/tree/main/.agents/skills/qa into .opencode/skills/qa/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "qa", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: qa
GitHub stars: 5.2k
Token cost: ~3.6k tokens
SKILL.md length: 2,128 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 14
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Multi-agent, browser-driven QA pass over a branch or PR — scope it, plan it, fan out one subagent per testing area in its own isolated sandbox, compile a severity-ranked markdown report.

Works in 4 steps: Ask scope, then get oriented → Write a plan, get approval before… → Launch one subagent per lane, isolated → …
Bug bash request — broader than driving the UI to check one fix (see playwright)
SKILL.md covers When to use this vs. something…, Process, Isolating parallel lanes and Briefing each lane's subagent, plus 2 more sections
Calls git, bash and npm; needs OPENROUTER_QA_KEY and OPENROUTER_API_KEY

What it does

QA is an agent skill from Kiln-AI/Kiln. Multi-agent, browser-driven QA pass over a branch or PR — scope it, plan it, fan out one subagent per testing area in its own isolated sandbox, compile a severity-ranked markdown report. Use for an "E2E test", "QA pass", "manual test", or "bug bash" request — broader than driving the UI to check one fix (see playwright) or reviewing a diff (see code-review).

Its SKILL.md is about 3.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Testing & QA, covering End-to-end testing, Browser testing and Subagents. It works with Playwright and Bash. The repository describes itself as: Build, Evaluate, and Optimize AI Systems. Includes evals, RAG, agents, fine-tuning, synthetic data generation, dataset management, MCP, and more.

When your agent uses it

Bug bash request — broader than driving the UI to check one fix (see playwright)
Reviewing a diff (see code-review)

Example prompts

“E2E test”
“QA pass”
“manual test”
“/qa”

Requirements

A credential in OPENROUTER_QA_KEY

Workflow steps

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

Ask scope, then get oriented
Write a plan, get approval before spending anything
Launch one subagent per lane, isolated
Compile the report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8ac9075. 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:
- git
- bash
- npm
- pytest
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and npm, 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- OPENROUTER_QA_KEY
- OPENROUTER_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

QA loads about 3.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,128 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~92
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~3.6k

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 2,128 words (~3,574 tokens).

“Driving Kiln's real UI, as a user would, to find what's broken — not code review, not the automated Playwright suite. Read the playwright skill's SKILL.md and references/driving_the_ui.md before doing anything here: this skill is the process wrapper around it…”

— opening of SKILL.md by Kiln-AI, Custom licence

name: qa

Outline of SKILL.md

QA: manual E2E testing over a branch
When to use this vs. something else
Process
1. Ask scope, then get oriented
2. Write a plan, get approval before spending anything
3. Launch one subagent per lane, isolated
4. Compile the report
Isolating parallel lanes
Dev server isolation — its own backend, frontend, and project data
Browser session isolation — named playwright-cli sessions
Briefing each lane's subagent
Whether an LLM provider is connected — check, don't assume
When a key is connected
When no key is connected
Report shape

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/qa of Kiln-AI/Kiln.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8ac9075

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QA next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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QA this skillKiln-AI/Kiln	5.2k	—	~3.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Custom licence	yesterday
Bangle Followup Operatorbangle-io/bangle-io	1.2k	—	~991	Automated safety check: Pass	AGPL-3.0	5 days ago
Web Application Testinganthropics/skills	180k	51 repos	~966	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	yesterday
Write and Verify Playwright Testsappsmithorg/appsmith	41k	—	~2.9k	Automated safety check: Notes	Apache-2.0	today
playwright-cli Browser Automationgithub/gh-aw	5.4k	23 repos	~2.8k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Cucumber and Playwright E2E Testslanggenius/dify	158k	—	~682	Automated safety check: Pass	Custom licence	today

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Questions about QA

What does QA do?

Multi-agent, browser-driven QA pass over a branch or PR — scope it, plan it, fan out one subagent per testing area in its own isolated sandbox, compile a severity-ranked markdown report. QA is an agent skill from Kiln-AI/Kiln. Multi-agent, browser-driven QA pass over a branch or PR — scope it, plan it, fan out one subagent per testing area in its own isolated sandbox, compile a severity-ranked markdown report.

When should I use QA?

QA fits situations like: bug bash request — broader than driving the UI to check one fix (see playwright); reviewing a diff (see code-review).

How do I install QA in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/qa in Kiln-AI/Kiln) into .claude/skills/qa in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install QA in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/qa in Kiln-AI/Kiln) into .agents/skills/qa in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use QA 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 Kiln-AI/Kiln --skill qa -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/qa, .gemini/skills/qa, .github/skills/qa and .opencode/skills/qa in your project.

What does QA need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, QA needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, bash, npm and pytest) and credentials named OPENROUTER_QA_KEY and OPENROUTER_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in OPENROUTER_QA_KEY.

Does QA access the network?

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

Is QA 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 QA use?

QA 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 QA use?

About 3.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k 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 QA?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with QA: Bangle Followup Operator (bangle-io/bangle-io, 1.2k stars), Web Application Testing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Write and Verify Playwright Tests (appsmithorg/appsmith, 41k stars) and playwright-cli Browser Automation (github/gh-aw, 5.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains QA?

Kiln-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Kiln-AI/Kiln, which has 5,181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: Kiln-AI/Kiln on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

QA

Install QA

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Write and Verify Playwright Tests

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At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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