Official agent skill

Playwright Test

by PostHog in PostHog/posthog

Write a playwright test, make sure it runs, and is not flaky.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check: notesTesting & QA

Install Playwright Test

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PostHog/posthog --skill playwright-test -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PostHog/posthog playwright-test --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/PostHog/posthog.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/playwright-test .claude/skills/playwright-test && 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
playwright-test
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~448 tokens
SKILL.md length
251 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
252
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Write a playwright test, make sure it runs, and is not flaky.

  • Works in 4 steps: Plan the test(s) to be done. → Implement the test plan → Ensure no flaky tests → …
  • Testing & QA work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Rules and Instructions
  • Calls pnpm

What it does

Playwright Test is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Write a playwright test, make sure it runs, and is not flaky.

Its SKILL.md is about 450 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. It works with Playwright, PostHog and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: :hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error…

When your agent uses it

  • Testing & QA work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/playwright-test”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Agent, mcp__playwright__*

Workflow steps

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

  1. Plan the test(s) to be done.
  2. Implement the test plan
  3. Ensure no flaky tests
  4. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10f9ad7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Edit
    • Write
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Agent
    • mcp__playwright__*

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pnpm

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, 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

Playwright Test loads about 448 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 251 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~448

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Agent, mcp__playwright__*

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 251 words (~448 tokens).

“Read @playwright/README.md for best practices, gotchas, and how to run tests.”

— opening of SKILL.md by PostHog, Custom licence
name
playwright-test
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Agent, mcp__playwright__*

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/playwright-test of PostHog/posthog.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10f9ad7

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in PostHog/posthog, which our catalogue first saw on October 8, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Playwright Test

What does Playwright Test do?

Write a playwright test, make sure it runs, and is not flaky. Playwright Test is an agent skill from PostHog/posthog, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Write a playwright test, make sure it runs, and is not flaky.

When should I use Playwright Test?

Playwright Test fits situations like: testing & QA work in your project.

How do I install Playwright Test in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Playwright Test in Codex?

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

Can I use Playwright Test 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 PostHog/posthog --skill playwright-test -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/playwright-test, .gemini/skills/playwright-test, .github/skills/playwright-test and .opencode/skills/playwright-test in your project.

What does Playwright Test need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Playwright Test needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Edit, Write, Glob, Grep, Agent, mcp__playwright__*.

Does Playwright Test access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Playwright Test safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Playwright Test use?

Playwright Test 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 Playwright Test use?

About 448 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Playwright Test?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Playwright Test: E2E (callstack/react-native-pager-view, 3.4k stars), Invisible Playwright (feder-cr/invisible_dots, 32k stars), Debugging Opik E2E Tests (comet-ml/opik, 22k stars) and Playwright E2E Tests (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Playwright Test?

PostHog (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in PostHog/posthog, which has 40,182 GitHub stars. The repository holds 252 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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