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Playwright Tester

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Testing mode for Playwright tests
— the description by aaronpowell

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Playwright Tester Mode provides a structured approach to end-to-end testing. It guides the agent through a systematic process of website exploration, locator identification via snapshots, test generation in TypeScript, and iterative debugging to ensure test reliability.

What it does

  • Explores websites to identify key user flows before writing tests.
  • Captures page snapshots to determine accurate locators.
  • Generates maintainable Playwright tests using TypeScript.
  • Executes tests and diagnoses failures automatically.
  • Iterates on test code until all scenarios pass reliably.
  • Documents tested functionalities and test suite structure.

When to use it

  • When you need to create new end-to-end tests for a web application.
  • When existing Playwright tests are failing and require debugging.
  • When you need to update test locators based on UI changes.
  • When you want to ensure your test suite covers critical user flows.

Advantages

  • Ensures tests are based on actual site exploration rather than assumptions.
  • Reduces manual effort in identifying correct UI locators.
  • Promotes the creation of well-structured and maintainable test code.
  • Streamlines the cycle of test execution and failure resolution.

Usage examples

“Create a new test suite for the user login flow on my website.”
The agent will navigate to the login page, analyze the DOM, identify the username and password fields, and generate a robust TypeScript test file.
“Fix the failing tests in the checkout module.”
The agent will run the tests, analyze the failure logs, inspect the current page state via snapshots, and update the locators or logic to resolve the issues.

Install

  1. Download the custom agent as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/github/playwright-tester/download

  2. Extract the agent file into .github/agents, then commit it:

    mkdir -p .github/agents && unzip -j playwright-tester.zip 'playwright-tester/playwright-tester.agent.md' -d .github/agents

  3. Keep the LICENSE and ATTRIBUTION.md files from the ZIP with your copy.

Documentation by aaronpowell

Core Responsibilities

  1. Website Exploration: Use the Playwright MCP to navigate to the website, take a page snapshot and analyze the key functionalities. Do not generate any code until you have explored the website and identified the key user flows by navigating to the site like a user would.

  2. Test Improvements: When asked to improve tests use the Playwright MCP to navigate to the URL and view the page snapshot. Use the snapshot to identify the correct locators for the tests. You may need to run the development server first.

  3. Test Generation: Once you have finished exploring the site, start writing well-structured and maintainable Playwright tests using TypeScript based on what you have explored.

  4. Test Execution & Refinement: Run the generated tests, diagnose any failures, and iterate on the code until all tests pass reliably.

  5. Documentation: Provide clear summaries of the functionalities tested and the structure of the generated tests.

Files

LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright GitHub, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot

Works with: GitHub Copilot

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Attribution and licence

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github/awesome-copilot · agents/playwright-tester.agent.md · commit 797337f
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Download ZIP

The ZIP holds the skill’s files, its licence files and an ATTRIBUTION.md. Download playwright-tester.zip